CDO Live UK June Edition

Overview

How do you balance developing a strategic approach to data and analytics, with the need to remain flexible to adapt to the changing needs, priorities and goals of the wider organisation?

Once a month, industry leaders in Data will be at the Chief Data Officer Live Series. They are committed to delivering transformation strategies that will build agility, speed, intelligence and innovation. CDO UK Live is a hub space for all data-driven leaders, where you can gain insights, hear solutions or join as a silent observer!

What to expect

• Attendees 200+
• Hours
• Sessions
• Interactions 1:1

What we will cover

• How to Drive Value From Your Data Understand the true potential of your data, why valuation is so important, and understanding which strategies to apply to effect long-term change.
• Harnessing Opportunities How can you ensure that you are best positioned to successfully tackle future challenges and exploit upcoming opportunities?
• Ensuring Boardroom Advocacy How is data and analytics representation evolving at board level? How can you position these roles as crucial for the long term, not just the immediate future?
• The CDO Of The Future Exploring the ambiguity and blurring lines around data, analytics and tech leadership roles: What are the mandates and what makes for effective leadership in the future?

Speakers

• Monica Jones · Chief Data Officer, Health Data Research UK Monica Jones is the Chief Data Officer for the HDRUK Data Research Hub for Cancer – DATA-CAN, Associate Director HDR North and also the Executive Lead for Population Health Management for the Yorkshire and Humber Care Record (YHCR). A highly motivated technical expert and leader with extensive Healthcare and Life Sciences knowledge and experience. ISEB qualified Enterprise and Solutions Architect with a proven track record of designing and delivering complex, high value solutions to exceptional standards. She has many years’ experience defining and directing current and future information systems. As the Managing Director of Animo Consultancy Ltd she has provided consultancy services for CRUK, MRC, Genomics England, NHS England and the MOD. An effective communicator used to working on major public and private sector initiatives, who is able to integrate teams to achieve their maximum potential. International clinical terminology and data standards (SNOMED CT, ICD-10, HL7 FHIR) expert promoting safe and effective health information for better patient outcomes. She is the Deputy Chair of the NHS Digital Data Design Authority (DDA) and Chair of the YHCR Data Architecture Design Authority (DADA)
• Tanya Gilligan · Head of Big Data Management & Governance, Three UK Tanya Gilligan is an experienced professional with 25 years’ experience in Data Strategy & Management, Data Governance & Quality Management, Data Warehousing & Business Intelligence, Data Architecture, Project Management, Project Delivery. Tanya’s expertise covers all components of a data management environment and with extensive end to end programme lifecycle experience from strategy definition through to the analysis, design and implementation of complete solutions. She has worked across a variety of business sectors whilst spending 8+ years working at KPMG; she then moved into Banking for a number of years and is now Head of Big Data Management & Governance for a UK Mobile Telco.
• Gareth Lewis · Content Creator, Sit-Down Creatively driven, strategic thinker, with a passion for story-telling & story-doing. Working to helping business leaders connect through meaningful and engaging experiences.
• Louis Pieterse · Lead Engineer @ Analytics-Platform, Wise Ltd. Highly skilled, competent and experienced Information Technology professional with specialist pedigree in Database Systems and BI Engineering. Over 20 years experience having started out as a PC Technician in 1996, rising in the industry occupying roles such a Network Administrator, Field Engineer, Systems Engineer & Security Officer, Database Administrator and Senior Database Engineer & BI Specialist Versatile industry experience having worked as a Lecturer and General Manager at a Restaurant. Proven track record in defining, building and optimizing best-in-class ICT Organizations. Acumen extends to Business Information Analysis, Programming, BI Development, Scripting, Data Development & Administration, Systems Management, Virtual Technologies, Cloud Technologies, Network Administration and Server Storage. I regard myself as a self-motivated and tech-savvy team player with a passion for technology accompanied by strong communication and leadership skills.
• Tomer Garzberg · Co-Founder, ybot Tomer Garzberg is the Co-Founder and CEO of ybot, an Automated Multilingual Contact Centre as a Service. His background involves designing, building and deploying custom AI and RPA applications for enterprise to achieve realisable operational savings and improved customer experiences.

Partners

• Snowflake · Event Partner 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.
• BMC Software · Event Partner BMC helps customers run and reinvent their businesses with open, scalable, and modular solutions to complex IT problems. With unmatched experience in IT management, we support 92 of the Forbes Global 100 and have earned recognition as an ITSM Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader for five years running. Our solutions offer speed, agility, and efficiency to tackle business challenges in service management, automation, operations, and the mainframe.

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