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Ash Nair
Head of Data and Analytics
QBE Australia and New Zealand
Ash is the Head of Data and Analytics at QBE’s Australia New Zealand Operations. In this role he is responsible for overseeing the entire end-to-end Data and Analytics function from leading Data strategy and governance through to implementing big data technology and delivering business outcomes using data science. Ash is a senior executive with over 20+ years of experience in management consulting and driving data driven decision making across financial services, government, travel, utilities and retail industries.
He has extensive experience in leading complex technology transformation programmes, formulating and executing Advanced Analytics strategies, building data driven solutions and delivering business consulting to top corporate institutions in Australia and New Zealand.
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Tommy Viljoen
Partner, National Lead Partner Cyber Risk Strategy and Governance
Deloitte Risk Advisory Pty Ltd
Tommy Viljoen is the Deloitte Australia Cyber Risk Services Strategy and Governance leader based in Sydney. Tommy has close to 30 years of experience in Information Technology, IT Risk and Cyber Security governance at Deloitte. He has accumulated extensive experience in the management, design, development and implementation of cyber security and risk management programs.
Tommy has helped business executives and IT leaders across industry sectors align cyber security strategies with business risks. He’s helped many organisations mature their overall security posture; including designing and integrating secure IT, identity and access management and data protection. Tommy has worked with large enterprises, across many industries helping them implement Secure, Vigilant and Resilient strategies, governance frameworks, policies, procedures and end-to-end cyber security programs.
Over the last few years Tommy’s primary focus has been helping clients with the development and implementation of cyber risk and privacy strategies and solutions, including, Information Security Management Systems, cyber threat management programs, cyber monitoring solutions, cloud solutions, third party strategies, secure by design solutions and Privacy and GDPR programs.
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Dr. Liming Zhu
Research Director
Software & Computational Systems, Data61, CSIRO
Conjoint Full Professor
School of CSE, UNSW
Dr/Prof. Liming Zhu is a Research Director at Data61, CSIRO. He is also a conjoint full professor at University of New South Wales (UNSW). He is the chairperson of Standards Australia's blockchain and distributed ledger committee. His research program has more than 200 people innovating in the area of big data platforms, computational science, blockchain, regulation technology, privacy and cybersecurity. He has published more than 150 academic papers on software architecture, secure systems and data analytics infrastructure. |
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Jodie Sangster CMO Liaison Lead – IBM Watson
Jodie is the Asia Pacific CMO Liaison Lead for IBM Watson Customer Engagement.
Jodie is a leading data-driven marketing specialist and qualified lawyer (specialising in privacy and data protection) whose experience spans over 20 years, including roles in the US, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.
Prior to IBM, Jodie was the CEO of The Alliance for Data Leadership (AADL), a network of industry associations representing and assisting over 1000 organisations to excel in data-driven and digital marketing, analytics and data governance.
The Associations include:
o The Association for Data-driven Marketing and Advertising (ADMA),
o The Institute for Analytics Professionals of Australia (IAPA),
o Digital + Technology Collective (DTC); and
o Data Governance Australia (DGA).
She has also held roles as SVP Global Development for the Direct Marketing Association (USA) and Chief Privacy Officer for Acxiom (Asia Pacific).
Jodie chairs the Global Alliance of Data-Driven Marketing Associations (GDMA), a consortium of 27 data-driven marketing associations around the world with a mandate to advance and champion responsible global marketing and advertising. She is also a non-Executive Director on the Board of Amaysim, Australia’s fourth largest telco.
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Farhan Baluch
Farhan is an experienced data scientist who most recently worked at Netflix in the content science and algorithms team. During his tenure at Netflix he i) developed models to predict demand for movies and TV shows prior to their release on the service ii) designed and developed infrastructure to support the development and deployment of hundreds of statistical models into production and iii) supported a wide variety of business decisions through predictive analytics. Prior to Netflix he worked at Opera Solutions where he used machine learning approaches to solve problems in a wide variety of domains, including telecommunications and the automobile industry. He received his Bachelor's degree in Computer Science with distinction from the University of Western Sydney, before completing his Master's in Computer Science at the University of Houston. He obtained a Ph.D. in Computational Neuroscience at the University of Southern California in 2013. His dissertation focused on the neural mechanisms of visual attention. A combined interest in artificial intelligence, original intelligence, and data led him to pursue a career in data science. |
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Kari Mastropasqua is a forward thinking analytics professional with over 15 years’ experience in the field. She is a people focused leader who creates impact through being market led, evolving organisation capabilities and educating on the power of data and analytics to drive better decision making.
Kari’s career started in academia where she taught undergraduate statistics. In the commercial setting Kari has held several roles from analytic solution development, analytic consulting through to senior management across a variety of sectors including financial services, utilities, insurance, airlines and retail. In each of her roles her approach has been agnostic and not from a particular specialism. Her focus is on identifying and understanding the market problem then helping her customers to better utilize data assets to drive value through analytics.
In her current role as EGM Data &Analytics A/NZ she leads a team of 75+ data and analytic professionals who provide insights that make a difference to Equifax clients across the region.
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Natalie Nguyen is the CEO of Hyper Anna, the company that builds the smartest AI powered data analyst. Natalie is passionate about product design, machine learning and experimental data visualisation. Since co-founding Hyper Anna in the beginning of 2016, Natalie has led the company to build a viable beta product within 6 months, raised over 17M in the first 24 months and currently Hyper Anna is servicing large enterprises within the financial services industry in Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong
Prior to Hyper Anna, Natalie worked as a data scientist and has a foundation in digital product design and data visualisation. Natalie is a self taught engineer and loves challenging the unknown.
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Dean Joscelyne is an Australian technology entrepreneur who founded IXUP in 2011, taking it from a start-up to a listing on the Australian Stock Exchange in 2017. He is currently an Executive Director of IXUP Limited.
IXUP’s success is a testament to Dean’s insights into the role data has come to play. He combined business acumen with his vision to find new ways for organisations derive business-critical insights from their data. The outcome is a patented suite of enterprise solutions that enables organisations to work together on their data in a secure, uniquely encrypted environment.
Dean’s vision fueled his commitment to create a security-focused solution, while his determination and unorthodox approach to problems have shaped the way he has successfully addressed some of the thorniest issues facing organisations today: how to make the most of the vast data they accumulate safely, and in line with new and emerging regulations.
Dean has built a track record of innovation over the past 25 years. In 2007, he established digital agency Destria, which counted among its clients many leading blue-chip companies in the financial services, telecommunications, IT and pharmaceutical sectors. Destria was an early adopter of digital technology, responding to Dean’s prediction about the evolution of media from print to digital. Being ahead of the trend allowed Destria to secure significant business, while the rest of the industry faced a significant GFC-related contraction. |