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Welcome to "Fraud Frontlines," a special series within the DataTalk™ podcast, hosted by Kathleen Peters, exploring the latest trends in identity and fraud prevention.
In this episode, Kathleen Peters, Chief Innovation Officer for Experian Identity and Fraud, is joined by Diarmuid Thoma, VP of Fraud & Data Strategy at AtData, a part of Experian. Together, they explore Experian's acquisition of AtData and how real-time email intelligence is enhancing identity and fraud capabilities, a crucial digital identity signal in the AI era.
Diarmuid shares his extensive experience in fraud prevention and the evolution of AtData, emphasizing the unique role of email as a persistent digital anchor. He explains how email intelligence provides critical insights, helping to distinguish legitimate users from fraudulent ones, and reducing friction for trusted interactions. The conversation also highlights the transformative potential of integrating email intelligence with other signals, such as behavioral analytics and device data.
Looking ahead, Kathleen and Diarmuid express excitement about the future of email intelligence and its role in agentic commerce. They emphasize the importance of trusted identity markers and real-time signals in combating sophisticated, AI-driven fraud. As the industry evolves, collaboration and innovation are essential to building a secure, trustworthy ecosystem for digital transactions.
Join us for this engaging conversation to learn about how Experian and AtData are helping shape the future of identity and fraud prevention.
Diarmuid Thoma is VP of Fraud & Data Strategy at AtData, where he leads the development of enterprise fraud models and the productization of email-based intelligence to reduce risk and preserve revenue. Over a career spanning more than two decades, he has designed fraud prevention programs for major technology and security firms, including Facebook, Symantec, Hewlett-Packard and TransUnion. His in-depth knowledge of the global fraud prevention market and its context within regional compliance has accelerated AtData's solutions. He is a regular industry speaker on topics including email intelligence, the application of digital trust signals, and balancing fraud controls with customer experience.
Welcome to "Fraud Frontlines," a special series within the DataTalk™ podcast, hosted by Kathleen Peters, exploring the latest trends in identity and fraud prevention.
In this episode, Kathleen Peters, Chief Innovation Officer, Identity and Fraud at Experian, is joined by Farooq Sheikh, Vice President, Global Industries and Solutions, at Cloudflare. They delve into the transformative impact of AI on commerce and the critical role of trust and identity verification in this evolving landscape.
Farooq shares insights into Cloudflare's mission to protect the internet and AI agents, highlighting the importance of the Experian Agent Trust framework. Experian Agent Trust is a first-of-its-kind framework that establishes a secure, verifiable link between consumers and AI agents, bringing identity and accountability to AI-driven transactions.
The discussion explores the shift from traditional commerce to agentic commerce, emphasizing the need for a robust trust framework as AI agents increasingly participate in transactions. Kathleen and Farooq discuss the importance of Human-to-Agent Binding, which ensures continuity and accountability and the role of real-time threat intelligence in distinguishing trustworthy interactions from malicious ones.
Looking ahead, Kathleen and Farooq express excitement about the potential for AI agents to reshape commerce, while acknowledging the challenges that lie ahead. They emphasize the importance of collaboration and innovation in building a secure, trustworthy ecosystem for AI-driven transactions.
Farooq Sheikh leads Global Industries and Solutions at Cloudflare. Farooq regularly advises the C-suite and Boards of Fortune 2000 companies on AI, security, and transformation topics. Farooq leads Cloudflare's efforts to build and scale industries with focus on how we engage marquee customers, how we drive thought leadership, and how we work with our customers and partners across C-suite and boardrooms.
Welcome to "Fraud Frontlines," a special limited series within the DataTalk™ podcast, hosted by Kathleen Peters and dedicated to exploring the latest trends and strategies in fraud prevention.
This episode features Filip Verley, Chief Innovation Officer at Liminal, who brings a wealth of experience from his roles at Google and Airbnb, as well as a background in criminology.
Kathleen and Filip delve into the evolution of fraud, particularly how innovation and generative AI have transformed the landscape. Filip emphasizes the critical role of identity verification as a foundation of trust, especially on platforms like Airbnb, where trust is paramount. They also explore the concept of age assurance in the digital age, highlighting the importance of privacy-preserving solutions to protect users while complying with regulatory requirements.
Filip shares insights from his current role at Liminal, where he focuses on regulatory compliance, trust and safety, risk management, and cybersecurity. He underscores the importance of a holistic approach to fraud prevention, advocating for convergence across fraud and identity teams to effectively combat sophisticated fraud tactics.
Filip is the Chief Innovation Officer at Liminal, where he leads new initiatives to help organizations address challenges in identity verification and risk management. With a background in Criminology, he brings a unique perspective to the connection between technology, identity, and security. He began his career in Risk & Fraud before moving into Product Management, working at companies like Google and Airbnb. At Google, he helped launch the Age Assurance program, reaching billions of users around the world. At Airbnb, he led the rollout of identity checks for all guests and hosts in the US, improving trust and safety across the platform. Filip's experience in age verification and identity solutions has helped bridge the gap between the physical and digital worlds. He holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Criminology from Florida Atlantic University and Florida State University. Originally from Belgium, Filip now lives in the US with his growing family. He enjoys action movies and sports in his free time.
Welcome to "Fraud Frontlines," a special limited series within the DataTalk™ podcast, hosted by Kathleen Peters and dedicated to exploring the latest trends and strategies in fraud prevention.
In this episode, Kathleen Peters, Chief Innovation Officer of Experian Identity and Fraud, sits down with Dr. Nicola Harding, a criminologist, and founder of The Financial Crime Lab. Dr. Harding shares her unique insights into the human behaviors behind fraud, emphasizing the importance of understanding the lived experiences of both victims and perpetrators.
Dr. Harding discusses her journey into criminology, driven by a curiosity about why people make these choices. She highlights the need to ask "how" fraudsters operate to better prevent financial crime. Her approach combines human insight with technology, advocating for a balance that leverages both to combat fraud effectively.
The conversation also delves into the power of storytelling in fraud prevention, the role of restorative justice, and the mission of The Financial Crime Lab to turn research into actionable insights. Dr. Harding emphasizes designing fraud prevention strategies for moments of vulnerability, not just ideal scenarios.
Dr. Nicola Harding is a criminologist specializing in financial crime and fraud prevention. Her work focuses on understanding the human behaviors behind scams and designing systems that reduce harm, not just loss. Nicola was CEO of We Fight Fraud, working with banks, law enforcement and regulators at the frontline of fraud prevention. She is now the founder of The Financial Crime Lab, a not-for-profit that brings together research, lived experience and industry insight to turn evidence into action. Her mission is simple: to reduce the harm caused by financial crime, especially for those most vulnerable to exploitation.
Welcome to "Fraud Frontlines," a special limited series within the DataTalk™ podcast, hosted by Kathleen Peters and dedicated to exploring the latest trends and strategies in fraud prevention.
In this episode, Kathleen Peters is joined by Bhawna Singh, Chief Technology Officer, Customer Identity at Okta, to discuss the transformative impact of agentic AI on identity, security, and fraud landscapes. Bhawna shares her insights on how agentic AI, with its autonomous decision-making capabilities, is reshaping identity verification and fraud prevention. She emphasizes the need for robust identity controls and the challenges of managing AI agents, highlighting the importance of discoverability and lifecycle management to prevent rogue activities. The conversation also touches on the changing nature of fraud and security attacks, where traditional measures must adapt to new dynamics.
Bhawna Singh is a senior technology executive with 25+ years of experience in successfully transforming products and scaling technology for a global user base. In her career as an executive leader, board member, and investor, Bhawna has worked across multiple high-growth companies to grow & scale platforms from 0 to 100+ million monthly users, led global expansion of products, navigated through complex acquisitions and spearheaded innovation to drive user growth and engagement, delivering multi million dollar revenue growth. Currently as CTO at Okta, Bhawna leads tech strategy and vision for its Customer Identity product serving billions of logins per month. Before Okta, Bhawna was the CTO at Glassdoor, a worldwide leader on insights about jobs and companies built on the foundation of increasing workplace transparency. Prior to Glassdoor, Bhawna held positions at Ask.com (an IAC company), Sybase (now SAP), and AT&T along with several consulting roles. Bhawna sits on the Advisory board of early stage startups and VC groups. Bhawna's deep expertise in the area of high-growth, enterprise SaaS, AI & cybersecurity is frequently published in the press and podcasts.
Kathleen Peters leads innovation and strategy for Experian's Fraud and Identity business in North America, continuously exploring new ways to solve market challenges in identity, risk, and fraud detection. She and her team define business strategies and investment priorities while incubating new products, analyzing industry trends and leveraging the latest technologies to bring ideas to life. Kathleen joined Experian in 2013 to lead business development and global product management for Experian's newest fraud products. She later served as the Head of the North America Fraud & Identity business, until being named Chief Innovation Officer for Decision Analytics in 2020. Kathleen has twice been named a "Top 100 Influencer in Identity" by One World Identity (now Liminal), an exclusive list that annually recognizes influencers and leaders from across the globe, showcasing a who's who of people to know in the identity space. For nearly two decades, she has lived in the heart of Silicon Valley in California, working for a variety of companies including early-stage technology startups. Living in this epicenter of fast-paced innovation, leading-edge technology and disruption influences Kathleen's own approach to strategy and business thinking at Experian. Kathleen is regularly quoted in prominent media outlets. A sought-after speaker and thought leader, Kathleen frequently shares her insights on innovation, AI and fraud prevention at industry conferences and events.
Welcome to the inaugural episode of "Fraud Frontlines," a special limited series within the DataTalk™ podcast, dedicated to exploring the latest trends and strategies in fraud prevention.
In this first episode, our host Kathleen Peters, Experian's Chief Innovation Officer of Fraud and Identity, sits down with Nash Ali, Experian's VP of Fraud Strategy, to discuss how fintech innovation has reshaped the fraud landscape and what that means for the future. As financial technology continues to revolutionize how people transact online, it's also changing how fraudsters operate. The rise of GenAI and automated scams has introduced a new level of sophistication that demands equally advanced defenses.
Nash Ali is VP of Strategy at Experian Fraud, Innovation and Commercialization (FIC) and NeuroID, an Experian company. With over 20 years in risk management, payments, fraud prevention and strategy, Nash has previously held pivotal roles as Global Head of Risk and Payments at MoneyGram International, as well as leadership roles in risk management at Western Union, Bank of America, and eBay. He has managed product, risk and data science teams at Prove, Socure and CashEdge (Fiserv). He earned an MBA from UC Berkeley and a BS in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from the University of Louisville. Nash is known for his strategic insights, industry relationships, and an innovative approach to identity and risk management. At Experian, he focuses on advocacy for digital identity, as well as advising clients on new technologies to reduce fraud, combat malicious Agentic AI and bots, and improve operational processes and customer experience.
Kathleen Peters leads innovation and strategy for Experian's Fraud and Identity business in North America, continuously exploring new ways to solve market challenges in identity, risk, and fraud detection. She and her team define business strategies and investment priorities while incubating new products, analyzing industry trends and leveraging the latest technologies to bring ideas to life. Kathleen joined Experian in 2013 to lead business development and global product management for Experian's newest fraud products. She later served as the Head of the North America Fraud & Identity business, until being named Chief Innovation Officer for Decision Analytics in 2020. Kathleen has twice been named a "Top 100 Influencer in Identity" by One World Identity (now Liminal), an exclusive list that annually recognizes influencers and leaders from across the globe, showcasing a who's who of people to know in the identity space. For nearly two decades, she has lived in the heart of Silicon Valley in California, working for a variety of companies including early-stage technology startups. Living in this epicenter of fast-paced innovation, leading-edge technology and disruption influences Kathleen's own approach to strategy and business thinking at Experian. Kathleen is regularly quoted in prominent media outlets. A sought-after speaker and thought leader, Kathleen frequently shares her insights on innovation, AI and fraud prevention at industry conferences and events.
In this #DataTalk episode, we welcome Ashley Knight, Senior Vice President of Product at Experian, as she talks to us about Experian’s commitment to leveraging cashflow insights to drive financial inclusion and our new collaboration with Plaid, a leading financial data network used by 1 in 2 U.S. bank account holders. Ashley, who leads the product management team for Experian’s Financial Services and Data business, shares insights on how this collaboration is enhancing financial inclusion and creating more opportunities for consumers and clients. Tune in to hear more from Ashley on the power of consumer permissioned cashflow information and how we are transforming the credit ecosystem.
Ashley Knight is Senior Vice President of Product and leads the product management team for Experian’s Financial Services and Data business with a focus on alternative data, scores, and open banking. She fosters innovation and drives financial inclusion by using new data and Experian’s deep expertise in credit.
In this #DataTalk episode, Keith Little, MD Analytics, Decisioning and Platforms at Experian Software Solutions, unveils the game-changing enhancements to Experian's Ascend Technology Platform™. Keith discusses how client feedback has shaped a solution that streamlines operations, automates processes, and strengthens fraud detection in today's fast-paced business landscape. Join us to discover how Ascend empowers businesses with seamless integration, personalized experiences, and top-notch security measures, setting a new standard for success.
Keith Little is a seasoned technology executive with a global purview, currently spearheading Experian's Ascend Technology Platform and Decisioning suite (Powercurve) software products. He began his tenure at Experian in November 2022 with the role of Chief Technology Officer for Global Decision Analytics (GDA) and subsequently expanding his responsibilities to encompass the Decisioning products during the transition to Experian Software Solutions (ESS).
Before joining Experian, Keith held various high-profile positions, including Chief Information Officer at Barclays, where he oversaw the Barclaycard credit business, Payments businesses, and Fraud technologies. Prior to that, he was involved in a startup leveraging artificial intelligence for online behavioral advertising. Keith's illustrious career also includes roles at BT, the BBC, and as a founder and non-executive director of www.worldgallery.co.uk. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and a Postgraduate degree in Image and Video Compression from Kingston University. Additionally, he spent nine years as a non-executive director at Kings College London, demonstrating his commitment to both academia and industry advancement.
In this episode of #DataTalk, we welcome back Kathleen Peters, Chief Innovation Officer at Experian Decision Analytics, as we dive into Experian's annual Future of Fraud forecast. Kathleen gives us an in-depth look into the 2024 forecast, highlighting the role of generative AI in today's fraud landscape. She also walks us through the most prevalent types of fraud attacks and shares invaluable advice on how consumers and businesses can protect themselves against fraudsters.
Kathleen is Chief Innovation Officer for Experian’s Decision Analytics business in North America. Kathleen and her team are continuously looking for new ways to solve customer challenges, by defining product strategies, new paths to market and investment priorities for Experian’s decisioning, analytics and identity capabilities. Having lived and worked in Silicon Valley for nearly two decades amidst fast-paced innovation, leading-edge technology breakthroughs and business model disruption has influenced Kathleen’s approach to strategy and business thinking at Experian. The last two years, Kathleen has been named a “Top 100 Influencer in Identity” by One World Identity (OWI), an exclusive list that annually recognizes influencers and leaders from across the globe, showcasing a who’s who of people to know in the identity space.
In this #DataTalk episode, we chat with Rachel Keane, founder and Chief Data Inspirer of the Data Inspiration Group based in the U.K., about inspiring young students to pursue careers in data.
Rachel has worked in data recruitment for the past 12 years, and during that time she has gained first-hand experience with the challenges faced by the data industry in building diverse and inclusive teams. Motivated by these experiences, Rachel founded The Data Inspiration Group to promote different career opportunities offered by the data industry, and she started the Digdata program to inspire young people to consider careers in data.
In this #DataTalk episode, we’ll hear from three Asian-American Experian leaders: Debbie Chamkasem, Vice President of Global Technology Programs, John Ken, Vice President of Customer Relationship Management, and Jimmy Cheung, Senior Vice President of Technology and Engineering. These leaders spoke at a panel to provide advice for those who are considering a career in tech.
Together, Debbie, John, and Jimmy engage with their audience by answering questions about their views on Experian, as well as career advice, highlighting their talents and recipes to success.
In this #DataTalk episode, we chat with Lloyd Pitchford, Global Chief Financial Officer at Experian, about hybrid workplaces, employee mental health, sustainability, financial inclusion, and ways Experian is using data to improve our world.
Lloyd Pitchford is the Global Chief Financial Officer at Experian, which operates in 44 countries and has 17,800 employees. Lloyd leads Experian’s global finance operation and serves as the executive sponsor of Experian’s ESG program, which looks at how our organization can improve its performance across a wide range of environmental, social, and governance matters. This includes the work Experian does to support financial inclusion, financial accessibility, delivering on the company’s carbon-neutral commitments, and creating a more diverse and inclusive organization.
In this week’s #DataTalk, Genevieve Juillard, President of Experian Marketing Services, chats with us about the future of third-party cookies and how digital identity is used in advertising. Genevieve has held leadership roles across several global markets, and she currently leads Experian Data Quality which provides software and related services to improve enterprise data quality and management. Genevieve walks us through some of the future trends and challenges that advertisers and marketers will face with the impending elimination of third-party cookies, as well as her future vision for Experian Marketing Services since its recent acquisition of TapAd.
Genevieve Juillard is the President of Experian Marketing Services, which now includes the recent acquisition of Tapad. Together, these businesses deliver data, technology, and analytical insights to support customer engagement across the lifecycle and help enable advanced advertising strategies while fostering innovation in a privacy-forward way. She also leads Experian Data Quality which provides software and related services to improve enterprise data quality and management. Since joining Experian in 2006, Genevieve has held leadership roles across several global markets, leading joint ventures, overseeing the strategic development of new data assets, heading business expansion, and driving innovation to leverage Experian’s proprietary data assets, analytics and software capabilities.
In this week’s #DataTalk, we chat with Harpreet Sahota, Lead Data Scientist at Price Industries based in Winnipeg, Canada. He is also the host and creator of The Artists of Data Science podcast, the only self-development podcast for data scientists. During this episode, Harpreet talks about his morning routine, the positive impact of journaling and meditation, and how he prepares for data science guests that come on his podcast. He also teaches us about how he manages time between his day and nighttime endeavors, having time for himself, and taking care of a family.
Host of The Artists of Data Science podcast, Harpreet is a thought leader in the Data Science space with over a decade of education and in the field. With his strong business acumen, statistical background, modeling capabilities, data engineering, and machine learning engineering know-how, he feels right at home both working with engineering teams to deploy models to production and distilling complex data science concepts for business stakeholders. By day, Harpreet works with leadership to define and execute strategies that demonstrate the value of the data at Price Industries while maintaining a rigorous set of principles. By night, he mentors nearly 2,000 up-and-coming data scientists by providing thoughtful mentorship and technical guidance. He is always looking to connect with driven, focused, and experienced data professionals and leaders from around the globe.
In this week’s #DataTalk, we chat with Slater Victoroff, Founder and CTO of Indico Data, about making STEM more accessible to all. Slater talks with us about his career journey leading up to starting a tech company, he talks about intuitive machine learning techniques being used at Indico, and how organizations can contribute to making the STEM field more inclusive to underserved communities.
Slater Victoroff is the Founder and CTO of Indico Data, an enterprise AI solution for unstructured content that emphasizes document understanding. Slater has been building machine learning solutions for startups, governments, and Fortune 100 companies for the past seven years and is a frequent speaker at AI conferences. Indico’s framework requires 1000x less data than traditional machine learning techniques, and they regularly beat the likes of AWS, Google, Microsoft, and IBM in head-to-head bake-offs. Indico recently announced a $22 million Series B raise.
In this week's #DataTalk, we chat with Kathleen Peters, Chief Innovation Officer for Experian Decision Analytics North America, about how Experian protects businesses and consumers from fraud. Kathleen discusses current trends in identification, common types of fraud that consumers should look out for, and how Experian is helping companies combat fraud and identity theft. Kathleen also discusses the red flags consumers should look for when shopping online to ensure that financial transactions are secure.
Kathleen Peters is an Experian leader, with the title of Chief Innovation Officer for Experian Decision Analytics North America. Kathleen joined Experian late in 2013 as the head of business development and international sales for the recently acquired 41st Parameter business in San Jose, California. In 2015, Kathleen was named head of Product Management for the newly formed Fraud and Identity group within Global Decision Analytics. She led her internationally based team to define product strategies, roadmaps, and priorities for Experian’s global fraud and identity portfolio, working in cooperation with regional product teams across the globe. Kathleen was named the interim head of the Global Fraud and Identity business in April 2017 and was promoted to Senior Vice President in June of the same year. In April 2018, she transitioned into the title she has today at Experian.
In this week's #DataTalk, we chat with Dr. Rebecca Pope, who is transitioning to a new role at Roche as their UK Digital & Data Science Innovation Lead. In today's episode, Rebecca talks about her career journey as she decided to become a data scientist after studying neuroscience, she gives advice to teens considering a STEM career path, and she discusses ways to support LGBTQ+ colleagues beyond pride month.
Dr. Rebecca Pope (she/her) is a Clinical Neuroscientist and previous Director of Data Science & AI for KPMG UK. In July, Rebecca will be joining the global biotechnology healthcare company, Roche as their ‘UK Digital & Data Science Innovation Lead;' working with an ecosystem of partners towards personalized healthcare within Oncology and Rare Diseases. Rebecca is a regular keynote speaker at international conferences, and she was voted as ‘The Most Influential Women in UK Tech' in 2019 and 2020. Rebecca has published a number of academic research papers, written several scientific commentaries in The Times and The Guardian, and is the recipient of National awards for her research. Rebecca is a passionate advocate of diversity and inclusion. She is an active member of a number of networks that encourage an inclusive environment where everyone feels empowered.
In this week's #DataTalk, we chat with Jesson Bradshaw, CEO and co-founder of Energy Ogre, an electricity management company based in Houston. Energy Ogre has helped over 100,000 Texans save over $150M in electricity bills since its founding. In today’s episode, Jesson discusses some of the challenges and opportunities faced in his industry, the innovative product and technology trends he’s seen in the electricity market, and how using data to predict business outcomes can lead to success.
Jesson Bradshaw began his career in the mid 90's trading power in the WECC, ERCOT, and SERC before taking commercial responsibility for Dynegy's Midwest and Southeast generation portfolio. In 2003, Jesson co-founded Fulcrum Energy. Fulcrum's focus was based upon commercially managing generation resources nationwide with a particular focus on ERCOT while having both generation assets and LSE companies in its portfolio. Following a sale of the retail businesses in 2011, Jesson co-founded Energy Ogre in 2013. Energy Ogre is an electricity agent/management company using applied technologies to secure tailor-made plans for its members. Energy Ogre manages the entire contract process, including renewals, and handles any issues that may arise—saving members time and money. Energy Ogre is a private organization headquartered in Houston with 83 employees.
In this week's #DataTalk, we chat with Karly Rowe, Vice President of Patient Access, Identity, and Care Management Product at Experian Health, about the ways Experian leverages real-world data to help healthcare organizations today, especially while tackling COVID-19. Karly discusses the three main roles Experian Health takes on; including revenue cycle management, creating tools for patient engagement, and cure management for patients. She also talks about the future of health data and Experian's innovative healthcare solutions.
Karly Rowe is responsible for the Patient Access, Identity, and Care Management product portfolios at Experian Health. With a diverse background across credit, retail, and healthcare, Karly is responsible for finding new ways to leverage Experian’s data and analytical capabilities to develop new, innovative solutions for the healthcare industry. Karly holds a Master of Business Administration from Arizona State University and a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing Management and Retail Management from Syracuse University.
In this week’s #DataTalk, we welcome back Dr. Gleb Tsipursky, CEO of Disaster Avoidance Experts, a consulting firm that empowers leaders and organizations to avoid business disasters. Dr. Tsipursky talks to us about the concept of adopting a hybrid model when returning to the office as COVID-19 comes to a gradual end. He also discusses the ways leaders should strategically address challenges related to working from home, and the different biases these leaders may face.
Dr. Gleb Tsipursky is a best-selling author, internationally recognized thought leader, and CEO of Disaster Avoidance Experts. He is a neuroscientist & behavioral economist who consults, coaches, and trains leaders on disaster avoidance, risk management, strategic planning, truth-seeking, and decision-making. Gleb is co-author of "Pro Truth: A Practical Plan for Putting Truth Back into Politics," published in 2020. He lives in Columbus, Ohio.
In this week’s #DataTalk, we welcome back Dr. Wendy Ng, Cloud Security Architect Lead at OneWeb, as we chat about the importance of boosting Asian womens' representation in tech leadership. Wendy also discusses being bold in your career despite cultural barriers faced and being a woman of color of influence in the tech field.
Dr. Wendy Ng is the Cloud Security Architect Lead at OneWeb. She has honed her technical consulting skills through a number of industries, including aerospace, healthcare, financial services, telecommunications, transport logistics, and critical national infrastructure. She is a thought leader with over 60 articles and has a Ph.D. in Medical Genetics from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Having started her career as a technical consultant at Cisco, she also worked at PwC and Deloitte. Wendy completed her doctoral studies at the University of Oxford and has contributed to the scientific community through peer-reviewed publications. She has been sharing her experience and expertise and addressing key challenges in her blogs since 2016.
In this week’s #DataTalk, we chat with Dr. Wendy Ng at OneWeb about the importance of boosting Asian womens' representation in tech leadership. Wendy also discusses being bold in your career despite cultural barriers faced and being a woman of color of influence in the tech field.
Dr. Wendy Ng is the Cloud Security Architect Lead at OneWeb. She has honed her technical consulting skills through a number of industries, including aerospace, healthcare, financial services, telecommunications, transport logistics, and critical national infrastructure. She is a thought leader with over 60 articles and has a Ph.D. in Medical Genetics from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Having started her career as a technical consultant at Cisco, she also worked at PwC and Deloitte. Wendy completed her doctoral studies at the University of Oxford and has contributed to the scientific community through peer-reviewed publications. She has been sharing her experience and expertise and addressing key challenges in her blogs since 2016.
In this week’s #DataTalk, we chat with Jillian Kowalchuk, CEO & Founder of Safe & the City, about her app, safety & violence trends happening today against women, and how to be an active ally for vulnerable groups of people. She also discusses the latest bill passed in the U.K. that deems misogyny as a hate crime, and how this change has impacted her work on the app.
Jillian Kowalchuk, BA, MSc is an award-winning entrepreneur as the Founder & CEO of Safe & The City, technology designing safety in digital and physical spaces. She was given the Exceptional Talent in Technology by the U.K. Home Office, was listed as the Top 20 Women in Data in the U.K., sits on the Commonwealth Businesswomen Executive Team and the Department for International Trade’s Global Entrepreneurial Programme Female Founders Advisory Board. Jillian is a TEDx speaker and business coach sharing her knowledge and experience of traveling to over 50 countries and breadth of knowledge on gender equality, tech4good, women in STEM to inspire and motivate others to take innovative action to solve meaningful problems. She holds an MSc in Public Health from London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and a BA in Psychology and currently resides in London.
In this week’s #DataTalk, we chat with Steve Shwartz, co-founder of Device42 and author of the book: “Evil Robots, Killer Computers, and Other Myths: The Truth About AI and the Future of Humanity." We learn about Steve’s new book, as he dispels myths and fears surrounding artificial intelligence. Steve also discusses A.I. trends in sports, ways data scientists can decrease bias in A.I. algorithms, and the future of self-driving vehicles.
Steve Shwartz is the Author of “Evil Robots, Killer Computers, and Other Myths: The Truth About AI and the Future of Humanity." Steve runs a website that serves as a resource to educate individuals on artificial intelligence, as it contains a free 400-page A.I. 101 book. Steve started his Post-Doctoral career in the Yale University Computer Science Dept. of Artificial Intelligence program. He is the founder/co-founder of three companies in the A.I. field, including Esperant, which became one of the leading business intelligence tools of the 1990s, and Steve co-founded Device42, which is one of the fastest-growing software companies in the country.
In this week's #DataTalk, we chat with Eric Haller, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Identity, Fraud & DataLabs at Experian, about the race to digital identification. We talk about how Eric’s role has evolved at Experian, what Experian is doing to mitigate fraud and identity theft for consumers, and the meaning of digital identification. Eric also discusses the digital shift every industry is facing amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the future of digital identification, and recent innovations in deepfake technology.
In this week's #DataTalk, we chat with Dr. Djamila Amimer, founder of Mind Senses Global, about trends in artificial intelligence during the age of COVID-19, challenges in the global supply chain, recommendations for data scientists, and recent achievements in A.I. During our conversation, Dr. Djamila Amimer also dispels common misconceptions, myths, and fears surrounding artificial intelligence.
Dr. Djamila Amimer is the founder and CEO of Mind Senses Global, a management consultancy that helps businesses and organizations integrate the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into their decision-making. She graduated from the University of Dundee with a Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence and Energy Economics. She is a business leader with a broad range of experiences across AI, machine learning, commercial deals, business strategy, energy, supply chain, shipping & trading, business resilience, and climate change. Djamila has developed frameworks and novel AI techniques in the area of investment decisions dealing with uncertainty in project evaluation. She is passionate about AI and would like to make AI accessible to everyone.
In this week’s #DataTalk, we chat with Serena King, Software Engineer at Altair, about the importance of diversity in the STEM field, ways companies can create an inclusive environment for employees, and what it is like being a Black woman in the field. Serena also discusses the importance of mentoring people of color and fostering those mentorship relationships.
Serena has worked for Altair for 5 years and graduated with a degree in Computer Science from Oakland University. She was also honored as a finalist for the WomenTech Global Awards.
We're celebrating International Women's Day with a powerful woman, Alana Karen, who is not only the Director of Search Platforms at Google, but also an award-winning tech leader, speaker, and author.
Alana discusses her latest book, "The Adventures of Women in Tech: How We Got Here and Why We Stay," which highlights the stories of women in the tech industry and provides advice to help women in their own careers.
Check out her book:
https://www.alanakaren.com/adventures-of-women-tech-alana-karen
In this week’s #DataTalk, we chat with Amy Eddins Hughes, Sr. Director of Sales Enablement, Experian about automotive data and auto industry trends.
In this episode, Amy discusses:
- Auto Market Trends in 2021
- Economic Factors Impacting Auto Sales
- Finance Trends in Auto Market
- Impact of Credit Scores by State
- Auto Registration Trends During COVID-19
Amy Hughes is Experian’s senior director of dealer intelligence and is focused on collaborating with dealers to transform their marketing operations through data.
In this week’s #DataTalk, we chat with Justin Dawkins, Managing Partner at Collab Capital about ways organizations can help support Black startups and entrepreneurs.
Justin is a successful entrepreneur and full stack developer with nearly 20 years of experience. As co-founder of Goodie Nation, he has helped over 30 entrepreneurs launch their tech-enabled social impact businesses.
Check out Collab Capital:
https://collab.capital/
Today we’re excited to learn from Christine Fletcher, Vice President in Biostatistics at GSK -- where she serves as a senior leader in statistics, biotechnology and drug development. We actually recorded this show right before COVID-19 lockdown — and right after she was honored by the Women in Data UK as a top woman working in data.
EPISODE 137: We talk with Dr. Wendy Ng about her work fighting biological viruses at Oxford University and later moving into cybersecurity and fighting computer viruses at Experian.
Dr. Wendy Ngis Head of IT Strategy, Planning and Operating Model, where she works with the business to ensure the corporate roadmap aligns with organisation strategy and objectives. Previously, she was Experian’s DevSecOps Security Managing Advisor, where she is an SME for the company’s global DevSecOps transformation initiative. She has honed her technical consulting skills through a number of industries, including aerospace, healthcare, financial services, telecommunications, transport logistics, and critical national infrastructure.
EPISODE 136: In this episode, we learn how Marcelo Pimenta led his data science teams in São Paolo, Brazil to quickly launch a COVID Radar -- a data platform to help health care organizations, universities and other global organization track and fight COVID-19. This innovative project led Experian to partner with BCG, EY, Edelman, Microsoft, United Nations, World Observatory of Human Affairs, The World Business Organization, Porter Novelli, Pacto Global, and many others.
EPISODE 135: In this week’s #DataTalk, we chat with Morgan Klaus Scheuerman about his research focused on the way transgender individuals’ experience safety and bias when interacting with digital technologies and ways computers determine gender identities.
Morgan Klaus Scheuerman is an Information Science PhD student interested in exploring the ways individuals with diverse gender identities interact with technology. He is also a research intern focused on ethical artificial intelligence at Google.
EPISODE 134: In this week’s #DataTalk, we chat with Olivier Devaux at the Experian DataLabs in São Paulo, Brazil about their role in building COVID Radar to help fight the pandemic and help with the recovery of Brazil’s economic recovery. This data project includes a collective of organizations such as the United Nations, SAP, Amazon, Acts, University of Sao Paulo (USP), among others.
Covid Radar is used by the University of Sao Paulo (USP), State University of Sao Paulo (Unesp), State University of Campinas (Unicamp), Federal University of ABC (UFABC), University of Brasilia (UNB), Federal University of Paraiba (UFPB), Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Federal of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS).
EPISODE 133: In this week’s #DataTalk, we chat with Dylan Doyle-Burke and Jessie J. Smith, Founders of the Radical AI Podcast, about ways they are supporting under-represented voices and marginalized communities in their podcast conversations on ethical artificial intelligence. Follow their work on Twitter & YouTube and support them on Patreon.
EPISODE 132: In this week’s #DataTalk, we chat with Nicole Johnson, Managing Editor at GovLoop, about the ways tech leaders can create space at work to have honest conversations about race — and questions that all leaders need to ask themselves to improve racial equity in the workplace.
EPISODE 131: David Kopec is an assistant professor of computer science and innovation at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont. He is the author of Dart for Absolute Beginners (Apress, 2014), Classic Computer Science Problems in Swift (Manning, 2018), and Classic Computer Science Problems in Python (Manning, 2019).
Check out his books:
http://classicproblems.com/#books
Check out the video: http://www.experian.com/blogs/news/datatalk/david-kopec/
EPISODE 130: Jillian Kowalchuk, BA, MSc is an award-winning entrepreneur as the Founder & CEO of Safe & The City, technology designing safety in digital and physical spaces.
She was given the Exceptional Talent in Technology by the U.K. Home Office, was listed as the Top 20 Women in Data in the U.K., sits on the Commonwealth Businesswomen Executive Team and the Department for International Trade’s Global Entrepreneurial Programme Female Founders Advisory Board.
EPISODE 129: In this week’s #DataTalk, we chat with Dr. Camilla Pang about her latest book "Explaining Humans: What Science Can Teach Us About Life, Love and Relationships" — where she shares how her powers of neurodiversity (ASD, ADHD, GAD) and PhD in structural, chemical and computational biology helps her better understand the complexity of human psychology and relationships.
Check out her book: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/314/314264/explaining-humans/9780241409602.html
In this week’s #DataTalk, we chat with Renée Cummings, Founder and CEO of Urban AI, about ways racial bias in artificial intelligence has hurt marginalized communities and steps we can take to combat these biased systems. Renée Cummings is a criminologist, AI ethicist and founder of Urban AI. She is also a community scholar at Columbia University.
https://www.experian.com/blogs/news/datatalk/renee-cummings/
EPISODE 127: Jennie Ibrahim is Chairman of the Board of Project Scientist and Senior Software Engineer at Google. We talk with her about her passion for computer science, ways she has navigated her career, her work to empower girls to pursue careers in STEM, and also get some career advice for those of us that need help networking and improving communication with our teams.
EPISODE 126: Dr. John Johnson is CEO and co-founder of Edgeworth Economics & Edgeworth Analytics. These world-class economic consulting firms bring together a group of the brightest, most rigorously trained economists in the industry. Dr. Johnson earned his PhD in Economics from MIT.
https://www.experian.com/blogs/news/datatalk/john-johnson/
EPISODE 125: In this week’s #DataTalk, we chat with Angela Baltes about her endless curiosity, love of learning, and unconventional academic journey that led her to work in data science and now completing PhD work in Biomedical Informatics at Rutgers University.
EPISODE 124: In this week’s #DataTalk, we chat with Dr. Jason Wingard, Dean and Professor of the Columbia University School of Professional Studies and Eric Haller, Global Head of Experian Datalabs about the future of work and the importance of reskilling and upskilling.
EP #123: At Experian, we have no tolerance for racism. The racial injustice the Black community has been subjected to for centuries must end. We are listening, learning and standing united with the Black community as well as all our colleagues to create a better tomorrow. Learn more what we are doing: https://www.experian.com/blogs/news/listening-and-learning/
EPISODE 122: In this week’s #DataTalk, we chat with Greg Pavlik, Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Oracle Cloud Platform, about his work leading teams to develop the next generation of data management platforms for enterprises.
Greg Pavlik is senior vice president and chief technology officer for Oracle Cloud Platform. He is responsible for product strategy, the technical roadmap, and solution architecture initiatives. Pavlik’s primary focus is on data integration, big data, event streaming, and data science. His goal is to ensure Oracle has the most capable and performant platform in the market for end-to-end solutions in the cloud.
EPISODE 121: We chat with Dr. Marcello Ienca at ETH Zürich about his research and insights on the responsible use of data to combat COVID-19. Check out:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0832-5
Dr. Marcello Ienca is a senior researcher at the Health Ethics & Policy Lab, Department of Health Sciences and Technology at ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
EPISODE 120: Lynette Kebirungi is listed as one of the top 20 women working in data by Women in Data UK. She’s also Uganda’s second female Aerospace Engineer. We chat with her about her academic background, love of physics, how she handles adversity and what COVID-19 has taught her. Full blog:
https://www.experian.com/blogs/news/datatalk/lynette-kebirungi/
EPISODE 119: We chat with Eric Haller, Executive Vice President & Global Head of Experian DataLabs about how COVID-19 is fueling innovation -- and ways our data science teams around the world are working on data projects to help people and organizations that are hurting right now. Video and blog: https://www.experian.com/blogs/news/datatalk/innovation-pandemic/
EP118: We chat with Dr. Edward Ashford Lee about his latest book “The Coevolution: The Entwined Futures of Humans and Machines.” Learn more about his book: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/coevolution
Edward Ashford Lee is Distinguished Professor (Emeritus) in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley, where he runs iCyPhy, a research center focused on industrial cyber-physical systems.
EP117: We chat with Lisette Sutherland about ways to lead and manage remote teams. She also shares strategies to improve communication, reduce conflict and keep remote teams motivated. Lisette is the author of the best-selling book "Work Together Anywhere: A Handbook on Working Remotely -- Successfully -- for Individuals, Teams and Managers." Learn more about her work: https://www.collaborationsuperpowers.com/
EP 116: Dr. Gleb Tsipursky talks with us about ways business leaders can navigate this unpredictable, covid-19 pandemic (and how to build trust with employees and clients while everyone is working remotely).
Dr. Tsipursky is the CEO of Disaster Avoidance Experts. He earned his PhD in the History of Behavioral Science at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, M.A. at Harvard University and B.A. from New York University.
Learn more: https://disasteravoidanceexperts.com/
Episode 115: In this week’s #DataTalk, we chat with Kira Wetzel, Founder & Executive Director of Girls + Data about the coronavirus pandemic, how to help students keep learning when not in classrooms, and how her organization is empowering girls to become our next generation of data scientists and technologists. More: https://www.experian.com/blogs/news/datatalk/kira-wetzel/
EP 114: We're honored to talk with Tiffany Shlain about her new book "24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week."
Honored by Newsweek as one of the “Women Shaping the 21st Century,” Tiffany Shlain is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker and founder of The Webby Awards.
Tiffany is a world-renowned speaker and has given keynotes at Google, Harvard, NASA, and was the closing speaker for TEDWomen and TEDMED.
https://www.experian.com/blogs/news/datatalk/tiffany-shlain/
EP 113: Angela Lillis is the Insights Lead of the Clothing & Home division of Marks & Spencer. She formerly worked in marketing analytics for the BBC. She double majored in Mathematics & Statistics and Politics from Newcastle University.
EP 112: In this week’s #DataTalk, we chat with Ted Way, PhD about his work on machine learning projects and ways he successfully manages his teams at Microsoft.
Ted Way is a senior program manager on the AI and Advanced Architectures team at Microsoft. He holds MS degrees in electrical engineering (signal processing) and biomedical engineering, and a PhD in biomedical engineering, all from the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor.
EP 111: Piyanka Jain (President & CEO of Aryng) talks with us about ways to build a data culture at your company -- and how to tie data literacy programs to KPIs that matter to your business.
Piyanka writes for Forbes, Harvard Business Review, InsideHR, and other publications. She has been a featured speaker at American Marketing Association conferences, Microsoft Modern Workplace, Predictive Analytics World, Growth Hacker TV, GigaOm, Google Analytics User Conference and more.
Learn more about her work:
https://aryng.com/
EP 110: Brandon Quach talks about his academic background, career choices and work leading data science teams.
Brandon is the Principal Data Scientist at Teradata and Chairman of the Data Science Roundtable for Tech San Diego.
He holds a PhD in Bioengineering from Caltech, an M.Eng from UCSD, and a B.S in Bioengineering from UC Berkeley.
Episode 109: In this week’s #DataTalk, we chat with Louise Maynard-Atem about her love of data and leading innovative projects at Experian. Louise earned her PhD in Materials Chemistry from the University of Manchester and MSci in Chemistry from the University of Nottingham. More details:
https://www.experian.com/blogs/news/datatalk/louise-maynard-atem/
Episode 108: In this week’s #DataTalk, we chat with Michael Gale about ways businesses need to change in order to thrive in our digital age. He is the author of “The Digital Helix” and host of the Forbes Insights Futures in Focus podcast.
Michael Gale founded Strategic Oxygen in 2001, which was widely seen as one of the technology industry’s primary data toolset for marketers, used by over 20 brands and used to model over $4 billion in marketing and sales investments.
Gary Saarenvirta, founder/CEO of Daisy Intelligence, is recognized as one of North America’s preeminent authorities on artificial intelligence. Gary is a passionate evangelist for the application of A.I. and reinforcement learning in strategic merchandising decisions. He’s not afraid to challenge the status quo when it comes to the advantages of deep learning over traditional approaches to data mining and analysis, both in speed and precision.
Episode 106: We chat with Dr. Shervin Khodabandeh from Boston Consulting Group about digital transformation and ways to effectively launch AI strategies in your organization.
In this week’s #DataTalk, we chat with Sherrell Dorsey about her love of data, technology and passion for improving inclusion and diversity in tech. She started coding when she was 14 years old at the Technology Access Foundation in Seattle -- and spent her summers in high school as an intern at Microsoft, learning how to manage labs and build software. She later founded BLKTECH Interactive and ThePLUG to encourage more diversity in tech. She also earned her Master's in Data Journalism from Columbia University.
This is episode #104. Today we get a chance to learn from Karen Hao.
Karen graduated from MIT with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and minor in Energy Studies. After graduation, Karen worked as an application engineer at a Google X urban sustainability spinoff and later served as a data scientist for Quartz.
Karen is the AI reporter at MIT Technology Review, where she writes about the intersection of technology, ethics and social impact. Learn more about her at: KarenDHao.com
Ted Way is a senior program manager on the AI and Advanced Architectures team at Microsoft, with the mission to accelerate AI and other workloads in the cloud and edge.
Ted holds B.S. degrees in electrical engineering and computer engineering, MS degrees in electrical engineering (signal processing) and biomedical engineering, and a PhD in biomedical engineering, all from the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor.
Episode 102: Mike Delgado chats with Dr. Susan Schneider about her book “Artificial You: AI and The Future of Your Mind.”
Susan Schneider is an American professor of philosophy and cognitive science. She holds the NASA-Baruch Blumberg Chair at the Library of Congress and NASA, directs the AI, Mind and Society (“AIMS”) Group at the University of Connecticut, and is a visiting member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
Follow her on Twitter: @DrSueSchneider
Piyanka Jain talks with Mike Delgado about building a data literate company culture. Piyanka Jain is the President and CEO of Aryng, an analytics consulting company focused on analytics training, consulting and recruiting. Her client list includes companies like Google, Box, Here, Applied Materials, Abbott Labs, and GE. She writes for Forbes, Harvard Business Review, InsideHR, and other publications.
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In this week’s #DataTalk, we chat with Dr. Vlasios Vasileiou about Astrophysics, Nasa and leading data science teams at Experian.
To keep up with upcoming events, join our Data Science Community on Facebook. To suggest future data science topics or guests, please contact Mike Delgado.
Dr. Vlasios Vasileiou is Chief Scientist at Experian DataLabs, UK&I and EMEA.
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In this week’s #DataTalk, we chat with Dr. Arthur I. Miller about AI-powered creativity – and his new book “The Artist in the Machine.”
About Dr. Arthur Miller Dr. Arthur I. Miller is an emeritus professor of History and Philosophy of Science at University College London. He has lectured and written extensively on the history and philosophy of 19th- and 20th-century science and technology, cognitive science, scientific creativity, and the relation between art and science.
Miller is a fellow and former chairman of the American Physical Society and the recipient of numerous fellowships and grants from organizations including the Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities
He is the author of Colliding Worlds: How Cutting-Edge Science is Redefining Contemporary Art and other books including Einstein, Picasso: Space, Time, and the Beauty That Causes Havoc. His latest book is entitled The Artist In the Machine.
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In this week’s #DataTalk, we chat with Peter Gray at NTT about Tour de France & Cycling Analytics.
Peter Gray is the Senior Vice President, Advanced Technology Group: Sport at NTT. He is responsible for overseeing the strategy, design, and delivery of sports technology solutions including Dimension Data’s technology partnership with the Tour de France, and Team Dimension Data.
Prior to this, Peter was a Director for Analytics and Information Services within Oakton, an Australian based technology consulting firm that was acquired by Dimension Data in 2014. Follow him on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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In this week’s #DataTalk, we chat with Chakri Cherukuri at Bloomberg about ways machine learning is used in financial decisions.
Chakri Cherukuri is a senior researcher in the Quantitative Financial Research Group at Bloomberg LP. His research interests include quantitative portfolio management, algorithmic trading strategies, and applied machine learning. Chakri has extensive experience in numerical computing and software development.
Previously, he built analytical tools for the trading desks at Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers. He holds an undergraduate degree in engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, an MS in computer science from Arizona State University, and an MS in computational finance from Carnegie Mellon University.
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In this week’s #DataTalk, we chat with Amit Golan, CEO and Co-Founder of Minute.ly, about ways his company is using artificial intelligence to improve and optimize the video editing process.
Amit Golan is CEO and Co-Founder of Minute.ly, a leading video optimization platform for publishers. Amit is a serial entrepreneur having started several other companies in the tech space.
He founded Minute.ly in 2014 with the aim of driving video engagement and revolutionizing the online video consumption process into a more financially rewarding and compelling content source. Amit leads the team at Minute.ly in developing new products to help the media industry optimize video strategy and revenue.
Amit previously founded Scratch IL, which is a software that teaches young children to code. It’s currently implemented in 30 schools in Israel. Amit is currently a mentor at Google Campus specializing in Product Development. He has been a mentor at Google for past 4 and a half years and he has provided mentorship to entrepreneurs at WeWork in Israel as well. He is a graduate of the Zell Entrepreneurship Program, and he holds a B.A. in Interactive Communications and digital media from IDC Herzliya.
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In this week's #DataTalk, we chat with Laura E. Ribeiroabout data science and the quantified self. This data science video series is part of Experian’s effort to help people understand how data-powered decisions can help organizations develop innovative solutions.
Laura E. Ribeiro is a Keynote Speaker, Co-Founder of The Qube, Quantum Technology Company. She works on information security, bringing truly secure communication, scalable architecture and efficient solving of complex tasks on decentralized quantum networks protocols. She delivers powerful messages covering topics on innovation and leadership. As businesses continue to respond to digital disruption, the ability to spearhead innovation has become the key to her success. Follow her on Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn.
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Javier Campos is the Head of the Experian DataLabs for UK&I and EMEA. He oversees innovation with an emphasis on the development of new products and services. Pioneering application of Artificial Intelligence in mobile, voice, fraud, credit, marketing, social media, digital advertising, and healthcare. Javier is also Advisor to Fenestra, that provides the global advertising market with a new platform using distributed ledger technology.
He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences. Javier has 26+ years’ experience globally within the Finance, AI, Market Research, Media and Technology fields including serving as Global Chief Technology Officer at Kantar-WPP, Havas Media and CIO at GroupM-WPP.
You can hear him talk about how data can be used to help businesses and consumers at the AI & Big Data Expo 2019 event.
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In this week’s #DataTalk, we chat with Anand Rao about leading data science projects.
This data science video series is part of Experian’s effort to help people understand how data-powered decisions can help organizations develop innovative solutions
Anand Rao is a Global & US Artificial Intelligence and US Data & Analytics Leader at PwC US
Anand Rao is a Principal with PwC’s US Advisory practice, with over 24 years of industry and consulting experience, helping senior executives structure, solve and manage critical issues facing their organizations. He has worked extensively on business, technology, and analytics issues across a wide range of industry sectors including Financial Services, Healthcare, Telecommunications, Aerospace & Defense, across US, Europe, Asia, and Australia. His work has included behavioral economics, simulation modeling, global growth strategies, marketing, sales, and distribution strategies, online, mobile, social media strategies, customer experience, multi-channel integration, risk management and compliance, large scale program mobilization and management. Before his consulting careers, Anand was the Chief Research Scientist at the Australian Artificial Intelligence Institute, boutique research, and software house.
Anand has also co-edited four books on Intelligent Agents and has published over fifty papers in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence in major journals, conferences, and workshops. Anand was awarded the Most Influential Paper Award for the Decade in 2007 from the Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS) organization. He is a frequent speaker at a number of industry and academic forums. Anand holds an MSc(Tech) in Computer Science from Birla Institute of Technology and Science in India and Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Sydney, where he was awarded the University Postgraduate Research Award. He was also awarded an MBA from Melbourne Business School with Distinction.
In this week’s #DataTalk, we spoke with Lexy Kassanabout her love of math, medieval renaissance studies, blogging about data, leading data science projects and hosting the Data Science Ethics podcast.
Lexy Kassan is a data scientist and general advocate for math and stats to anyone who will listen. She currently shares her numerical passion as Product Owner and Community of Practice Lead for Advanced Analytics at CCG in Tampa, Florida.
Professionally, Lexy has been in marketing and analytics for most of her career helping big brands solve big problems with big data. She is also the host of the Data Science Ethics podcast.
Personally, Lexy loves dogs, Geocaching, and chasing thought experiments down rabbit holes. Her current pet projects include a website all about eggs and a podcast on Data Science Ethics. Favorite languages: SQL, Python, and French.
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In this week’s #DataTalk, we chat with Dr. Kartik Hosanagar about his new book, “A Human’s Guide to Machine Intelligence.” how algorithms are shaping our lives.
This data science video series is part of Experian’s effort to help people understand how data-powered decisions can help organizations develop innovative solutions.
Kartik Hosanagar is the John C. Hower Professor of Technology and Digital Business and a Professor of Marketing at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Kartik’s research work focuses on the digital economy, in particular, the impact of analytics and algorithms on consumers and society, Internet media, Internet marketing, and e-commerce.
Kartik has been recognized as one of the world’s top 40 business professors under 40. He is a ten-time recipient of MBA or Undergraduate teaching excellence awards at the Wharton School. His research has received several best paper awards. Kartik cofounded and developed the core IP for Yodle Inc, a venture-backed firm that was acquired by Web.com. Yodle was listed by Inc. Magazine among America’s fastest-growing private companies. He is a co-founder of SmartyPal Inc. He has served on the advisory boards of Milo (acq. by eBay) and Monetate and is involved with many other startups as either an investor or board member. His past consulting and executive education clients include Google, American Express, Citi and others. Kartik was a co-host of the SiriusXM show The Digital Hour. He currently serves as a department editor at the journal Management Science and has previously served as a Senior Editor at the journals Information Systems Research and MIS Quarterly.
Kartik graduated at the top of his class with a Bachelors degree in Electronics Engineering and a Masters in Information Systems from Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences (BITS, Pilani), India, and he has an MPhil in Management Science and a Ph.D. in Management Science and Information Systems from Carnegie Mellon University.
Outside of Wharton, he likes to make short films, start companies, write books, and spend time with his kids.
In this week’s #DataTalk, we chat with Michiel Rauws about conversational AI chatbots for mental health.
This data science video series is part of Experian’s effort to help people understand how data-powered decisions can help organizations develop innovative solutions.
Michiel Rauws used to be a mental health patient 10 years ago, and that is why he founded X2 AI – a company that provides emotional support through conversations with an AI Chatbot. Over 8,000,000 people have paid access to the service, and thousands of employers. 6 published studies, 4 in review, and over 10 ongoing studies are proving the efficacy of the service. X2 has customers in three verticals: 1. Employers / EAPs 2. Healthcare Systems 3. Higher Education – and work with companies such as IBH (EAP) Corp, County of Monterey, Northwestern University, and AON Hewitt. Michiel holds the position of chief executive officer, after previously gaining experience in corporate finance, risk insurance, and innovation working for a variety of companies, including IBM and Marsh / Mercer.
This data science video series is part of Experian’s effort to help people understand how data-powered decisions can help organizations develop innovative solutions.
In this week's #DataTalk, we chat with P.V. Kannan about using A.I. to deliver superior customer service.
P. V. Kannan co-founded 24/7 Inc. in 2000 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. At [24]7.ai, Mr. Kannan was a pioneer in integrating customer service technology with business process operations to improve all aspects of the customer experience. He has been at the forefront of customer experience from creating contact center agent services, developing a big data predictive analytics platform, creating omnichannel solutions for the web, mobile, chat, social, and speech IVR, to innovating mobile-centric applications. He has been leading the revolution to make customer service easy and enjoyable for consumers. In 1995, his first company, Business Evolution Inc., developed the first generation of email and chat solutions. The company was acquired by Kana in 1999 and Mr. Kannan became part of the management team. He also co-founded Achievers, Inc. in 1995 and served as its Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Kannan is a Director of Achievers Corp. and 24/7 Inc. Over the years Mr. Kannan has been a thought leader in global customer service and has been featured in the books, The World is Flat and That Used to Be Us by Thomas L. Friedman, India Inside by Nirmalya Kumar and Phanish Puranam, and Reinventing Management: Smarter Choices for Getting Work Done by Julian Birkinshaw. He has over 20 patents (issued and pending). Mr. Kannan has degrees in accounting and finance from the Institute of Chartered Accountants and The Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India.
In this week's #DataTalk, we chat with Felipe Flores about leading data science teams and managing successful data projects.
Felipe Flores is the founder and host of Data Futurology, a podcast featuring experienced Data Science Leaders from around the world sharing their stories, challenges, and lessons learned throughout their career. Flores is a customer-focused technologist and data science leader with strong commercial acumen and a passion for data-driven decision making and creating data-driven products. His specialties include machine learning, digital transformation, business analytics, predictive modeling, data science, data warehousing, application development (mobile & web), lean startup, and design thinking.
Dr. Liu Lichuan received her B.S. and M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in 1995 and 1998 respectively from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, and Ph. D. degree in Electrical Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ in 2006. She joined Northern Illinois University in 2007 and is currently an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and the Director of Digital Signal Processing Laboratory. Her current research includes digital signal processing, real-time signal processing, artificial intelligence and machine learning. She has over 70 publications including 32 journal papers and one book chapter. She has three patents awarded. She has led and participated in many research grants, such as: NSF, NASA and NIH. Her works have been reported by ‘The Times’, ‘Daily Mirror’, ‘News weeks’ and ‘IEEE Spectrum’.
Dr. Teri Fisher is a Sport & Exercise Physician and Clinical Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.
Dr. Fisher has a particular interest in e-health innovation and the intersection of voice technology and healthcare. He is the Founder and host of “Voice-First Health”, a website and podcast that highlights the rapidly expanding intersection of Healthcare and Voice-First technologies.
In this week’s #DataTalk, we chat with Bradley Metrock about voice-first technology and its impact on industry and consumer behavior.
Bradley Metrock is CEO of Nashville-based Score Publishing, which helps creators find voice. Metrock founded podcast network VoiceFirst.FM, hosts the popular show This Week In Voice, published the audiobook Perspectives on Gender in #VoiceFirst Technology, produces the company’s series of VoiceFirst Events, and co-founded the industry association VoiceFirst.Community. Quoted by organizations as diverse as The Mayo Clinic to Forbes to Harvard Business Review, Metrock has been cited as a leading thought leader on voice-first technology and AI, speaking regularly on its profound impact on our world. Follow him on Twitter, Youtube, and LinkedIn.
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In this week’s #DataTalk, we chat with James Vlahos about his latest book, Talk to Me: How Voice Computing Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Think.
James Vlahos is the author of TALK TO ME: How Voice Computing Will Transform the Way that We Live, Work, and Think (Houghton Mifflin, March 26, 2019). Covering the business, technological, and cultural ramifications of the voice revolution, the book has been described by readers such as Wired editor-in-chief Nicholas Thompson as "brilliant and essential." Vlahos is also the creator of the Dadbot, a conversation-making program that shares the personality and life story of his late father, and of an Alexa skill, The Voice Computing Book. Vlahos contributes to the New York Times Magazine, Wired, Popular Science, The Atlantic, and GQ. Follow him on Twitter and LinkedIn
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Neil Sahota is an IBM Master Inventor, United Nations (UN) Artificial Intelligence (AI) subject matter expert, and faculty member at UC Irvine. With 20+ years of business experience, he works with clients and business partners to create next generation products/solutions powered by emerging technology. He is also the author of the new book, Own the A.I. Revolution: Unlock Your Artificial Intelligence Strategy to Disrupt Your Competition.
Beyond data science, Neil actively volunteers with nonprofits for event management, fund raising, grant reviews, and site visits. Neil is an active member of the UCI Alumni Association and serves on the Board of Directors for the Orange County Marathon, supporting their work with the OC Kids program in fighting childhood obesity.
Emily Hough-Kovacs is a data scientist at Spotify. She is an alumnus of Metis Data Science Bootcamp from the NYC DS6 (Winter 2016) cohort. Prior to Metis, Emily worked in Business Intelligence at Tumblr. She is a proud alumna of Barnard College, the liberal arts college for women in New York City, where she studied Mathematics-Computer Science.
Dr. Sarah Aerni is a director of data science at Salesforce Einstein, where she leads teams building AI-powered applications using autoML. Previously, she led teams in healthcare and life sciences at Pivotal building models for customers and cofounded a company offering expert services in informatics to both academia and industry. Sarah holds a PhD in biomedical informatics from Stanford University, where she performed research at the interface of biomedicine and machine learning.
Leandro talks about his love of data science -- and how he leads innovative data and analytics projects. He also discusses his process for dealing with unstructured data.
Leandro Guerra is the Head of Data Science in EMEA for Experian. He is working on innovative data and analytics projects applied to Credit Risk, Collections, Marketing, Fraud, Insurance, HR, Health Care and CRM.
He has a bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering with emphasis in microelectronics and specializations in Analytics Intelligence (Institute and Foundation of Administration/University of Sao Paulo, Brazil) and Data Science (Johns Hopkins University – USA).
We spoke with Alex Siegman, AI Technical Program Manager at Dow Jones. He talks about his academic background, data science interests and how he helped develop the Dow Jones AI Center.
Alex’s expertise includes successfully managing projects, products, and people as well as studying and perfecting the constants—those skills and techniques necessary to design, develop, and deploy revenue-driving technologies across place and time. He formerly worked at The Associated Press and The Wall Street Journal.
Jonathan is the Chief Data Officer for Experian UK&I and EMEA, with overall responsibility for all data related aspects including governance, insight, strategy and performance.
Jonathan Westley talks about his role as Experian’s Chief Data Officer in UK&I & EMEA. Jonathan also shares insights from a recent white paper: Making the Invisibles Visible.
https://www.experian.co.uk/blogs/latest-thinking/decisions-and-credit-risk/making-the-invisible-visible
We talked with Tim S. Sweeney about how his passion for data science, entrepreneurship, and steps he takes to continually improve his business and leadership skills.
Tim Sweeney is a Product Manager on the Machine Learning team at Twitter. He is helping to build a unified ML Platform to amplify Twitter’s ability to leverage ML at massive scale. He specializes in: modelling libraries, training & serving infrastructure, recommendation systems, and observability.
We spoke with Greg Satell about his new book: Cascades: How to Create a Movement that Drives Transformational Change. Learn more: GregSatell.com
This data science podcast series is part of Experian’s effort to help people understand how data-powered decisions can help organizations develop innovative solutions.
In our latest #DataTalk, we spoke with Paul Malyon and Jordan Morrow about the Data Literacy Project, a global community launched by industry leaders which aims to ignite discussion and develop the tools needed to shape a successful, data literate society.
In our latest #DataTalk, as its International Women’s Day, we’re talking with Payal Jain, Roisin McCarthy & Rachel Keane about the work Women in Data UK is doing to help more women succeed in data science careers.
In today’s #DataTalk, we’re spoke with Dr. Emre Sahingur about Consumer Credit Risk Insights.
Emre is the SVP of Predictive Analytics at VantageScore Solutions. Emre has a vast range of expertise in risk management, modeling and quantitative analysis to successfully drive strategic and operating decisions in consumer lending.
In today’s DataTalk podcast, we spoke with Dr. Scott Page about his latest book “The Model Thinker: What You Need to Know to Make Data Work for You.” Dr. Page is a social scientist and Leonid Hurwicz Collegiate Professor of Complex Systems, Political Science, and Economics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
He is known for his research on and modeling of diversity and complexity in the social sciences. His specific research interests include path dependence, culture, collective wisdom, adaptation, and computational models of social life.
Andriy is a Machine Learning Team Leader at Gartner, the world’s leading research and advisory company.
He has his PhD in computer science for artificial intelligence, and he also has his Master of Science degree in computer science for artificial intelligence. He is also the author of “The Hundred-Page Machine Learning Book.”
http://www.themlbook.com/
In this #DataTalk, we talked with Chloé Bakalar and Ben Zevenbergen about a human values approach to AI design and deployment. Chloé Bakalar is Assistant Professor of Political Science. She is also a Visiting Research Collaborator at Princeton University’s Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP). Ben Zevenbergen is a visiting professional specialist at CITP. His work mostly consists of multidisciplinary investigations in the ethical, social, and legal impacts of Internet technologies, and vice versa.
In this #DataTalk, we're talking with Dr. Djamila Amimer about moving from narrow artificial intelligence to general artificial intelligence. Dr. Djamila Amimer is the CEO and Founder of Mind Senses Global – a management consultancy specializing in artificial intelligence. Djamila received her PhD in Energy Economics and Operations Research from the University of Dundee.
In this #DataTalk, we spoke with Giovanni Lanzani about science challenges for non-tech companies, and how to solve them. Thanks to his background in Theoretical Physics and consultancy in the Big4 world (KPMG), Giovanni can bridge the business and data science world with ease. As Chief Science Officer and Director of the GoDataDriven Academy, he advises clients on how to extract value from data and how to effectively bring data science models into production.
In this DataTalk, we spoke with Favio Vázquez about the future of data science.
Favio Vázquez is the founder of Ciencia y Datos and data science instructor for Business Science University. He also serves as the chief data scientist at Iron AI and Raken Data Group.
He has his Master of Science degree in physics, cosmology and data science for cosmology, and he also has his bachelor’s in science and computational engineering.
In this #DataTalk, we’re talked with Saurabh Johri about using AI to make healthcare universally accessible and affordable.
Prior to Babylon, Saurabh spent five years as a post-doctoral research fellow at the MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling at Imperial College London. Working with the CDC and Gates Foundation, he helped develop new methods and mathematical models for estimating the transmission of poliovirus from genetic sequence data. Prior to this, he completed a PhD in population and statistical genetics at Imperial College London.
Ameen Kazerouni is the Lead Data Scientist at Zappos Family of Companies and Founding Partner at Bumblebee Analytics.
Connect with him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ameenkazerouni/
Ameen earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science with a minor in Biology at the University of West Georgia. He then earned his Master of Science degree in Computer Science with a concentration in Computational Life Sciences from Emory University.
Dr. Seth Dobrin, Chief Data Officer at IBM Analytics, shares steps for launching successful data science projects in an organization. He also discusses the types of leaders and data scientists you need to hire to drive innovation.
Dr. Djamilia Amimer is the CEO and founder of MindSenses Global. She discusses the ethical challenges of artificial intelligence. You can learn more about her work here:
https://mindsenses.co.uk/
13 year old Emma Yang is passionate Machine Learning, Robotics, Science, Computer Science, and Technology Innovation. In 2015, Emma won first place in the US and second place globally in Technovation Challenge, a global technology entrepreneurship competition for girls, out of 400 teams from more than 60 countries.
Barry Libert is a digital board member, strategic advisor, angel investor and author. He has also advised companies such as Microsoft, GE Healthcare, SunLife, Deloitte, ESPN and the US Army on how to improve their business models by using today’s digital technologies and networks.
He has written for NYT, WSJ, Barrons, Harvard Business Review, Businessweek, Institutional Investor, Financial Times as well as other leading periodicals. He has also been on CNBC, CNN and Bloomberg TV.
Sam Ransbotham is an associate professor of information systems at Boston College and the MIT Sloan Management Review Guest Editor for the Data and Analytics Big Idea Initiative. In 2014, he was awarded an NSF CAREER Award for his analytics-based research in information security.
We had a chance to talk with Nadieh Bremer about the steps to creating effective data visualizations to tell better stories.
After graduating as an astronomer from Leiden University, Nadieh Bremer became a data scientist finding insights in the vast amounts of data that are hidden within many companies. It took a few years, but she eventually figured out that she loved the visualization of the data and insights even more than the analysis itself. Since then she’s been focusing on and experimenting with the more creative side of data visualization.