The Data Strategy Show

Phanii Pydimarri is currently Head of Strategic Planning and Partnerships at Healthcare Service Corporation. He's an innovative and results-driven executive leader specializing in Digital Transformation, Digital Product Management, Corporate Growth Strategies, Data Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence, and brings a proven track record of catalyzing multi-million-dollar impacts across diverse business verticals.

Sanjeev Mohan is the Principal and owner of SanjMo Former Gartner Research Analyst, self-confessed world galivanter, who has 30 years of the data bug and showing no signs of abating. He's always evolving, always innovating, and is a chronic learner.

Ben Steele is currently Head of Data and Analytics at the BMS Group. His focus is on strategic business enablement and unlocking the value in data assets across an organisation.

Mark Stouse is currently CEO of ProofAnalytics.ai, as well as a historian, philosopher and mathematician.

Sanjeevan Bala is currently Group Chief Data & AI Officer @ ITV, FTSE NED at Bakkavor and "The Most Influential Person in Data in the UK" as voted by DataIQ.

Robert Vane is an Enterprise Data Architect and creator of Federated Subject Areas (FSA) and the G-TEA Domain Architect platform.

Rachel Keane is the Chief Data Inspirer at The Data Inspiration Group Ltd, Digdata.

Bill Schmarzo is The Dean of Big Data, author of four books, and currently Customer Advocate, Data Management Incubation at Dell Technologies.

The final episode of Season 2 and my guest is none other than Scott Taylor - the data whisperer! Yep this is the final episode of Season 2 of 66 questions. Scott and I had a lot of fun making this episode as the season finale! I've had a hoot doing this season and finishing it with much laughter and comedy moments was probably the best way to go! So enjoy listening to Scott do his thing and please do like, share, and comment. Tell everyone you know! Behind every data leader there is a person and here is Scott unplugged.

Abel has an energy that oozes from him, and he says that he was “born in Nigeria and made in the UK” He defines himself as trustworthy and being a loveable soul! The first time a data leader has talked about how we need to love more and hate less! An avid documentary watcher and lifelong learner he’s always looking at how to do things differently from a perspective of diversity and understanding of people. He has a suitcase of ambition and a lust for life, family and music! Abel is currently the External Engagement Lead -Transforming Data Collection (TDC) Programme at the Bank of England - part of the Data Management team, responsible for developing, embedding & delivering the Bank’s Data and Analytic (D&A) strategy in a rapidly changing world. He is a Board member in one of the leading Colleges in Scotland. Is passionate about Data, Technology, AI, Social Mobility, Education, Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG), Diversity and Inclusion. I hope you enjoy this episode please do like, share, and comment, and enjoy listening to Abel. Behind every data leader there is a person and here is Abel unplugged.

We have been connected for some time, and I think I met Susan for the first time at Big Data London 2022 and we recorded 4 questions as a mini 66. So here she is elaborating further on 62 questions! :-) Susan needs no real introductions from me! We had a great conversation, had a lot of fun and of course you can’t see it, but in the background, there was her favourite icon – Robbie! She even remembers when she broke her leg at 18 months old! She’s a self-confessed southern softie but still has her roots in Scotland! I hope you enjoy this episode please do like, share, and comment, and enjoy listening to Susan. Behind every data leader there is a person and here is Susan unplugged.

Gareth is a super passionate and purposeful leader. He is currently Head of Data & Analytics for Sir Robert McAlpine logo and Board Member for SEM 1/1 Energy Management Systems and Energy Audits Committee. He describes himself as enthusiastic, compassionate, and tenacious about all things data! He’s influencing the world of construction to embed better working practices in projects as he says 1 in 200 fail to be delivered on time, on budget and with ROI. So, he’s super excited about changing that in the industry with his colleagues across the sector. I think you will love this episode! Gareth shoots from the heart and is an explorer of culture, people, countries and is super inspirational! Some great responses to 66 questions! I hope you enjoy this episode please do like, share, and comment, and enjoy listening to Gareth. Behind every data leader there is a person and here is Gareth unplugged.

Jez and I have known each other for quite a long time, since 2017. We met when we were more or less fresh faces in the data industry and still finding our place. Well, we have both come a long way since then and Jez is Co-founder and CEO at Eden Smith: a specialist data staffing, consulting & education company based in the UK and operating worldwide. With over 20 years’ of experience in the staffing industry, Jez has helped many businesses adopt innovative strategies to attract, retain and develop niche data talent whilst helping job seekers position themselves for hire. He has a collaborative mentality, is always smiling, optimistic, and super positive about the industry! I hope you enjoy this episode please do like, share, and comment, and enjoy listening to Jez. Behind every data leader there is a person and here is Jez unplugged.

The Data Strategy Show has been voted in the top 10 data podcasts by onlydatajobs and voted in the top 40 strategy podcasts by Feedspot in 2022. So, I wanted to say a HUGE BIG thank you to all the listeners out there for your support and I’m hugely excited about where the show will go in the future. On today's episode I'm delighted to have Karen Jean-Francois! I was bowled over when I heard that Karen started out as an athlete and so I decided to look her up! Amazing! She ran for Harrow and France! In 15/16 she was pretty much in position 1 for many competitions in the heptathlon! She’s super focused and I loved her passion, positive energy and found her incredibly inspirational! So moving on from athletics she branched into data analyst/data scientist. She is currently Analytics Manager – Operations at Monzo Bank. She often talks about her fears and how she had to face head-on into impostor syndrome early on in her career as she was labeled too shy to succeed in a client-facing role, and she struggled to find her space and voice. But she is relentless in pursuit of self-help and says she’s a little bit of a self-help addict. By Overcoming these challenges she is now helping analysts in their development, improving their performance, and retelling her story so that they can be hugely effective in their roles. She’s also a fellow podcaster and is the host of the Women in Data podcast. As well as this you can find her on thethrivinganalyst.com where she helps data analytics professionals ace their careers. I hope you enjoy this episode please do like, share, and comment, and enjoy listening to Karen. Behind every data leader there is a person and here is Karen unplugged.

The Data Strategy Show has been voted in the top 10 data podcasts by onlydatajobs and voted in the top 40 strategy podcasts by Feedspot in 2022. So, I wanted to say a HUGE BIG thank you to all the listeners out there for your support and I’m hugely excited about where the show will go in the future. On today's episode I'm delighted to have not one but two data leaders: Jasper Hegarty-Ditton & Divya Selva Prabhu. Jasper is the Director of Digital and Data and Divya who is the Data Analytics Coordinator and the first hire in his team, and are both from Leeds University Union. What I admire about both is their openness, tenacity, and their diverse backgrounds, which made the conversation even more compelling. Both are extremely passionate about how data will be used for good in the future, and are extremely motivated to building community. I hope you enjoy this episode please do like, share, and comment, and enjoy listening to Jasper and Divya. Behind every data leader there is a person and here are Jasper and Divya unplugged.

The Data Strategy Show has been voted in the top 10 data podcasts by onlydatajobs and voted in the top 40 strategy podcasts by Feedspot in 2022. So, I wanted to say a HUGE BIG thank you to all the listeners out there for your support and I’m hugely excited about where the show will go in the future. My guest today is Malcolm Hawker. His opening gambit is about walking on the beach and right there was my connection with Malcolm. What a wonderful conversation and I love the fact that his biggest learning experience was “failure”! Half of the battle in life is showing up and that’s been a mantra of his for years. Malcolm is currently Head of Data Strategy for Profisee, his mission is to raise awareness of the value of MDM and Data Governance among senior data leaders at companies across the globe. He has a passion for many things, the environment, sustainability, and blockchain for data. He profoundly states he could chew your ear off waxing about blockchain all day! 😊 Don’t get him started on data literacy! I hope you enjoy this episode please do like, share, and comment, and enjoy listening to Malcolm. Behind every data leader there is a person and here is Malcom unplugged.

The Data Strategy Show has been voted in the top 10 podcasts in 2022 by onlydatajobs and was voted in the top 40 strategy podcasts for 2022 by Feedspot. So, I wanted to say a HUGE BIG thank you to all the listeners out there for your support and I’m hugely excited about where the show will go in the future. I was referred to James by Itoro Liney and I am super pleased that I took her advice and invited James on! Great to speak to him and apparently, he had the best legs in the 3rd year and no I didn’t ask to see his legs! He’s a kung fu fighter well more from a spiritual and meditative aspect and he showed off some of his Sinhalese which was incredible! James is Head of Data at Principality Building Society leading on data & analytics strategy, architecture, governance, and privacy. He has extensive experience across a range of Data Capability areas, from Strategy & Architecture to Data Management, Governance, Engineering, and Insight Generation. He is super focused on working to embed data into the organisational culture and has a proven track record in delivering transformational and business-critical change. A blues guitarist of 20 years, he enjoys life with his family, a creative at heart and wants to get back to his creative self, a person who loves to understand others and their cultures, and the first person I know to have done the Inca trail! I hope you enjoy this episode please do like, share, and comment, and enjoy listening to James. Behind every data leader there is a person and here is James unplugged.

The Data Strategy Show has been voted in the top 10 podcasts in 2022 by onlydatajobs and was voted in at number 11 in the top 40 strategy podcasts for 2022 by Feedspot. So, I wanted to say a HUGE BIG thank you to all the listeners out there for your support and I’m hugely excited about where the show will go in the future. On today's show I'm delighted to have Aaron Wilkerson with me. Aaron and I connected on LinkedIn approx. 3 years ago and what I loved about him was his curiosity. It’s something that has been with him for a long time ever since he was a child, he would take toys apart and then reassemble them with good and bad results. But what I found in our conversation was a man of faith and deep thinking. Aaron is currently Sr. Manager Data Strategy & Governance at Carhartt the industrial clothing label that has now become quite the fashion in Europe! He enjoys collaborating with people to find out how he can best use his skills to help them be successful in what they are attempting to achieve. The common theme that is pervasive across his experiences is leveraging technology to drive value. Technology is such a powerful tool to bring about innovation and transform those who are able to interact with it. He claims to be a professional nerd and lifelong learner and the mantra he believes in is this "If you want to increase your success rate, double your failure rate." A wordle fan and is fiercely competitive with his wife and Aaron I’m still waiting for those dashboards and analysis! Also a collector of T-shirts to remember his life from school, college, university and onwards! I hope you enjoy this episode please do like, share, and comment, and enjoy listening to Aaron. Behind every data leader there is a person and here is Aaron unplugged.

The Data Strategy Show has been voted in the top 10 podcasts in 2022 by onlydatajobs and was voted in at number 11 in the top 40 strategy podcasts for 2022 by Feedspot. So, I wanted to say a HUGE BIG thank you to all the listeners out there for your support and I’m hugely excited about where the show will go in the future. On today's episode, I'm delighted to have Piyush Malik with me. Piyush and I spoke on the day of Diwali which is for those who don’t know what it is, it’s the Hindu festival that celebrates good over evil and is often referred to as the festival of lights. Another cricket lover his mantra is “never give up” which has been his view since he was about 10 whether it was in the sports arena, in school and life in general. Piyush is currently Chief Digital & Transformation Officer at Veridic Solutions. He specializes in harnessing the power of data-driven innovations driving adoption of cloud-first technologies and rapidly accelerating AI/ML and automation journeys in the enterprise. As an organizational transformation agent, he believes in combining the power of people, culture, and technology to generate outsized returns for the stakeholders. I would describe him as a spiritual technologist, well at least that’s what I thought from our conversation. A keen artist who has now given up fine art and painting landscapes for doodling while in meetings! I’ve got to see some of those doodles! As well as this he loves banging his drum, no seriously, he’s a drummer of sorts and loves music! I hope you enjoy this episode please do like, share, and comment, and enjoy listening to Piyush. Behind every data leader there is a person and here is Piyush unplugged.

The Data Strategy Show has been voted in the top 10 podcasts in 2022 by onlydatajobs and was voted in at number 11 in the top 40 strategy podcasts for 2022 by Feedspot. So, I wanted to say a HUGE BIG thank you to all the listeners out there for your support and I’m hugely excited about where the show will go in the future. On today's episode, I'm delighted to have Mir Ali with me. Mir is super passionate about data and what the future holds and how organisations will evolve using this asset. A believer in continual learning in all that he does, and he also believes that nothing must be taken for granted. Deeply moved by his faith and continuously looking for mentors to guide him both through his faith and career. Currently, Mir is Head of Platform Engineering at The Kraft Heinz Company. He has 20+ years of experience leading technology teams across industries. His role includes focusing on building a robust platform that supports KHC’s growth strategies, improves analytics-driven decision-making, and much more. A HUGE cricket fanatic and player, he loves Indian food and attempts to cook when he gets the chance, although his wife doesn’t think he’s very good! Keep going Mir! He attempts to live his life with focus and purpose, doing his best at everything he does both at work and at home every day. He lives by the mantra of doing things with sincerity and bringing positivity to all those around him. I hope you enjoy this episode please do like, share, and comment, and enjoy listening to Mir. Behind every data leader there is a person and here is Mir unplugged.