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Robin Sutara

Robin Sutara, Field CTO, Databricks

[…] I have found the skills of collaboration, negotiation, storytelling, and troubleshooting to be invaluable in my journey. In data, we are often asked to tie business and technology together in new ways; to bring disparate teams together to drive toward tangible solutions, leveraging data, unlocks amazing opportunity and innovation. What level of data […]
Robert Bond

Robert Bond, Partner, Bristows

[…] us to continue to support our staff and service our clients. We have had to be creative as to how to collaborate on transactions and litigation, and technology has been a boon. Looking forward to 2021, what are your expectations for data and analytics within your organisation? Even when we are able […]
Richard Lees

Richard Lees, EVP Solutions EMEA, Merkle

[…] grew DBG until its sale to Merkle in 2015. I now lead the strategic business solutions group across EMEA for Merkle. My responsibility lies in complex, technology, data, insight and solution development across the entire capability stack. In addition to we define customer strategies with our clients, develop and deploy cross-market strategic CRM […]
Professor David Ford

Professor David Ford, Professor of Informatics, Swansea University

[…] Welsh NHS, as well as UK-wide initiatives, coordinated by entities such as HDR UK, ADR UK, and many others, we were able to quickly make our data, technology, and our approaches available to address the challenge, feeding analyses and insights to decision makers, as well as incorporating unprecedented levels of new data, linking it […]
Orlando Agrippa

Orlando Agrippa, Chief Executive Officer, Draper & Dash

[…] be able to say that D&D has made great strides in improving efficiency in hospitals, with one hospital reducing mortality rates by 158 – by using our technology, 158 lives were saved. Ensuring that the NHS has easier access to data, insight and analytics has been my life’s work and I look forward to […]
Nuala Kennedy-Preston

Nuala Kennedy-Preston, Chief Data Officer, People’s Postcode Lottery

[…] sampling. I also expect that we’ll see continued importance placed upon data privacy and protection, with further effort being placed on developing transparency models. Data and technology are changing business, the economy and society – what do you see as the biggest opportunity emerging from this? Corporate social responsibility. This could be any […]

Nikolaos Kotsis, Chief Data Scientist, Network Rail

Data literacy is a key enabler of the value and impact from data. How are you approaching this within your organisation? The increasing volumes of data, rapid technological advancements, and growing emphasis on speed has intensified the need for enhancing our comprehension of data and AI technologies. There is also an opportunity to leverage […]
Natalie Jakomis

Natalie Jakomis, Global Director of Data Science and Analytics, Coats

Path to power I am fortunate to have had several roles over the past 16 years, all of which have involved using data and technology to solve interesting problems. I started my career as a cancer epidemiologist at the Office for National Statistics, before moving to Ofsted to head up the schools data […]
Matt Willis

Matt Willis, Global Head of Data, Analytics and AI Capabilities, Refinitiv

[…] been for over ten years. I’ve had the opportunity to hone my leadership skills through both formal training and progressively larger roles across marketing, customer operations and technology. As Refinitiv separated from Thomson Reuters, we brought several technology teams together within a central business technology group, providing an opportunity to head a global […]
Manu Kumar

Manu Kumar, Chief Data Officer, BUPA Customer Lab

[…] is your organisation using data and analytics to support the corporate vision and purpose? I lead the AI and data science practice for BUPA through their technology and innovation hub, the Customer Lab. The Lab has a simple philosophy, help customers live longer, healthier and happier lives. We create and develop a range […]
Lindsay McEwan

Lindsay McEwan, Vice President and Managing Director EMEA, Tealium

Path to power I’ve been deeply embedded in the marketing technology world for several decades. Finding my niche within an industry I’m passionate about has really enabled my personal and professional growth. It’s a cliché, but if you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life. My career path […]
Jan Teichmann

Jan Teichmann, Consultant, Thetrainline.com

Path to power Like many early day data scientists I have always been driven by curiosity, innovation and technology; this and a passion for mathematics. At first, I saw my calling within academia. As I matured as a scientist and completed my PhD in mathematics, I realised that there is a strong entrepreneurial side […]
Chris Clark

Chris Clark, Chief Executive, GBG

[…] power I started work in 1991 when I joined BT Group on a general management graduate programme. I was excited to begin a career in telecoms and technology, because it appeared to be an industry about to go through a huge amount of change. I wasn’t wrong. During my 20 years at BT, […]
Caroline Worboys

Caroline Worboys, Chief Operating Officer, Outra

[…] digital is going to be the most fascinating impact, closely followed by where the UK will stand in terms of data privacy following Brexit. Data and technology are changing business, the economy and society – what do you see as the biggest opportunity emerging from this? The sophisticated use of data and technology […]
Anthony Cosgrove

Anthony Cosgrove, Co-Founder, HARBR

[…] delivers meaningful value. GDPR went as I expected, but the scale and intensity of the backlash against the use of personal data by some of the largest technology companies was unexpected, even if long overdue. I think AI and distributed ledger technology continued to attract more attention than they were due – so many organisations […]
Alberto Rey Villeverde

Alberto Rey Villeverde, Chief Data Officer, Just Eat

[…] you set up a lean production line, a data factory, of data products that continuously enhance and transform your organisation in a sustainable way. Data and technology are changing business, the economy and society – what do you see as the biggest opportunity emerging from this? History has shown us that technology multiplies […]

Vipul Gupta, Vice President – Data and Analytics and Sustainability, Baker Hughes

[…] data literacy of your organization, including the skills of your data teams and of your business stakeholders? We have executed multiple programs to improve data literacy and technology skills in our organization. For data teams, we have followed an early-training approach with scheduled and on-demand training, through which the teams learn new technologies six […]