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Bedrock is an international Data Science & AI services practice specialising in data-driven business change.

We design and manage tailor-made programs from ideation to execution and ongoing support.

Data Stand-up! is a podcast Produced by our team at our global HQ at LA PIPA Studios that strives to share the knowledge acquired through our extensive experience. Guests to this show join this knowledge transfer by sharing their own experiences, learnings, and achievements with unbelievable generosity.

In this show, Jesús speaks with Alina Timofeeva about her career in consulting, technology and data.

Alina specialises in Cloud & Data and has a successful track record across digital, operational and regulatory projects within significant clients, including JP Morgan, Credit Suisse, HSBC, RBS, Aviva and Nationwide.

A graduate of top universities in the UK and Russia, Alina won the Moscow Mathematics Olympiad, which facilitated full sponsorship for her BSc and MSc in Mathematics.

TechWomen100 and Rising Start have recognised her, and she is on the Makers’ Top 50 Software Powerlist and ComputerWeekly’s Most Influential Women in UK Technology.

She also performs a notable role in inspiring others and giving visibility to women’s work in technology.

In this episode Jesús talks to Muazma Zahid, Senior Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft Azure Global team, where she enables customers to deploy the most demanding Data workloads on Azure. She has been a Data Engineer/Architect and Speaker for over thirteen years working on several Big Data, Cloud Computing, and AI Technologies. She is an active researcher in biomedical engineering and her research software is used in EKG machines all around the world.

Muazma is an advocate of diversity and inclusion. She is President of non-profit organization Pakistani Women in Computing which is on a mission to build a strong global network of Pakistani women in technology and allies to foster the community’s growth through meaningful connections and learning opportunities. She has led several programs for AnitaB.org and currently leads the AnitaB.org Seattle community. She is also a leader at Women Who Code and Women at Microsoft.

This episode we have with us Aash Viswanathan · Data Scientist · LinkedIn – Atlassian – Product Data Scientist working on SaaS/enterprise funnel optimisation problems in the areas of user activation, content curation/distribution, and third-party integrations.

Jesús and Aash talk about their professional career and their vision of the world of data.

The ways AI can be used to augment decision-making keep expanding. New applications will create fundamental and sometimes difficult changes in workflows, roles, and culture, which leaders will need to shepherd their organisations through carefully.

Aash explains in detail a complex workflow in which he works every day and helps us understand his effort and commitment to achieve a goal on a personal level from an organisation that has developed a platform of great value to society that uses the data deeply.

The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) being the 3rd oldest franchise in the NFL, dating back to 1919. The Packers are the only non-profit, community-owned major league sports team based in the US.

Their Business Intelligence office is managed by Garrison Cummings, a professional whose passion is leveraging data insights into successful business outcomes. His knowledge of the digital marketing realm and expertise in data analysis has allowed him to gain a great understanding of their fanbase customer journey and he now excels in creating marketing analytics business plans to drive revenue at each stage of the customer journey.

In today’s podcast we discuss with him the evolution of data analytics, from the traditional Business Intelligence point of view to how companies are commencing to embed Data Science capabilities transversally across all business units. Garrison describes this evolution within the Packers very vividly, also sharing key insights on the different initiatives that he has led in the past and the analytical vision and mission that the Packers now have set for themselves for the years to come.

Garrison has over 14 years of valuable experience in the e-commerce, catalog, and sports marketing categories, specialising in data practices that relate to web analytics, mobile analytics, SEO/SEM, and e-commerce merchandising.

English Season 1 of the Data Stand-up! the podcast begins with 2 brilliant guests that currently lead a powerful movement: Women in Data UK.

In their own words, WiD UK is a movement and a force for change in the realm of data science and analytics. They provide a platform for female and gender diverse data professionals to share their technical knowledge and experiences, and to encourage more diverse representation in the industry.

Roisin McCarthy, co-founder of Women in Data, and Karen Jean-Francois, Host and Producer of their own podcast, share their vision of the data science and AI industry with Jesús Templado.

Roisin McCarthy, also leads Datatech Analytics, located in Basingtoke, a renowned firm that is considered by many to be the leading supplier of professionals in the Data Science and Analytics field.

On the other hand, Karen is an Analytics Manager at Cardlytics, a company listed in the NASDAQ that has developed a Purchase Intelligence and Advertising Platform that helps marketers identifying opportunities and reaching people with relevant ads.

Click play if you want to learn how WiD has helped our industry (and continue to), and how Karen and Roisin have lived the evolution of the data world over the past 2 decades.

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