The Data Strategy Show

I speak to Graeme McDermott to find out more about the person behind the leader. About Graeme: Graeme is an experienced senior data leader and is currently the Chief Data Officer at Tempcover with broad data function responsibility for up to 40 people. Throughout his career has completed every stage of data platform realisation from conception to exploitation. Industry speaker at data events, nume...

I speak to Thom Ives to find out more about the person behind the leader. About Thom: My guest today is Thom Ives! Tom career spans over 30 years and he’s a passionate data scientist. Among his wide range of data science work, his particular passion is around automating analyses and data visualizations including animation when necessary. His main language of choice for the past 21+ years has been...

I speak to Vanessa Eriksson to find out more about the person behind the leader. About Vanessa: Vanessa Eriksson is a pioneer and a leading-edge data practitioner with several years of experience in Data Strategies; including Data Security & Compliance and Innovation. She served as the Chair of PwC’s CDO Advisory Board and on Gartner’s North America & EMEA Data and CDO Advisory Boards. An...

I speak to John Thompson to find out more about the person behind the leader. About John: John is an international technology executive with over 30 years of experience in the business intelligence and advanced analytics fields. Currently, John is responsible for the global Advanced Analytics & Artificial Intelligence team and efforts at CSL.  Prior to CSL, John was an Executive Partner a...

In my 33rd and final episode of Season 1, I speak to: Leandro Rocha de Andrade - Senior VP, Chief Data & Analytics Officer no Banco de Crédito del Peru Iván Herrero Bartolomé - Chief Data Officer at Grupo Intercorp, and   Erick Jaramillo - Director, Head of Digital Data & Analytics Scotiabank Peru We talk about: 1) Introductions and backgrounds. 2) Data challenges in the LATAM Region....

In my 32nd episode I speak to the awesome Antje Bustamante Director of Data & Analytics at Zoopla!  We talk about:   1) A little bit about her background.   2) Her role at Zoopla and how data has been a big influence.  3) How she started to build and scale a team around data. 4) How the data team was organised within the corporate context. 5) How she and her team started to...

In my 31st episode I speak to everyone's favourite data recruiter Kyle Winterbottom! We talk about: 1) His background in engineering and what he's up to now. 2) What are the market trends that he's seeing in the data and analytics industry. 3) Data Scientists vs. Data Engineers - the coolness of data jobs! 4) Why culture is the biggest area most companies miss out when hiring for data and analytic...

In my 30th episode I speak to the the calm and collected Data Evangelist Julian Schwarzenbach! We talk about: 1) His background in engineering and data 2) His strapline "Data Doesn't have to be difficult" 3) Why we are still talking about Data Quality 4) How business functions need to take responsibility for their data and data governance activities 5) His approach to valuing data 6) His book: Man...

In my 29th episode I speak to the incredible Christopher Bergh CEO & Head Chef at DataKitchen! We talk about: 1) A little bit about his background and bug bears. 2) Why DataOps matters in today's context. 3) How DataOps stitches data teams together. 4) How DataOps can be automate and build a good customer product. 5) Why Data & Analytics is a random walk in the forest. 6) What you need to...

In my 28th episode I speak to the cool Moon Javaid Chief Strategy Officer at the 49ers! We talk about: 1) His background and how he got into the Sports world 2) How to ensure you couple Strategy & Analytics 3) His approach to data strategy at the 49ers 4) The main business levers / drivers that drove the data strategy 5) How data and analytics has driven the fan experience / acquisition at the...

In my 27th episode I speak to Jit Roy and Pritam Paul! We talk about: 1) Their backgrounds 2) Opportunity in data and digital for companies coming out of the pandemic. 3) Challenges that organisations are having when adapting to digital, data and cloud. 4) How to start bringing business and data folks together to deliver on innovation. 5) Who is best placed to drive business transformation from a...

In my 26th episode I speak to recovering data scientist Joe Reis! We talk about: 1) His background and what he's up to now 2) What is a recovering data scientist? 3) Is Data Science losing it's edge? 4) What is the role of the Data Engineer and why they are needed in the data ecosystem? 5) Why data scientists are like "cross fit"? 6) What skills do the data scientists of today need to strengthen?...

Episode 25 brings two rock stars in the data world to discuss the need for a new role in the C-Suite: The Chief Data Monetisation Officer. Well, if there ever was a "rumble in the jungle" in the world of data, this would be it! This is better, bigger, geekier than Clay vs. Liston, the data punches were solid and unambiguous in this fiery clash between the two! In the red corner it's Billlllllllll...

In my 24th episode I speak to Women in Analytics (WIA) CEO and founder Rehgan Avon! We talk about: 1) Her background and what she's up to now 2) Women in Analytics and the catalyst for founding it 3) Where next for the WIA community  4) The challenges of diversity in the analytics industry 5) Why "model bias" needs greater diversity and transparency 6) Difference between the data scientist vs...

In my 23rd episode I speak to author Doug Laney! We talk about: 1) What he's up to now 2) What is data due diligence and how it's helping Private Equity firms 3) Separating the I & T from IT 4) How Delta airlines valued their data during the pandemic to secure loans 5) Why the accountants have ignored the value of data on the balance sheet 6) Steps companies need to take from being reactive to...

In my 22nd episode I speak to the super and somewhat hilarious Brian O'Neill! We talk about: 1) His background and journey to date 2) The challenges most companies have when building analytics products 3) Why design and data visualisation are not the same thing 4) Uncovering the unarticulated problems 5) How do we help developers, designers, data scientists, business teams to communicate more mean...

In my 21st episode I speak to the brilliant Eileen M. Vidrine Chief Data Officer at Department of the Air Force! We talk about: 1) Her background and journey to date 2) Educating leaders about the role of the CDO and it's importance 3) The challenges / opportunities of the CDO office in a military context 4) Innovation on a limited budget 5) The "data fabric" and sharing data "at the speed of miss...

In my 20th Episode I speak to the amazing and insightful John Thompson writer, technologist, influencer, educator, and just all-round good guy! We talk about: 1) His background and 37 year career highlights 2) Why he wrote the book Building Analytics Teams 3) How he foresaw Data & Analytics and it's importance for the future 4) The challenges companies are currently facing with Data & Anal...

In my 19th Episode I speak to the incredible and enigmatic Bill Schmarzo innovator, educator, influencer and the Dean of Big Data.  We talk about: 1) The origin of the "Dean of Big Data! 2) How organisations identify sources of value creation with data 3) Why the "pre-work" or "foundations" are the investments companies need to forge at the beginning of their data strategies 4) Why Design Thi...

In my 18th Episode I speak to the awesome Ravit Jain Senior Content Marketing Editor at Packt.  We talk about: 1) His journey and career to date 2) How to create a data community or any form of community on LinekdIn 3) Writing research reports and effective storytelling 4) The survivability of books 5) Trending topics in data today: Quantum Computing, AI and Data Storytelling 6) Content and w...

In my 17th episode I speak to the fantastic and brilliant Andrew Wright Senior Manager, Data Science at Walt Disney Parks, Experiences and Products. We talk about: 1) His data journey and career 2) The attributes and skills data scientists require to be effective 3) "Insightful Thinking" and why it's important 4) Connecting theme parks, hotels and customer data to drive improved customer experienc...

In my 16th episode I speak the inimitable Peter Aiken Associate Professor of Information Systems and owner of Anything Awesome.  We talk about: 1) Data Leadership 2) Aligning data strategy to business strategy and the importance of doing it 3) Stripping down and defining data strategy 4) The theory of constraints, the data deficit and fixing the gaps. 5) Treating data as an asset 6) Data isn'...

In my 15th episode I speak to Robert Vane Co-founder of Q6FSA & Enterprise Data Architect. We talk about: 1) His journey through through data and business 2) Self executing business models 3) Standardisation vs Tribalism 4) Disjoint unions and ow to build sustainable business models 5) Event driven processes and ontologies 6) Business vs Technical language and constraints 7) Semantics vs. Prag...

In my 14th episode I speak to Drew Smith VP International Institute for Analytics. We talk about: 1) His journey through through data and business 2) The resurgence of Data Strategy 3) Making the leap from the business side to driving analytics at IKEA 4) Closing the gap: how business and data teams have grown apart 5) His advice to Retailers for 2021 and what's important from a supply chain analy...

In my 13th episode I speak to Ann K. Emery Data Visualization Speaker & Designer. We talk about: 1) Her research, data and entrepreneurial journey 2) The challenges faced by companies who don't know how to visualise their data 3) What you should be thinking about when creating or re-designing dashboards 4) How to get into data visualisation and what to learn 5) How to test your data products w...