How AI Built This

Rich is the CEO of Gigged. AI, a new platform using Artificial Intelligence to help people take advantage of the 'Gig Economy'. After a varied career in Sales, including a hugely successful stint at a multi-national Recruitment Agency, Rich was burnt out. He decided to take a break from everything and even dedicated a few months to training for an amateur MMA fight! After some time to process ever...

Matt is the Head of Data Science at Manchester based scale-up Netacea! I've known Matt for a long time so was buzzing to get him on the show. He's experienced both sides of being recruited into data and hiring his own team so was a great person to have on. I hope you enjoy! As always, we're brought to you by the wonderful people at Cathcart Associates. Music by Noisyfilter from Fugue

Brian is the CEO of Mind Foundry, an AI start-up which spun out of Oxford University and was founded by two pioneers of the AI and Machine Learning world. Brian was brought in as CEO following a successful journey as an entrepreneur in his own right and is now part of the team building something pretty special. I hope you enjoy! As always, we're brought to you by the wonderful people at Cathcart A...

Andre Franca is the Director of Applied Data Science at causaLens who are on a mission to develop Causal AI. Causality is a major step towards developing true AI. We had a great chat about his Academic background, his move into the world of investment banking and why he decided to join the rapidly growing causaLens. I hope you enjoy! As always, we're brought to you by the wonderful people at...

Tony Lucas is a serial entrepreneur and recently appointed Head of CWM Tools at Supermetrics, a Scandinavian scale-up who are potentially one of the best kept secrets in tech. Tony has founded and sold several businesses, including an AI start-up to a multi-billion dollar American software firm, so I was buzzing to sit down with him and pick his brains. We had a great chat, with lots of brilliant...

Erik is back! Go have a listen to episode three if you missed it to find out all about Erik's career and background in data. This episode we dive into a few different topics, namely MLOps, Data Visualisation in Data Science and team structure. Erik and I have been organising MancML together since late 2016 so it's always a pleasure to have him on the show! As always, we're brought to you by the wo...

Hannah is the Head of Operations at The Oakland Group, a Consultancy HQ'd in Leeds specialising in delivering large scale data solutions for clients across the country. Coming from a technical background, Hannah has worked in a number of Product and Project Management roles, where her ability to speak to technical people and business people has been a huge benefit. Currently heading up a number of...

Heather is the Head of Data at UST, a global provider of digital technology, transformation and IT services. With a long career in Data, Heather has been involved in building data teams for the NHS, insurance companies and now UST to help deliver data solutions for their clients. It was great to chat to Heather about her background, career and the new challenge she recently took up at UST. I hope...

Adam Sroka is back! Adam joined me in the second ever episode of How AI Built This so to head more about his journey into data go check that out. This episode is more focused on a recent blog post Adam did on how to stand out as a Data Scientist in 2021, which we go into in more detail. A great guy who has recently moved role which we touch on and a few other bits and pieces. Buzzing he wanted to...

Ben is the CEO of Lancaster based Relative Insight, an analytics company working with some of the world's biggest companies to help them better understand anything to do with language. A tricky field to navigate, but Ben and the team have been perfecting this for many years now and are probably one of the biggest unsung heroes in the much heralded North West tech world. Hope you enjoy! As always,...

Greig is the Head of Data Science for Data Innovation at NatWest Group. With a strong academic background and real appreciation for collaboration, Greig has built a solid team within the bank and is working on some really interesting data projects. We talked about his background in Physics, academia, starting out in financial services to what he's building now and how he goes about hiring. Hope yo...

Rob is the Head of Engineering at ADLINK in Newcastle, a really interesting organisation building some great software and hardware products around IoT devices. They have some super innovative projects around smart warehousing and on the edge products, with Rob and his team at the heart of it. During lockdown Rob also re-discovered his love of hands on programming and keeping his skills sharp. I ho...

Andrew is the Founder of Analytics-Link a Consultancy focused on Data Science Education and Coaching. A Data Scientist with an impressive career including work for Amazon and recently on Sony and their PS5 launch, Andrew knows a thing or two about data. He has made it his mission through his Data Science Infinity programme to help people get the job they want in data. In this episode we talk throu...

Steven Faull is part of the Technology Leadership team at William Grant & Sons and a bit of a veteran of the Scottish data & tech world. He's a huge proponent for the value data and analytics can add to an organisation, successfully implementing a data strategy at Aggreko and being a real champion for data at William Grant & Sons. Steven is a great example of someone who understands ho...

Tadas is the CEO and Founder or Prodsight, a customer insight product helping you understand customer feedback across all channels, from support tickets to reviews. Using NLP techniques and sentiment analysis, Tadas and the team have built a really interesting product, with big plans for 2021. As always, we're brought to you by the wonderful people at Cathcart Associates. Music by Noisyfilter from...

Gil is the VP of Product at Israeli AI start-up Edgify. They are doing something pretty novel, developing an approach to training models directly onto the edge devices, which is super exciting. Their first use case is within supermarkets and barcodeless items - which is handy with Gil's background being quite retailed focused. Excited to see how Gil & the team get on next year and beyond. Hope...

Phil is the Head of Data at Street Group, a Manchester based tech start-up looking to change the way the property market works. They have recently launched a brand new product, which is underpinned by data and Phil, alongside his team are solving some pretty cool problems! He's also a great guy, very forward thinking when it comes to hiring, coaching and just generally around technology. I hope yo...

Zandra is the CEO of Panintelligence, a Leeds based SaaS company helping companies embed BI, Reporting and Predictive Analytics in one. Coming from a Sales background, Zandra has had a really interesting career and has helped shape Panintelligence to being a genuine competitor to the likes of PowerBI and Tableau! We had a great chat and it's always good to see companies in Leeds doing so well on a...

Kaylea is a talented, Manchester based (but importantly, Scottish) Data Scientist. Having spent time working with Peak in Manchester as one of their early Data Scientists and recently moving to Residently, a start-up trying to disrupt the renting market, she has some really interesting experience. We delve into her academic background, working for start-ups and the weird situation of starting a ro...

Paul is the Head of Analytics at Edinburgh based Forecast, a data analytics company working to help clients make the most of their data. Paul has a great story and was a lot of fun to talk to! The team have grown exponentially in the time he's been with them and continue to do so - which is great to see in these weird times. As always, we're brought to you by the wonderful people at Cathcart Assoc...

Our first ever highlight show! Have a listen to some of the best bits of the show so far about building teams and how to go about it, from some of the most informed people in the UK. Featuring: Richard Potter, CEO @ Peak Erik Mathiesen-Dreyfus, Head of Data Science @ Attest Craig Mackay, CEO @ Sharktower Alastair Andrew, CEO Dayshape Andrew Hathaway, CTO @ Hark Tom Liptrot, Data Science Consultant...

Vicky is the VP of Analytics at Merkle Aquila in Edinburgh and has been with the company since they were a small start-up to now being a real analytics powerhouse in the UK. Having worked for a big consultancy and a large bank, going to a start-up was quite risky, we had a great chat about why Aquila Insight was right for Vicky and the journey that followed. As always, we're brought to you by the...

Anna Sutton is the CEO of Leeds based Data Analytics company The Data Shed, which she runs with her husband Ed. The Data Shed was born through shared frustrations of data not being readily available for key decision makers in businesses, they have went from strength to strength over the years. Heavily involved in championing the Leeds tech community, Anna and her team are at the forefront of so mu...

Rachael is the Research Software Community Manager at The University of Manchester and Software Sustainability Institute and Founder of the Manchester chapter of Her + Data MCR. A real champion for D&I in STEM subject, Rachael has been instrumental in the Manchester data scene for a number of years now. An Astrophysicist by trade, we had a great chat about doing a PhD in that world and what th...

Tom is the Strategy Principle at Futurice, an international digital engineering and innovation company. They provide Consultancy work across technology and strategy, with Tom looking specifically at AI. They also have an R&D hub in their Finnish office where they are working on AI projects for internal use but also as proof of concept for future client work. As always, we're brought to you by...