In this episode we speak to Matt Houghton, Data Architect at CDL Software. Nick is running solo for this pint, where he chats to Matt about what a data products is, how to build a data product team and briefly chat about all things AWS - there'

The Data Pubcast - Pint 7 - Gareth Parkes - Disrupting Industries with Data

Jun 29th, 2021 1h 4m

In this episode we speak to Gareth Parkes, Head of Data & Analytics at Sir Robert McAlpine. After a false start by Nick, we get in to how data disrupts industries and talk about how less mature industries can work together to improve their data

The Data Pubcast - Pint 6 - Caroline Carruthers - Where does the CDO go next?

Apr 8th, 2021 1h 1m

This episode we are joined by problem solver and author Caroline Carruthers. Caroline co-authored The Chief Data Officer's Playbook and is a first generation CDO herself. Andy and Nick talk about the role of the CDO and where the role may progr

The Data Pubcast - Pint 5 - Nicola Askham - How to get your data governance program into the back of the net

Mar 9th, 2021 52m 52s

In this episode Andy and Nick talk to Nicola Askham about data governance and how to run a successful data governance program. They talk about people being more important than tools, and focus on the outcomes and benefits of a successful data g

The Data Pubcast - Pint 4 - Hyper Group - Hyper-personalisation: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

Feb 8th, 2021 55m 6s

For the first episode of 2021 Andy and Nick speak to Peter Denby and Thomas Hill of Hyper Group. Punk IPAs in hand, Andy is on juice but more about that in the episode, they debate why personalisation gets bad press and why we should think diff

The Data Pubcast - Pint 3 - Greg Detre

Sep 24th, 2020 56m 42s

Our guest this time is Greg Detre, former co-founder of Memrise and former Chief Data Scientist at Channel 4. In this episode we discuss what makes a good data scientist and data science team. We dip in to data democratisation, try to avoid COV

The Data Pubcast - Pint 2 - Bob Michael, Head of Data at DFS.

Sep 1st, 2020 49m 55s

In this Pint we talk to Bob Michael, Head of Data & DFS. As we sip our beer (and wine) we talk through Bob's career and time at DFS and get in to mutant algorithms, what makes a good data analyst and have a little fun at the end.--- Send in

The Data Pubcast - Pint 1

Jul 31st, 2020 35m 6s

The Data Pubcast is all about making data accessible to everyone, even in times of a global pandemic. One thing that Andy and Nick both enjoy is really engaging with the Manchester & Leeds communities, pizza and beer in hand. So, they wanted to

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