#229: Modernising the ATO to drive cloud data capabilities, analytics, AI, and deliver innovation. With Ben Taylor, the Assistant Commissioner for Data Insights at the ATO

This week in the Data Futurology podcast, we have a special presentation to share. Ben Taylor, the Assistant Commissioner for Data Insights at the ATO was one of the leading keynote speakers at our recent OpsWorld event in Sydney. There, he provided delegates with a deep dive into the data journey for the ATO in recent years. 

As you can probably guess, the ATO handles millions of lines of data every day, across data lakes that are petabytes in size. With a data team of around 800, there is often the sense that they’re racing against chaos to deliver. However, in recent years, the effort to transform and modernise the approach to data has been highly successful. The ATO was able to transition to cloud-driven data systems, and is now seen as a deep and strategic partner to the other lines of business within the organisation. 

In this presentation, Taylor shares some open and transparent examples of the challenges that the ATO faced, the steps that they took to embrace AI and automated analytics while maintaining human oversight and decision-making, and how the data team went about building trust to earn the support of the other lines of business. 

He also overviews the value of XOps – what that means from the ATO’s perspective – and why all data leaders should be looking at defining and adopting a XOps approach to their own data strategy. 

For deep insights into one of the largest data-driven organisations in Australia, Taylor’s presentation on the ATO’s experience with data is essential.

Connect with Ben Taylor:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-taylor-962a2a60/?originalSubdomain=au

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