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He has an extensive career in Data Management, working hands on with Governance, Data and AI Strategy. He has planned, implemented, and operationalizing Data Operating models, designed Data Teams, and worked actively with creating strategy, assessing maturity, and building capabilities.Through diverse roles, as consultant, discipline lead, and manager Winfried has gained broad knowledge and multiple […]

He is principal Data Scientist at QBurst, brings over a decade (12 years) of proficiency in Python and Data Science. He is currently dedicating his expertise to authoring LangChain for Life Sciences, a book set to be published by O’Reilly. His accolades include being recognized as a Kaggle Competition Expert and teaching university in Master

He is a product and data leader with 20+ years’ experience envisioning and building cutting edge digital solutions. Alan has a passion for digital strategy, innovation, and emergent digital business models. He brings a balance of practical and philosophical thinking to all endeavors and believes technology must be thoughtfully designed to serve humanity. Over the

He is a true advocate of the analysis profession. In his day job, he acts as Principal Consultant and Director at Blackmetric Business Solutions where he provides business analysis consultancy and training solutions to a range of clients in varying industries. He is a Past President of the UK chapter of the IIBA® and he

Hamid Benbrahim is Head of Data and AI at Thomas, the primary source for industrial sourcing the US and Canada. He is leading the transformation of Thomas Publishing into a data business, developing new financial indexes and alternative data products for the financial industry, streamlining data operations, and deploying AI and analytics capabilities for sales,

He is Principal Information Management Consultant EMEA at Global Data Strategy.  He is also a long standing Data Management Association (DAMA) UK Committee member. Nigel has worked in Information Management for over 25 years, both as an in-house implementer of Information Management solutions at British Telecommunications (BT) plc and subsequently as an external consultant to more

With 30 years of experience delivering value through data strategy, architectures, and analytics John has a unique perspective that comes from key roles as a practitioner, consultant, and vendor CTO in the data analytics industry. As a recognized thought leader, he has been publishing articles, teaching, and presenting at conferences in North America and Europe

He is a recognized authority on Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Cloud/Mobile Computing, and understanding the business value of information technology.  He is an educator, technology manager, frequent writer, author, and visible achievements in Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, mobile strategy, system integration startups, strategic technology/business partnerships, enterprise infrastructure, and emerging technologies, particularly for financial systems and

He is a dad, an independent consultant, software craftsman, architect, programmer, coach, speaker, trainer, and writer. He is seasoned in Agile, Scrum, Kanban, continuous delivery, (no) software estimation, agile requirements, design patterns, domain driven design, UML, software architecture, microservices, and writing beautiful code. Sander changes organizations and teams and coaches them to optimize their processes,

Mike Ferguson is Managing Director of Intelligent Business Strategies Limited.  As an analyst and consultant he specialises in Business Intelligence and Enterprise Business Integration.  With over 40 years of IT experience, he has consulted for dozens of companies on Business Intelligence Strategy, technology selection, enterprise architecture, and data management. He has spoken at events all