How AI Built This

Erik is back!

Go have a listen to episode three if you missed it to find out all about Erik's career and background in data.

This episode we dive into a few different topics, namely MLOps, Data Visualisation in Data Science and team structure.

Erik and I have been organising MancML together since late 2016 so it's always a pleasure to have him on the show!

As always, we're brought to you by the wonderful people at Cathcart Associates.

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Hannah is the Head of Operations at The Oakland Group, a Consultancy HQ'd in Leeds specialising in delivering large scale data solutions for clients across the country.

Coming from a technical background, Hannah has worked in a number of Product and Project Management roles, where her ability to speak to technical people and business people has been a huge benefit.

Currently heading up a number of projects for Oakland, Hannah is a great example of the kind of person you need in your business if your technical projects are to thrive.

Oh and she happens to be a Karate Black Belt and has represented England - so good luck saying no to her ...

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Heather is the Head of Data at UST, a global provider of digital technology, transformation and IT services.

With a long career in Data, Heather has been involved in building data teams for the NHS, insurance companies and now UST to help deliver data solutions for their clients.

It was great to chat to Heather about her background, career and the new challenge she recently took up at UST.

I hope you enjoy!

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Adam Sroka is back!

Adam joined me in the second ever episode of How AI Built This so to head more about his journey into data go check that out.

This episode is more focused on a recent blog post Adam did on how to stand out as a Data Scientist in 2021, which we go into in more detail.

A great guy who has recently moved role which we touch on and a few other bits and pieces.

Buzzing he wanted to come back on and as usual, we had a great chat.

I hope you enjoy!

As always, we're brought to you by the wonderful people at Cathcart Associates.

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Ben is the CEO of Lancaster based Relative Insight, an analytics company working with some of the world's biggest companies to help them better understand anything to do with language.

A tricky field to navigate, but Ben and the team have been perfecting this for many years now and are probably one of the biggest unsung heroes in the much heralded North West tech world.

Hope you enjoy!

As always, we're brought to you by the wonderful people at Cathcart Associates.

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Greig is the Head of Data Science for Data Innovation at NatWest Group.

With a strong academic background and real appreciation for collaboration, Greig has built a solid team within the bank and is working on some really interesting data projects.

We talked about his background in Physics, academia, starting out in financial services to what he's building now and how he goes about hiring.

Hope you enjoy!

As always, we're brought to you by the wonderful people at Cathcart Associates.

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Rob is the Head of Engineering at ADLINK in Newcastle, a really interesting organisation building some great software and hardware products around IoT devices.

They have some super innovative projects around smart warehousing and on the edge products, with Rob and his team at the heart of it.

During lockdown Rob also re-discovered his love of hands on programming and keeping his skills sharp.

I hope you enjoy!

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Andrew is the Founder of Analytics-Link a Consultancy focused on Data Science Education and Coaching.

A Data Scientist with an impressive career including work for Amazon and recently on Sony and their PS5 launch, Andrew knows a thing or two about data.

He has made it his mission through his Data Science Infinity programme to help people get the job they want in data.

In this episode we talk through how you stand out in the world of data, the career paths you can go down and some of the simple techniques he'd recommend.

I hope you enjoy!

As always, we're brought to you by the wonderful people at Cathcart Associates.

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Steven Faull is part of the Technology Leadership team at William Grant & Sons and a bit of a veteran of the Scottish data & tech world.

He's a huge proponent for the value data and analytics can add to an organisation, successfully implementing a data strategy at Aggreko and being a real champion for data at William Grant & Sons.

Steven is a great example of someone who understands how to marry the potential of data with the needs of a business.

I hope you enjoy!

As always, we're brought to you by the wonderful people at Cathcart Associates.

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Tadas is the CEO and Founder or Prodsight, a customer insight product helping you understand customer feedback across all channels, from support tickets to reviews.

Using NLP techniques and sentiment analysis, Tadas and the team have built a really interesting product, with big plans for 2021.

As always, we're brought to you by the wonderful people at Cathcart Associates.

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