CDO ANZ Hybrid Series - October Edition 2022

Overview

COVID-19 has increased the urgency to make better use of data and analytics and catapulted many organisations into the next stage of digital maturity.With more organisations having the foundational technologies in place, more data than ever before will be collected by, and on behalf of, individuals.

The focus must now turn to how to harness that data to provide insights that can truly transform how services are delivered and improve outcomes for citizens and service users. However, the prospect of embarking on such a journey is daunting.

Join this months edition to learn:

Considerations - security, privacy, risk

Opportunities – optimisation, increased value back to the organisation

Value of data for operational excellence

What to expect

• Speakers 6+
• Attendees 150+
• Sessions 7+
• In-deep Interactions 1:1

What we will cover

• Identify Your Advocates. Knowing who your advocates are and where the opportunities exist to develop them
• How to Set Clear Goals Developing clarity across your business goals to achieve long term success
• Build Partnerships Across Business Lines Educating and inspiring teams to become data-driven decision makers
• The Power of Trust How to build trust and enhance communication

Agenda

• 8:30 am A Business-First Approach to Building Data Governance Programs(Plenary) Traditional data governance initiatives fail by focusing too heavily on policies, compliance, and enforcement, which quickly lose business interest and support. This leaves data management and governance leaders having to continually make the case for data governance to secure business adoption. In this presentation, we will share a lean, business-first data governance approach that connects key initiatives to governance capabilities and quickly delivers business value for the long-term. He will give examples of organisations worldwide who have successfully implemented a data governance program by engaging with key stakeholders using innovative techniques such as gamification and data catalogue scavenger hunts.
• 8:50 am Evolve: Global Context of Data - Australia vs the World(Plenary) During this session we focus on bench marking cities against the world. We take a closer look at what making data lead decisions and interpreting the data could look like without making mistakes. Furthermore, we uncover how this leads to protecting your career – making good data decisions for your future. Join us as we get together with Christopher Hire, as he takes us through a journey where we dive deep into how we can use data to our advantage.
• 9:10 am Thought Leadership: Making Real-Time, Granular Data and Analytics available Across Your Organisation, your Business Ecosystem and Beyond(Plenary) Data is now rightly perceived as a business asset. The use case for sharing data within an organisation has always been clear, but the next phase is really revolutionising how we share data with those on the outside. The timeliness and quality of that data is critical. Not only do we need streamlined, secure real-time data pipelines, both internal and external to your organisation, but also, the ability to provide real-time embedded analytics into operational applications and business portals. Join this session to hear: That real-time data pipelines are the foundation building block for businesses today How using RPA, ML & AI can improve data quality, contain costs, and maintain the timeliness of data delivery Why Embedded Analytics is becoming more pervasive and necessary in creating certainty in an uncertain business eco system both now and into the future The argument for a flexible open end-to-end data integration and analytics platform
• 9:30 am Using the STAY Conversations to Craft a Leadership Experience(Plenary) What career experiences do senior leaders want? What could their career pathway look like as a leader of leaders in the business? The answer is... by using data to pull together themes, and craft a career pathway with experiences the enables leaders' growth and development. After all, how do we expect them to be good leaders if they do not get the opportunities to develop themselves. During this session we cover a journey that has grown significant interest from leaders at EY and we talk about how it can be replicated in organisations. Join us as we get together with Liz Heathwood to dive into: How we are thinking about their career experiences and pathways. How to have a good leadership / career conversation. What does it look like and how do you break down the walls so people get vulnerable and tell you what they really think rather than lip service. A new way of thinking for an innovative and practical practice to take back to your organisations.
• 9:50 am Morning Tea & Networking Break(Plenary)
• 10:20 am How to Accelerate your Automation Journey using AI-driven Integration(Plenary) Let’s take a mental trip and place ourselves 50 years into the future.The personal computers used every day at your job in 2070 will be tens of millions of times more powerful than what you are using today. To command your computer, you will talk, point, and swipe more and type less. Again just like in Star Trek movies, the enterprise IT systems of 2070 will discover and connect themselves, automatically shuttling data around to execute tasks. You will talk to these systems or interface with a digital human with the horsepower to employ techniques and neural networks that ultimately imitate the human brain. Let’s rewind to today.Are you challenged with getting data in real time? Do you have to go hunting for data? Are you faced with data silos and disconnected data?Today, we’ll unpack how artificial intelligence enhances enterprise automation to replace manual efforts, automate complex and manual processes making business-process flows with applications and data fast and easy. You’ll discover how Artificial Intelligence quickly connects data, applications and processes: dramatically reducing time and cost of cloud, analytics, and digital initiatives.
• 10:40 am Digitalising Business Processes and Facilitating Operations through Technology(Plenary) During this session we will discuss the general steps required to digitally transform business processes and also to streamline operations through the use of various technologies. We will also discuss how to continuously improve these solutions and processes and how to incorporate iterative improvement into organisational periodic reviews. To help visualise these principles, we will go through two case studies which depict these processes and the value they brought as a result.
• 11:00 am Rethinking Data Security in the era of Digitalisation(Plenary) From the increasing severity of cyberattacks, to keeping pace with rapidly shifting consumer needs, to the need to support remote workers, today's realities are increasing pressure on CDOs (whether Chief Data Officers or Chief Digital Officers). As digital and analytics capabilities become more critical to competitiveness, organisations need to rethink their data management strategies to gain the most value out of their data, while ensuring it remains secure against cyberattacks. Data resilience is a key enabler for CDOs looking to drive a data-driven culture – if data is secure, has integrity, and can be trusted, then the possibilities for innovation are endless. Achieving this requires thinking beyond infrastructure security and ensuring security at the point of data. In this session, we will unpack the cyber security risks that are influencing data management strategies. We will explore how data resiliency, data observability, and data recovery enables organisations to be compliant with data regulations, reduce cyber exposure, and strengthen their competitive edge.
• 11:20 am The Soft side of Data (…is the hardest one)(Plenary) Organisations around the world have worked on a commonly professed objective for many years: “Become (more) data-driven”. For some, this goal has transitioned into an aspirational statement, and the biggest challenge for organizations working on their data strategy might not have anything to do with technology at all. Becoming data-driven requires a change in organisational culture and accepting that “data” deserves its own leadership function. This is a people issue and can only be solved if technical experts adopt a completely different approach to data, including a set of skills that don’t always come naturally to data experts. In this session, Aldo will share: The misalignment of expectations from decision makers and data professionals is still preventing data to reach its real potential Data professionals: it is time to develop a new set of skills!
• 11:40 am Lunch & Networking Break(Plenary)
• 0:40 pm Co-created Analytics Platform Designed to Reduce Risk of Domestic and Family Violence(Plenary) In 2020 DFV related sexual assault rose 13 precent and 145 victims of DFV related homicide were regretfully reported in Australia. Griffith University, Microsoft and Queensland police are using confidential computing techniques in Azure to securely exchange information and inform multiple agencies and organisations to reduce risk. Initially designed to inform front line workers decision making can also build broad insights to inform policy and ongoing decision making. Join the session as we understand: co-creation is key to unlock data to create insights that inform decision making. Focusing on the goal: 'reduction of harm' is the mantra. The information actually required to inform operational decision making is very concise and limited. Allowing audits is required to maintain the trust between agencies and organisations.
• 1:00 pm Uncovering the Business Value of Data Intelligence(Plenary) Data intelligence is the foundation of modern self-service analytics, growing a data culture, and driving data literacy. But how do you measure success? Is there a data culture ROI? And how do you communicate that value to business stakeholders? Alation has developed a metric framework and value measurement process to answer these questions. It combines catalog usage statistics with an organisation's supplied assumptions to quantify value along several dimensions. During this session we will introduce this approach and review a series of real examples. Attendees can expect to learn: How to define a value metric framework The dependency between key use cases & their value How to extend the measurement to specific business outcomes (and convey their value to c-suite!)
• 1:20 pm Harnessing Data with Machine Learning for Automation and Decision Making(Plenary) During session we get together with professor Richi Nayak of Queensland University of Technology to discuss what we need to know about the power of data science beyond the common predictive approach. There is a world of insights that enable us to take the next step in delivering value as organisations and make more informed decisions but we first need to be clear on what is important and what to potentials are to begin with. Join us as we get together to discuss: Personalisation, automation and what data science can really help you to achieve How to use machine learning to understand the market we play in and fuel our strategy reports How to extract data from all the sources available and organise an understandable actionable playbook True power of data science vs the typical use of it being predictive
• 1:40 pm Rock, Paper...Digital? Assignar’s mission to digitise the construction industry(Plenary) Fivetran’s mission is to “make access to data as simple and reliable as electricity” through automated data pipelines as a service. We welcome Marko Tomic, the Co-Founder and CTO of Assignar, an end-to-end operations platform for the construction industry, to talk about how he is utilising data to digitilise the industry.
• 2:00 pm Afternoon Tea & Networking Break(Plenary)
• 2:30 pm Prioritizing Data as a Strategic Asset(Plenary) Data is a critical business asset, whether that's realized to its full potential is up to the business. How an enterprise prioritizes data as a strategic asset will determine its survival, growth potential, and competitive advantage. Having a true data management strategy to ensure quality, trustworthy data at scale will be key for businesses to drive increased revenue and outperform competitors. Join Rex Ahlstrom; CTO, EVP Innovation & Growth at Syniti, as he discussed on what are the cost and implication of bad data and how with improved data management, business executives can then make more informed decisions. Attendees will walk away with: Understanding data’s significance & value - why is it so important for businesses today? How data quality and company success are inextricably linked Combining quality data with the right choice of emerging tech to improve competitive advantage
• 2:50 pm Data Clean Rooms for Business Growth(Plenary) Sharing data while adhering to privacy regulations has always been challenging. But by using distributed data clean rooms, it’s now possible to collaborate with data in a secure manner that aligns with privacy rules. The capabilities of distributed data clean rooms are especially beneficial to advertisers and the media industry as we continue moving to a cookieless future. Data clean rooms allow organizations to manage data effectively, deidentify it, and share it. Let’s explore what a data clean room is and how it works, the benefits you can experience with a data clean room, and how today’s companies use data clean rooms for business growth.
• 3:10 pm Building High Performance Team Cultures(Plenary) During this edition we talk about what it takes to build a culture of high performance in your teams and achieving best results. Join us as we get together with Toby Jenkins to discuss the culture of high performing teams and how to go about building one.

Speakers

• Tom Verhelst · Director, Relational Insights Data Lab, Griffith University I am very passionate about leveraging science and technology to better our world. I have extensive and vast experience in strategic and advisory roles in IT and informatics. I am highly motivated and embrace novel technologies. I am a strategic, creative and a lateral thinking enabler of research, innovation and commercialisation. In this age of competitive technology-driven global economy, I hope to make a difference for the better!
• Liz Heathwood · Global People Strategy Lead, Strategy & Transactions, EY Liz is an expert in Talent Strategy, Talent Development, Transformation and Change as well as Talent Communications. Liz leads and works with teams globally and is known for her creative thinking style and ability to bring out of the box thinking to the talent projects she leads. Liz regularly speaks at events both internal and external about the Future of Work and strategy writing, her work also talks to the communication and engagement required to engage a global audience in the strategic talent agenda.
• Christopher Hire · Director, 2THINKNOW Chris is the director of 2THINKNOW and is an expert in data leadership, data architecture, innovation/design thinking and hybrid agile/waterfall project management. Chris works at intersection of data, statistics, data science, data analysis, cities, process and real world innovation. Please welcome Chris as he takes the stage to discuss the Global Context of Data - Australia vs the World
• Aldo Gutierrez · Director, Data Analyltics, McGrathNicol Too many answers, not enough questions! This is the call to action for Aldo Gutierrez, a self-described agent of change committed to develop and promote a culture where strategic evidence–based decision-making processes are paramount. Aldo has spent the last 25 years utilizing data to uncover innovative solutions for business improvement, increasing operational efficiency and continuously improving the status quo. Aldo is currently most passionate about the work he is doing solving complex problems translating large data sets into simple, yet meaningful solutions and recommendations. Aldo has the unique ability to thrive in two different environments. On the one hand he has the technical skills and the ability to identify business problems and present his findings in a way that is engaging and easy to understand. With Aldo’s expertise the data “works”, it makes sense and it gives the user the ability to take their business to the next level with solutions that don’t have to be complex to be cool - and if they are complex, he will make them look easy!
• Alexandra Coffey · Growth Account Executive, Fivetran As a Growth Account Executive based in Australia Alexandra works to help businesses automate the centralisation of their data from their various data sources. In recent years she transitioned from marketing to sales and is passionate about working with organisations as they adopt the Modern Data Stack. Alexandra is enthusiastic about the data space and how data can be utilised to drive greater business decisions.
• Zac Holland · Account Executive, Commercial, Fivetran I have spent the last few years selling in the data & analytics space with Snowflake, and now Fivetran. I enjoy learning about the incredible things our customers can do with data and how they gain an edge by leveraging their findings. Outside of work I am an Arsenal FC tragic and love playing soccer with my local team.
• Evan Shellshear · Head of Analytics, Biarri Dr Evan Shellshear is the Head of Analytics at Biarri, a world-leading mathematical and predictive modelling company, and an expert in artificial intelligence with a Ph.D. in Game Theory from the Nobel Prize winning University of Bielefeld in Germany. He has many years of international experience in the development and design of AI tools for a variety of industries having worked with Australia's top companies on all aspects of advanced analytical solutions. He is also the author of a number of books including the best-selling book on Amazon, Innovation Tools.
• David Normandeau · Sr. Director Sales Financial Services, Precisely I lead sales of Precisely Data Integrity Software & Solutions into the Banking & Financial Services sector in Australia & New Zealand. I recently relocated in January from Boston to Brisbane. My previous role with Precisely was leading a team that was responsible for Global technology partnerships, prior to that I was the head of North America Sales Data Integration & Quality for Precisely.
• Sam Darmo · Senior Sales Engineer, Precisely Sam is a Senior Sales Engineer at Precisely Australia, based in Sydney. He is responsible for matching customers’ present business and technological challenges with relevant and cost-efficient solutions. Exposing the customers to best practices within the appropriate field during the process. Sam has spent 23 years in the industry with numerous solution designs, implementations, and consulting engagements. At Precisely Sam enjoys both the culture of the organisation and the comprehensive and strong solutions portfolio. Sam also enjoys his long motorcycles trips and camping outdoors.
• Toby Jenkins · Leadership Coach, Toby Jenkins Toby Jenkins is a leadership coach, Olympian (Water Polo, 2004) and award winning entrepreneur and author. His purpose is to help people bring all of who they are to everything they do. He’s worked with Olympic medalists, investors, elite military, founders, CEOs and leaders – individually and as teams. From leadership to wellbeing, Toby loves helping leaders and their teams perform in situations of pressure and stress. Toby has spoken to thousands of people in live and broadcast audiences around the world at organisations such as Rio Tinto, Ernst & Young and the Australian Institute of Sport. He’s married to Lucy and father to Beatrix, Heidi and Zoe. His favourite thing is writing about himself in the third person.
• Evan Hodge · Co-Founder and Technical Team Leader, IBT Evan is an IBT Founding Director and Technical Team Leader/ Data Pipeline & Analytics Subject Matter Expert across all three IBT practices – Qlik Data Integration and Analytics, Oracle NetSuite Cloud ERP and PeopleSoft HCM (Human capital management) and FSCM (Finance and supply chain management). For over 30 years, Evan has worked with many of A/NZ’s largest public and private companies and organisations on complex and high-profile ERP and BI projects. He has experience across various industry sectors including government, financial services, insurance, energy, health, and wholesale distribution. With a background in ERP, Data Warehousing and Data Integration, Evan and IBT’s Qlik team have been reselling, implementing, and supporting Qlik QDI tools since 2014. Evan was inspired to add Qlik tools to IBT’s solution portfolio after using them to solve IBT’s own real time data challenges. He especially found the change data capture (CDC) aspect a much more efficient, real-world way of dealing with very large dynamic datasets. These tools have now evolved to create Real-time Data Pipelines and combined with RPA (Robotic Process Automation), ML (Machine Learning) & AI (Artificial Intelligence) to be Intelligent or Smart Data Pipelines. These can improve data quality, reduce operating costs, increase productivity and automatically trigger actions from the data.
• Majid Miri · Senior Sales Engineer, Snowflake Majid is a senior sales engineer at Snowflake. He has 15 years of experience in the data space. He built his first Snowflake solution back in 2018 and has been a big advocate ever since. He's passionate about data and the role it plays in today’s competitive market.
• Re Ahlstrom · CTO, EVP Innovation & Growth, Syniti Seasoned executive with strategic vision and ability to execute. Highly successful in leading organizations during growth and turnaround stages through influence and action. Operational experience across a broad range of executive roles including CEO, CSO, CTO, CMO, global operations, strategic partnerships, technology and strategy. History of delivering results based on long-range planning with a high degree of accuracy. Built corporate structures and executive teams from the ground up; extremely low attrition rates, high morale and company loyalty. Financially savvy with full P&L responsibility. Diverse market and business development expertise across Enterprise Software, Cloud, ERP, Healthcare, Telecommunications and Aerospace & Defense sectors. BSEE and MSEE degrees. Specialties: • Creative, strategic thinker on a broad range of businesses and technologies • Complex M&A, contract negotiation and partnership strategy experience • P&L responsibility including raising capital across private and venture networks • Due diligence experience in evaluating businesses/investment opportunities for VC firms • Deep technical and engineering background within many market segments • Continual focus on revenue growth and cost containment
• Dale Heath · Head of Sales Engineering, Rubrik A little about Dale - he looooves all things security! Throughout his tenure, Dale has been involved in helping organisations develop and implement their data governance strategies and is often called upon to assist and guide ANZ organisations looking for advice & strategy on moving to the cloud while keeping their data 100% secure. In his spare time, he likes tequila and cross fit!
• Marko Tomic · Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Assignar Marko has a strong background in providing customer value through the use of technology. Marko started his career in software engineering, development and architecture. Throughout his career Marko has been instrumental in pioneering many new products and companies and now is the Co-Founder and CTO of Assignar. Assignar is an end-to-end operations platform for construction contractors operating in the infrastructure and heavy civil space. With Assignar, Marko is on a mission to leverage data to digitise the construction industry which is currently one of least digitised industries in the world.

Partners

• Syniti Syniti enables agile enterprises with silo-free enterprise data management that helps turn complex data challenges into competitive advantages. With a unified, learning platform and one of the world’s largest teams of data-focused experts, enterprises and global alliance partners choose Syniti when they require trusted data to ignite business growth and reduce risks. Syniti is a portfolio company of BridgeGrowth Partners LLC. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with offices in 25 countries around the world, Syniti operates in all global regions and industry verticals, and maintains a 99.7% client success rate across thousands of complex data projects and initiatives.
• Fivetran Shaped by the real-world needs of data analysts, Fivetran technology is the smartest, fastest way to replicate your applications, databases, events and files into a high-performance cloud warehouse. Fivetran connectors deploy in minutes, require zero maintenance, and automatically adjust to source changes — so your data team can stop worrying about engineering and focus on driving insights.
• Snowflake Snowflake delivers the Data Cloud — a global network where thousands of organizations mobilize data with near-unlimited scale, concurrency, and performance. Inside the Data Cloud, organizations unite their siloed data, easily discover and securely share governed data, and execute diverse analytic workloads. Wherever data or users live, Snowflake delivers a single and seamless experience across multiple public clouds. Snowflake’s platform is the engine that powers and provides access to the Data Cloud, creating a solution for data warehousing, data lakes, data engineering, data science, data application development, and data sharing. Join Snowflake customers, partners, and data providers already taking their businesses to new frontiers in the Data Cloud.
• Rubrik Rubrik, the Zero Trust Data Security Company™, delivers data security and operational resilience for enterprises. Rubrik’s big idea is to provide data security and data protection on a single platform, including: Zero Trust Data Protection, ransomware investigation, incident containment, sensitive data discovery, and orchestrated application recovery. This means data is ready at all times so you can recover the data you need, and avoid paying a ransom. Because when you secure your data, you secure your applications, and you secure your business. For more information please visit www.rubrik.com and follow @rubrikInc on Twitter and Rubrik, Inc. on LinkedIn. Rubrik is a registered trademark of Rubrik, Inc. Other marks may be trademarks of their respective owners.
• Alation Alation is the leader in enterprise data intelligence solutions including data search & discovery, data governance, data stewardship, analytics, and digital transformation. Alation’s initial offering dominates the data catalog market. Thanks to its powerful Behavioral Analysis Engine, inbuilt collaboration capabilities, and open interfaces, Alation combines machine learning with human insight to successfully tackle even the most demanding challenges in data and metadata management. More than 330 enterprises drive data culture, improve decision making, and realize business outcomes with Alation including AbbVie, American Family Insurance, Cisco, Exelon, Fifth Third Bank, Finnair, Munich Re, NASDAQ, New Balance, Parexel, Pfizer, US Foods, and Vistaprint. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Alation was named to Inc. Magazine’s Best Workplaces list and is backed by leading venture capitalists including Blackstone, Costanoa, Data Collective, Dell Technologies, Icon, ISAI Cap, Riverwood, Salesforce, Sanabil, Sapphire, and Snowflake Ventures. For more information, visit alation.com.
• Precisely Precisely is the global leader in data integrity, providing accuracy, consistency, and context in data for 12,000 customers in more than 100 countries, including 97 of the Fortune 100. Precisely’s data integration, data quality, data governance, location intelligence, and data enrichment products power better business decisions to create better outcomes.
• IBT Integrated Business Technologies (IBT), founded in 1997, is Australia’s #1 Elite Qlik Data Integration and Management (QDI) Partner. IBT’s customers are typically looking for a simpler, real-time solution for their data integration and management needs. We especially assist customers who are struggling with large volumes of data and an inability to turn that data into ongoing business value due to gaps in leaky and unintegrated data pipelines. Be analytics-ready in a flash! In just a few clicks, we help IT professionals bring together data from multiple sources in real time to provide a complete, accurate, and up-to-date dataset for BI, data analysis and other applications and business processes. Qlik’s platform liberates users from relying on embedded DBMS or cloud vendor tools and manual ETL coding to implement data integration tasks. Qlik’s end to end QDI platform and IBT’s services facilitate the automation of real-time intelligent data pipelines to data warehouses, data lakes or streaming platforms. The platform is unified, source agnostic (any database and cloud) and connects to the market’s largest number of endpoints (45+) – even mainframe!
• SnapLogic SnapLogic delivers intelligent automation that connects your enterprise and unlocks the power of your applications and data. The company’s leadership in intelligence-powered workflows and self-service integration capabilities make it fast and easy for organizations to manage all their application integration, data integration, and data engineering projects on a single, scalable platform. Hundreds of Global 2000 customers – including Adobe, AstraZeneca, Box, GameStop, Verizon, and Wendy’s – rely on SnapLogic to automate business processes, accelerate analytics, and drive digital transformation. SnapLogic was founded by data industry veteran Gaurav Dhillon and is backed by blue-chip investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Capital One, Ignition Partners, Microsoft, Triangle Peak Partners, and Vitruvian Partners. What does SnapLogic do? | Watch video: snaplogic.com/resources/videos/explainer-video

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