CDO SEA Live Series - March Edition 2022

Overview

The War on Talent is real and all organisations need to understand how to compete, as well as retaining and up-skilling existing workforce to drive competitive advantage. Join this months edition to understand and gain key insights into:

Talent and acquisition issues facing the region, and solutions to help

How to communicate your data strategy to attract top talent

How to retain your talent through a culture of purpose and providing growth opportunities

What to expect

• Virtual Attendees 150+
• Live Interactions 10+
• Live 10+
• Speakers 8+

What we will cover

• The Great Re-shuffle What does this mean for your team and organisation and how can we lean into this as a potential opportunity
• Resources And Skills What specific skills and resources do you need across the next five years to drive your organisational transformation
• Data Culture Over Everything A strong and robust data culture will not only attract talent but assist in keeping existing teams happy and motivated.
• Competitive Advantage What sets your organisation apart and can offer unique competitive advantages

Agenda

• 0:00 pm How to Connect Your Customer Data to Glean Powerful Analytics and Insights(Plenary) Customer data is plentiful these days as there are more things happening on digital than ever before. But even the most technologically savvy of brands are struggling with how to connect their data to truly be able to glean powerful metrics and insights they can take action on to provide better experiences. Join this session to learn: ● How a solid data foundation will help you acquire, convert and retain loyal customers for life ● Key ways to be able to put trust in your data so you can easily see impactful insights that help you make important shifts ● Why you will become the data hero at your organization after following these steps
• 0:25 pm Keynote: How to Attract the Right Talent to Foster Innovation and Growth(Plenary) T The War on Talent is real, and all organisations need to understand how to compete, as well as retaining and up-skilling existing workforce to drive competitive advantage: Talent and acquisition issues facing the region, and solutions to help How to communicate your data strategy to attract top talent How to retain your talent through a culture of purpose and providing growth opportunities
• 0:39 pm Accelerate your Data Modernisation Efforts with Data Intelligence(Plenary) Data is crucial to building effective digital experiences, and the key to unlocking the value of data and democratising it across an organisation is a modern data architecture. Because of this, many organisations are in the process of trying to modernise their data architecture by moving from legacy databases and tools to modern, cloud-based data solutions. But even with this shift, data often remains highly distributed and diverse, making it difficult to find, trust, access and activate data across an organisation. In this session, you’ll learn how centralised data intelligence will help you accelerate your data modernisation efforts by enabling you to: · Unite teams with a shared understanding of data · Drive trust in data · Empower your organisation with self-service access to data
• 0:58 pm Keynote: The Upside to Failing Faster, Recovering and Moving Onto the Next Thing: Can Changing the Course Correct Help?!(Plenary) It’s important to look for patterns in data even from a security point of view. Join this session to learn how to not be distracted by the noise, personal bias and especially press bias. Why pattern always proceeds press? Key takeways: Looking at charters and the data points Market numbers and their place in predicting movement Recruiting people who can connect the dots
• 1:09 pm Democratising Analytics(Plenary) Enabling leaders to: Accelerate analytics innovation Drive growth Create a competitive advantage in their organizations
• 1:34 pm Keynote: How to Minimise the Struggle When Trying to Implement Change(Plenary) It’s all about empathy leadership. Join this session to learn how to get closer to your team and understand challenges, gaps in analytics area and connect the dots. Key takeways: Budget and financial constraints, is it just another problem The importance of working closely with vendors to and understanding the challenges while maintaining a good relationship Implementing cultural changes: Eliminating My Team Vs Your Team mentality
• 1:47 pm The end of Passive BI?(Plenary) According to PwC, nearly 4 out of 5 CEOs believe that remote collaboration will last after the pandemic. How will trends like these impact your business – and what should you do to get ahead of them? Join us in this session and learn how and why organizations are shifting their focus from passive BI to Active Intelligence, where we’ll cover what’s emerging right now, including: Evolution of the dashboard Data Mesh: New fabric for distributed data Distributed Clouds emerge Use of application automation to trigger action
• 2:07 pm Keynote: Truly Defining the CDO’s Role? A Tough Pill to Swallow!(Plenary) How often have we talked about the number of data leaders within one organisation? How often do we come across the gap between the true value of the data and the perception of the top management of the value of data. And ultimately how often do we come across the million-dollar question, “ what’s the role of the CDO? ”. One could argue that there’s no wrong answer. But how well thought through is the answer to the above question, would define not only the organisational success of a company with their data, but it also would be your key ingredient for extracting the true value of your data teams, culture, retention and ultimately attraction. And in light of the need for this clarity, we get together with Dr. David Hardoon, to discuss the role of a CDO and becoming what goes into becoming the mastering of your own domain. Often times, CDOs are thrown into a mix of bureaucracy, undefined metrics and the unclear positioning of their unit within the organisation which ultimately leads to a gradual descend and distaste morally and culturally. And yes, we couldn’t agree more that you should set the tone from the top, but what if the CDO can in fact play an impactful role in kickstarting that shift and creating that tone? As David himself would say you don't need to boil the ocean to make a hot cup of tea, and the approach here is no different. So, join us for an exciting session as we dive into a step by step guide into: Defining the “why” and not the “what” of what we do, from the top to the individual business units The importance of your mindset when you set out for transformation Leading the mindset shift and the “awakening” of your organisation as to how data is positioned and perceived. Understanding the power of flexibility and the impact on your teams.
• 2:27 pm What's The Big Deal About Data Observability?(Plenary) Due to the ongoing exploding supply of data, enterprises must keep constant watch over their data and the pipelines through which it is ingested, prepared, and otherwise made fit for operational uses. Many enterprises have optimized data ingestion processes but experience issues with data management and data reliability. Data observability enables organizations to continually track, correlate, assess, predict, manage, and optimize the health of their data systems in operation. It is an essential tool for monitoring the metrics—such as data availability, reliability, efficiency, and performance—that businesses apply to ensure data teams meet the increasing demand for real-time data insights, data consumers trust the data they use to make business decisions, and executives ensure data delivery and pipeline performance meet business requirements. This session will cover best practices for using multidimensional data observability to monitor and optimize operational data pipelines and how to: Make the strategic case for data observability Identify the chief business metrics of data observability Use automation to scale data identification, reliability, quality and management Instrument the enterprise data infrastructure for comprehensible observability Use intelligent observability to augment data pipeline professionals’ productivity
• 2:49 pm Roundtable - How can CDOs Increase Observability, Cost Savings and Optimisation?(Plenary) How can CDOs Increase Observability, Cost Savings and Optimisation? The past year has been a game-changer for companies worldwide, not because it demonstrated the importance of digitalisation but also because it revealed the crucial need for observability and optimisation in disruptive times.And so, observability is continually proving to be the key driver of future business models to provide the optimum consumer experience, and an optimised approach for data teams. However at the same time the rules and the landscape have accelerated. Data leaders must rethink their strategy as they leverage the power of the technology, data science and advanced analytics.During this edition of the CDO Circle, we get together to discuss how CDO's can increase observability, cost savings and optimisations across the organisation. Key takeaways of the conversation: Leveraging tools to optimise cost and performance at scale Actionable insights on increasing data engineering productivity Harnessing observability to decrease data related incidents Increasing data reliability through automated workflows

Speakers

• Francis Adrian Viernes · Head of Data Analytics, Megaworld Corporation Experienced Head Of Analytics with a demonstrated history of working in the real estate industry. Skilled in Databases, Management, Sales Presentations, Training, and Finance. Strong research professional with a Executive Diploma focused in Real Estate Managament from Benilde-School of Professional and Continuing Education (SPaCE).
• Raghu Pulakurthi · Senior Director, Data and Analytics, Flex IT leader with 25 years of professional experience in Leadership, Project and Program management, Application Development , Data and Analytics, Systems Integration, Software Architecture and Vendor Management. Experience in leading large scale projects and large teams. Solid exposure to diverse work atmospheres and industry verticals, and possesses vast International work experience (13.5 years in USA and rest in India)
• Mohd Hanapi Bisri · Head of Group IT, Petra Energy Digital Transformation advocator and certified consultant with over 30 years’ experience in organization transformation strategy, Business Process Re-engineering, large-scale ICT Strategic Transformation implementation as well as Program Management Office in various industries in Europe, Middle-East and ASEAN countries. Extremely passionate about bringing value to the business through improvement initiatives with "big picture" in mind. Having continuous interaction with all level of stakeholders in garnering feedback and proposing transformation improvement initiatives, with positive work attitudes based on customer-focused perspective to achieve overall value to all levels of the organization. Tech-savvy creative IT practitioner who leverages state-of-the-art technologies suitable for high performance organisations’s future business continuity, blue ocean opportunities and hidden risks exposure buried inside data. An advocator of predictive analytics in organisations, foreseeing its substantial and significant potential in strategic decision making, operational efficiency, reduction in implementation cost and change management, aimed at increasing the competitiveness of the organisation so as to remain significant in the future and leader in the industry.
• Nick Dennis · RVP Solutions Consulting, Tealium With a data and marketing background, Nick has worked in digital marketing for over 15 years. His experience in several martech start-ups and global marketing clouds has helped put a great perspective on what customer experience-focused organisations need to focus on to be successful. Spoiler alert, both technology & data play a key role to help enable that success, along with people, processes & culture. As the RVP of Solution Consulting across APJ, Nick spends a lot of his time explaining to friends what that exactly means - yet still ending up confusing them! An expat-Brit, Nick loves spending time with his family and dog, taking in the amazing sights of Australia & New Zealand!
• Benedict Benoit · Area Vice President, APAC, Collibra I have +10 years of customer-facing experience across four continents (North America, Asia, Oceania and Europe) with a track record of consistently delivering high-value client solutions, providing personalized service and overachieving targets. With roots in Belgium, I have a passion for opening and growing new (international) markets and growing business from the ground up via direct and channel sales in a high-growth environment. Currently, I'm working on expanding Collibra in the APAC region.

Partners

• Acceldata Acceldata has created the world's first Data Observability Cloud, helping data-driven enterprises achieve operational excellence, innovation agility, and higher returns on data investment. Modern enterprises increasingly rely on embedded analytics and AI systems to power their business operations and decisions. Building, operating, and optimizing these systems, however, can be overwhelming. Traditional monitoring tools, while effective for web applications and microservices, don’t provide sufficient insight into distributed data, processing, and pipelines.
• Tealium Helping brands make data actionable, in realtime, across every customer experience touch point. Tealium revolutionizes today’s digital businesses with a universal approach to customer data orchestration – spanning web, mobile, offline and Internet of Things devices. With the power to unify customer data into a single source of truth, Tealium offers a turnkey integration ecosystem supporting more than 1,000 client-side and server-side vendors and technologies. The Tealium Customer Data Hub encompasses tag management, API hub, customer data platform and data management solutions that enable organizations to leverage real-time data to create richer, more personalized digital experiences across every team, technology, and customer touchpoint. www.Tealium.com
• Alteryx Alteryx, the Analytics Automation company, is focused on enabling every person to transform data into a breakthrough. Alteryx unifies analytics, data science and business process automation in one, end-to-end platform to accelerate digital transformation and shape the future of analytic process automation (APA™). Bringing data, processes and people together in a converged approach, the Alteryx APA Platform™ enables high-impact business outcomes and rapid upskilling of people across the organization. The human-centered platform transforms how businesses leverage their data assets and automate processes to generate workforce efficiencies, top-line growth and optimize costs.
• Qlik Qlik’s vision is a data-literate world, where everyone can use data and analytics to improve decision-making and solve their most challenging problems. Qlik provides an end-to-end, real-time data integration and analytics cloud platform to close the gaps between data, insights and action. By transforming data into Active Intelligence, businesses can drive better decisions, improve revenue and profitability, and optimize customer relationships. Qlik does business in more than 100 countries and serves over 50,000 customers around the world.
• Collibra Collibra is the Data Intelligence company. We accelerate trusted business outcomes by connecting the right data, insights and algorithms to all Data Citizens. Our cloud-based platform connects IT and the business to build a data-driven culture for the digital enterprise. Global organizations choose Collibra to unlock the value of their data and turn it into a strategic, competitive asset. We have a diverse global footprint, with offices in the U.S., Belgium, Australia, Czech Republic, France, Poland and the U.K. Visit our website at Collibra.com

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