Change is inevitable.

So what will happen to those things that are stuck in the ways of old, even as towers are built around it?

As industries all around us turn digital, we can only expect the best from the necessities too - schools, banks, and…healthcare.

Dr Sitt Paing is the Interim Chief Technology Officer at Pun Hlaing Hospitals. First established in 2005, it is the only hospital in Myanmar to be awarded the American Joint Commission International Accreditation for quality and patient safety. Pun Hlaing Hospital’s vision is to spearhead international quality healthcare for the nation. They intend to spread telehealth, home care, free mobile clinics, and dedicated beds for those who cannot afford family and specialist care.

Sitt worked as a clinical practitioner for 4 years and worked in multiple different managerial positions for another 4 years. He started his career with PHSH as a Resident Medical Officer, transitioning to a Radiology Administrator and Business Analyst, to an Operations Manager, to a Project Lead, to General Manager of ICT and Innovation, to his current career - all within 10 years.

Sitt’s passion is in uplifting and leapfrogging the healthcare status of the Myanmarese people through sustainable management and technology. He implemented a fully digitalized Radiology system at PHSH in 2015 to make the hospital the first and only 100% filmless hospital in Myanmar. He also started to fully digitalize the electronic medical record system at three separate facilities of the PHSH group in the year 2018. Sitt’s objective is to enable the organisation to leverage opportunity in the coming era of Healthcare 4.0. His next mission is to make the PHSH Group a 100% paperless data-driven organisation.

If you are a clinical practitioner looking to transition into a data analytics role or a data analytics professional looking to digitalise a healthcare system, this is the episode you do not want to miss.

Would you be recognisable in a crowd?

If you stepped into a group of others in your industry, would anyone be able to point you out and know exactly who you are?

Or would others take the spotlight instead?

Personal branding in a competitive market is key to standing out in the crowd, no matter if you’re an analytics professional or otherwise.

Without it, you’ll just be anyone else.

Maria’s Role as a Branding Leader at Markman Media

Maria Markman is the Founder & CEO at Markman Media - a Personal Branding agency for professionals, executives and company directors looking to build and promote their personal brands. Markman Media has an extensive database of specialists to fulfil the tasks required in order to launch your personal brand. They have developed a unique 3-step service to achieve effective personal branding on an ongoing basis. Based in Melbourne, Markman Media services clients Australia-wide and globally.

Beginning her career in her native country of Russia, Maria is a connector, known for bringing people, ideas and solutions together. She has worked in a number of innovative businesses and industries, including a digital marketing agency, Salesforce.com implementation partners (as a certified consultant) and in sales, selling IT professional services. Her unique skillset encompasses cloud computing, software-as-a-service, sales and marketing.

Maria also has extensive board experience, most notably with the ACS (Australian Computer Society), where she served on the board and as Chair of the Victorian branch. At the end of 2018, she said ‘enough’ to corporate life and decided to focus on her board career and her own business.

In this exclusive analytics podcast episode, Maria shares:

If you are an analytics professional of any position trying to create a personal brand for yourself and your future career opportunities, this is the episode you do not want to miss.

Are you curious where you are at with your personal brand? For all listeners of our podcast, Maria has offered a complimentary 1-hour consultation. Reach out to Maria via LinkedIn or Instagram and mention the codeword PODCAST to redeem.

It’s no secret that insurance can be confusing and complicated.

But does it actually need to be?

Insurance companies like Tune Protect are now turning to technology and data analytics to simplify insurance.

And the future of insurance is looking all the more bright and clear because of it.

Rohit’s Role as an Insurance Leader at Tune Protect Group

Rohit Nambiar is the Group Chief Executive Officer at Tune Protect Group - an insurance provider with the motto Insurance Simplified. Tune Protect aims to simplify the consumer experience with products and technology that complement their consumers’ lifestyle needs. Since 2011, they have established a strong foothold in the travel, retail, and digital insurance space globally, having a presence across more than 60 markets and its ventures in Malaysia, Thailand and the Middle East.

Besides his work with Tune Protect, throughout his 18 years of experience in the insurance industry, Rohit has taken on roles with AXA Affin Insurance as the Chief Executive Officer of Life Insurance and Chief Transformation and Operations Officer. In these roles, Rohit was responsible for operations, IT, Big Data, and more.

Previously, Rohit has also been with AXA Asia, AXA Japan, and AXA Business Services, working throughout India, Singapore, Vietnam, Hong Kong, and, now, Malaysia. He is a sought after speaker in the insurance industry, talking on Insurtech, health, business, and digitalization. Currently, Rohit is an Angel Investor, investing in F&B, Advertising, and other industries of interest.

In this exclusive analytics podcast episode, Rohit shares:

If you are an analytics professional in the insurance industry - or any other industry - looking to start creating partnerships as a corporate strategy, this is the episode you do not want to miss.

Do you remember the struggle to adjust to the work-from-home life at the start of the Coranavirus pandemic?

Or is this still something you’re dealing with everyday?

In this blast from the past classic TAS episode all the way back from you-know-when, Eric Nguyen talks about how automation could have sped up the transition.

Maybe we’ve learned our lesson.

But you never know what the future could bring.

Eric’s Role as an RPA Leader at Synergy Group

Eric Nguyen is the Senior Manager of Robotic Process Automation at Synergy Group Australia - a business consultancy that offers a full range of consultancy, project and managed services uniquely tailored to the challenges of Government. With a strong resolve to deliver success, they pride themselves on collaborating with clients to understand true potential. Synergy Group aims to develop lasting relationships with clients, seeing themselves as partners in the never-ending journey of identifying and solving Australia’s challenges.

Eric has over 15 years of experience in the field of automation, data, and customer experience, with a successful track record with companies of the likes of Telstra and Datacom. His vision is to help businesses get the most out of the ongoing revolution of RPA and business analytics. Throughout his career, he has helped numerous enterprise businesses, government agencies and SMEs through automation, data insights, and agile ways of working.

Apart from that, Eric is a sought after speaker in numerous conferences across the globe. He frequently emanates his knowledge and experience as a featured speaker at various conferences, such as Big Data Framework. Currently, he is also a Judge at AI Journal’s Global Excellence Annual Awards for 2022 and a Committee Member with the Australian Computer Society.

In this exclusive analytics podcast episode, Eric shares:

If you are an analytics professional or leader looking to implement Robotic Process Automation in your organisation to improve efficiency and innovation, this is the episode you do not want to miss.

In the ever-changing landscape of the insurance industry, one thing remains a constant.

The need for insurers to price their products in order to better manage portfolio risks.

This week, TAS is back with another classic episode from early 2021.

This is Episode 42 returning as Episode 113.

For the many of you with insurance plans of our own, have you ever wondered about the inner workings of your providers?

Philip’s Role as a Pricing Leader at IAG

Dr Philip Conway is the Executive Manager of Pricing & Engineering at Insurance Australia Group Limited (IAG). IAG is Australia and New Zealand's largest general insurance company. The company has been helping people recover from natural disasters, accidents, and loss since 1851. They provide insurance services under many leading brands and underwrite over $11 billion of premium per annum. Extending beyond paying claims, they are increasing awareness of risk and helping communities reduce and prevent it.

Philip has a background in engineering with a PhD in hydrodynamic modelling along with extensive working experience in natural disaster control as a flood engineer. Prior to joining IAG, he was Flood Engineer and Design Engineer at WMAwater and Atkins respectively. He has also written and published multiple papers on related subject areas. His research topics include Australian flood risk to climate drivers and role of exposure, capital, and infrastructure in post-disaster recovery among others.

At IAG, Philip has previously led teams for natural perils and reinsurance pricing engine development and advises c-suite executives on regulatory protection level requirements and group stress tests. He has also worked on numerous solution designs and developments related to address-level earthquake rates, benchmarking of vendor catastrophe models, deterministic volcano model, generating storm damage footprints, flood risk, and climate change.

In this exclusive analytics podcast episode, Philip shares:

If you are connected with the insurance and financial industry and want to know more about the inner workings of a company like IAG, this is the episode you do not want to miss.

What if you could predict whether your business idea is doomed to fail before you take that leap?

Each year, thousands of people all across the world try to start their own businesses.

According to LendingTree, 65.5% of businesses fail within the first 10 years. If that sounds like a long time to you, now imagine wasting those 10 years on a dying business.

Is it possible to predict which business idea will ultimately succeed or fail?

According to Linda Ginger, you absolutely can.

This week, we bring you another TAS classic all the way from mid-2020 with Episode 25.

Meet Linda Ginger

Linda’s Role as a Market Strategy Leader at Attractor

Linda Ginger is the Owner and Go-to-Market Strategist of Attractor. For over 10 years, Attractor has enabled ambitious business entrepreneurs to rapidly discover, validate, and launch transformative opportunities. They provide this through a network to help them rapidly identify market opportunities, discover unmet customer needs, and apply proven, science-based go-to-market strategies to increase their success.

Linda has been a successful market strategist and innovator for over 20 years and left her mark in almost all the industries that you can think of. Other than her work at Attractor, Linda is a Board Member with Growth Science, a data science research firm. Previously, she was their Chief Executive, formulating the strategic direction globally, establishing an Australasian presence, and sharing research, science, and performance.

That’s not all. Currently, Linda is also a Development and Design Integrity Panel Member at the Brisbane Airport Corporation, an Approved Advisor with the Advisory Board Centre, and an Editor (ANZ) at Innovation Excellence, a global innovation website. In addition to this, she is a globally sought after speaker on business innovation, marketing strategy, and data science.

In this exclusive analytics podcast episode, Linda shares:

If you are interested in becoming more customer-centric and working backward using data analytics, technology, and science to support this journey, this is the episode you do not want to miss.

This new technology will change everything about how you work in your business!

With how quickly technology is advancing everyday, how do you decide which shiny new piece of technology is either right for your business…

…or a huge waste of an investment?

Even worse, once you find that perfect new technology, how do you implement it in a way that works for everyone?

Mazen’s Role as a Data Analytics Leader at Foodstuffs North Island

Mazen Kassis is the Head of Data & Analytics at Foodstuffs North Island Limited - a cooperative made up of 24,000 kiwis working hard to make sure New Zealanders get more out of life. They serve 2.7 million kiwis each week through their 330+ PAK’nSAVE, New World, Four Square and Gilmours stores and have donated 9m meals to Food Rescue. In 2020, Foodstuffs won the Large Retail Employer of the Year award, and their Four Square banner was a recipient of Aon Hewitt's Best Employer award in 2018. This year, Foodstuffs North Island marks its 100 year anniversary.

Besides his work with Foodstuffs North Island, Mazen is a Training Advisory Board Member with IAPP - the International Association of Privacy Professionals. IAPP is the largest privacy association in the world and a leader in the privacy industry. They provide resources for practitioners to develop and advance their careers while helping professionals and businesses navigate the complexities of the evolving environment and how to define and manage privacy issues.

Having spent his career journey in research, privacy, and data & analytics capacities in ANZ, Asia, Africa and Europe, Mazen has learnt important lessons about different ways and means that data can be turned into actionable insights. Synthesising data to inform decision making ignites his passion and creating ecosystems where this can be done at scale drives him further.

In this exclusive analytics podcast episode, Mazen shares:

If you are interested in getting a glimpse into the world of data and analytics inside one of the most significant organisations in New Zealand, this is the episode you do not want to miss.

If the future is data-driven then we must have already reached the future.

The Data Analytics leaders of today and of the future are paving the way to growing businesses.

Some of the most successful companies in the world, like Google, Amazon, Netflix, and Facebook, have long adopted the new data use paradigm.

And if they found success in it, why can’t you?

Meet Jonas Christensen

Jonas’s Role as a Data Science Leader at Maurice Blackburn Lawyers

Jonas Christensen is the Head of Data Science at Maurice Blackburn Lawyers, Australia’s leading plaintiff and social justice law firm. They have built a reputation on the unwavering belief that the law should serve everyone, not just those who can afford it. For more than 100 years, Maurice Blackburn has had a proud history that includes the largest and most significant class action settlement in Australian history for the Black Saturday bushfires, protecting women and children on Manus Island and Nauru, and defending underpaid 7-Eleven employees. With over 1,100 employees across 33 offices in Australia, they have helped over 500,000 Australians seek justice.

Jonas’s Other Work in Data Science

Jonas is passionate about helping businesses to grow with advanced analytics and data-driven decision making. From a very young age, Jonas realised in him the energy towards innovation and constant improvement. As a professional, that’s what he has been doing for over 15 years with his skills and expertise in data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML). He believes that these data technologies will be as revolutionary in the coming days as the personal computing revolution has been for the last 40 or so years.

Digital Marketplaces, Content Marketing, and Analytics Platforms 

In this exclusive analytics podcast episode, Jonas shares: 

If you are an analytics professional or consultant looking to grow your career beyond where it is now, this is the episode you do not want to miss out on.

Have you ever trusted your gut feeling to make a decision?

Maybe you have when making a random online purchase, or when deciding which road to go down when your GPS stops working.

But what about the big decisions - such as in your business?

Are all your decisions based entirely on logic and research then?

How about when pricing your products and services?

Science vs Art.

Data vs Behaviour.

Which do you choose?

Jon’s Role as a Pricing Leader at PricingProphets

Jon Manning is the Founder and Chief Expert of PricingProphets.com - the world’s first crowdsourcing platform for pricing. Since launching in May 2011, PricingProphets has enabled companies struggling with pricing to ask a panel of global pricing experts and thought-leaders what price to charge for a product or service and why. PricingProphets has won accolades from customers and the media alike, finishing in the Top 20 in the Anthill Smart100 awards in 2012.

While Jon is the Founder and Chief Expert of his own company, he is also the Head of Pricing at MYOB, a tech company that exists to help businesses start, survive, and succeed. MYOB assists with everything from accounting, payroll, payments, retail point of sale, CRM and professional tax solutions - and more - with solutions for businesses of every size, shape, and sector. MYOB believes in Australian and New Zealand businesses, having a range of initiatives to help support them.

He has hosted over 80 public workshops and in-house seminars conducted across the Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and the UK, as well as co-presented the ‘Pricing Strategy & Revenue Management’ Executive Education Program at Lancaster University Management School.

In this exclusive analytics podcast episode, Jon shares:

If you are a pricing professional looking to incorporate data analytics into your strategy or deciding which school of thought you fall into, this is the episode you do not want to miss out on.

Are you still stuck on the analytics dashboard?

And it seems like your analytics are sitting and rotting on the screen without any use and nowhere to go?

It’s not impossible. You can move beyond the dashboards.

This week, we bring you another one of our classic episodes!

This one is somewhat more recent, being from the middle of last year.

So, have you improved your data analytics platform since then, or are you still stuck?

Other than being another edition to the wonderful list of Classic TAS episodes, this episode is special in another sense too. This was originally the very second solo episode from your host, Jason Tan.

This episode is all about Jason sharing his expertise and knowledge of embedding and automating data and analytics in business so that you can dynamically optimise your revenue by going beyond dashboards.

For years now, Jason has been working on understanding how modern high-performing organisations like Amazon, Netflix, Facebook, and other data-driven companies from around the world are using data science to not leave money on the table. Meanwhile, he has also been experimenting with new techniques and strategies in his own businesses and for his clients.

In this exclusive analytics podcast episode, Jason shares:

If you are an analytics professional looking to learn about how to embed data analytics into the frontline of business operations to move beyond the dashboard, this is the episode you do not want to miss out on.