Data Leaders Asia: Recent Episodes
Hugh Whitehill & Olivier Klein
On this episode we're talking to Marcus Booth who has extensive experience in delivering data projects across APAC. Including Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, Indonesia and Singapore. We talk about differences in regions, challenges in projects, where we're headed, what does success look like and what makes a good project manager.
Some of the topics we cover are -
Having worked in Australia then moving to Asia, what differences, if any, have you noticed in the way projects are conceived and delivered?
**What is driving data projects from the business? Better, faster reporting / More trusted reporting / Machine Learning...
Where do you see the trend in terms of team split whether it’s in house or with vendors with regards to onshore, offshore or hybrid models.**
**Managing stakeholders, what do they really want?
Crystal ball time, looking 2 years or even 5 years ahead what do you think will change in the industry? No wrong answers.**Today's hosts: Hugh Whitehill and Farhad Jowharsha.
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On this episode we're speaking with Alex Hudelot from a company called THEOS and they believe that every organisation can achieve an acceptable level of cyber risk by adopting pragmatic and proven security practices, as long as they are driven by an overall Strategic Cyber Programme. Practical steps instead of silver bullets. So how does this apply to data in the cloud?
Some items we cover:
**Who is Alex and introductions.
What does your company do / Services / Mission statement?
Types of clients and who what stakeholders?
With more and more data analytics workloads being moved to the big cloud providers, Azure, AWS, GCP, AliCloud etc. how are companies preparing for this to manage and reduce risk?
What are some of the key considerations that need to be taken into account and what are some of the key concerns you hear from companies?**
How about resources and talent in the region? Is there enough to fill the need and is the demand growing?
**In terms of the level of control you have, are all cloud providers created equal?
Does your company provide services across Asia? If yes, are there varying levels of cyber security maturity across the region based on country?**
Today's hosts: Hugh Whitehill and Farhad Jowharsha.
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This episode is Todd Bryan from Velotech Strategy and we're discussing 'XaaS - anything as a service and the recurring customer relationship' which is a super interesting topic.
Some items we cover:
Who are you and what does Velotech Strategy do?
What is XaaS - isn't it just for software?
How do companies adopt their business models to enjoy the benefits of XaaS?
How does data impact success in XaaS and how does data help to drive customer success and in turn renewals?
**How about the data angle, around knowing your customer, in order to drive customer success and thus a recurring customer relationship.
Which industries is this happening in more so and in any particular market across Asia?**
Are Asian markets behind the curve?
In your crystal ball, pie in the sky, what’s going to be a trend in the next 2 or 5 years?
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This episode is with Ben Gaff and Jeff Bradley from phrasia.com and we're discussing 'Hearing the voice of stakeholders - Separating signal from noise in unstructured data.'
What does Phrasia do? Give us the elevator pitch. What’s the problem you are solving, and what challenges do you see?
Functionally, who are the customers for this kind of insight within a company? What industries are most interested?
**What stands in the way? Is it just the technology?
What’s the particular relevance to this moment in time, amidst COVID. Has it changed things?
Predictive analytics - how is it relevant or different?
What does the long-term future look like?**
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Today we're speaking with Farhad Jowharsha from Forrester about customer obsession and how data can underpin this. You can connect with Farhad here on LinkedIn and mention the show and he'll be sure to look after you.
Some items we cover on the show:
**Why now are companies being so customer focused now and is Asia behind the curve on this?
A lot of companies are focusing on this but not a lot are executing it successfully, what are the challenges?
There is a lot of tools, platforms, open source and noise in the market, how are companies cutting through the noise? How are they making technology decisions? The build vs buy!**
The companies that are winning at this, what does success look like? A good Net Promoter Score? Increase revenue?
In your crystal ball what’s going to be a trend in the next 2 or 5 years?Please check out our website https://dataleaders.asia and find us on Twitter and LinkedIn.
This Episode's Hosts: Hugh Whitehill and Olivier Klein. Let's connect.