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Emily Smith

(She/Her)

I’m a data scientist currently working at Pets at Home. I have a background in Statistics and studied at the University of Glasgow.

Javier de la Torre

(He/Him)

Javier founded CARTO with a vision to democratize data analysis and visualization. Under his leadership, it has grown into one of the fastest growing geospatial companies in the world.

Thusal Bennett

Thusal Bennett has 6 years of leadership experience managing teams of Data Scientists & Business Analysts in solving real-world analytics concerns for the Retail, Finance, Legal, Government & Scientific sectors, with a dual academic background in Computer Science (MSc) and Biomedical Science (BSc).

Natasha Patel

(She/Her)

Natasha has been responsible for the growth and delivery of Avison Young’s data and analytics platform Avant in the UK. Natasha has more than 15 years’ CRE experience providing insight and analysis globally to clients.

Andy Stevens

Andy Stevens is the Chief Data Officer at Clear Channel International (CCI) – one of the leading global outdoor media companies – where he is responsible for defining and implementing the European data strategy, including the data platform, RADAR, and new programmatic buying platform, LaunchPAD.

Jeroen Brouwer

(He/Him)

Jeroen is a passioned expert in everything around traffic. At TomTom he leads a team focused on Traffic Management and Analytics.

Kannappan Sirchabesan

Kannappan Sirchabesan is a Cloud Data Engineer at Google, his vast experience include working as a Senior Data Engineer at Vodafone, designing big data and data science solutions for clients using MapR Hadoop distribution at MapR Technologies, and Data Science and Big Data consulting for companies like Pearson, The Times, The Sunday Times.

Dr Linda Sheard

Dr Linda Sheard is a Senior Cloud Solution Architect for Advanced Analytics and AI at Microsoft. She specialises in cloud architecture for geospatial and location data solutions, and has recently been working with public sector organisations to improve and modernise their capabilities to process and use this data at scale. She is passionate about use cases that drive sustainability and address climate change challenges.

Michał Kliś

(He/Him)

Michal is leading the Location Intelligence team at Allegro, providing geospatial technology solutions for the whole firm. He has over 10 years of consulting experience and is passionate about solving location related problems.

Lisa Allen

Lisa is a data professional and has led many data teams in the public sector in the UK. She has experience across various data disciplines including open data, data protection, data transformation, and developing data strategies and frameworks to implement data governance. At the ODI, Lisa heads up the consultancy team who use their data expertise to advise and guide companies, governments and organisations to make the data ecosystem work better for everyone.

Val Ismaili

Val is passionate about all things geospatial and map-making. Currently providing spatial analytics to transport problems, and creating visualisations that turn complex issues into thought-provoking outputs.

Sergio Gambacorta

Innovation Manager with 15+ years of experience in ideation, design and development of digital solutions. Since 2014 he has been appointed in the Smart City Independent Expert Panel by the European Commission. His areas of expertise include Smart Cities solution design, Artificial Intelligence & Big Data, Open Data, Public Lighting remote control & digital systems, Intelligent Transport Systems, Communication and Information Technologies Engineering.

Chris Atkinson

Chris has worked in the data and analytics space for over 10 years, and even went as far as launching a geospatial analytics start-up dedicated to the angling community! He joined Snowflake in 2019 with a goal to ensure the Snowflake partner community is able to take full advantage Snowflake’s evolving platform capabilities. As such, he spends much of his time working with the Snowflake partners to help align target markets, solution fit, and identifying growth opportunities for their products and services.

Helen McKenzie

(She/Her)

Helen is CARTO's Geospatial Advocate whose role it is to open people's eyes to the world of location intelligence! She has 8 years of experience working in geospatial consulting, across transport, infrastructure and ecology.

Juan Ramón Selva

Juan Ramón Selva Royo, Architect, Master in Open-Source GIS & PhD in Urban Planning, has focused his recent work in geospatial analysis and quantitative characterization of urban form. After developing his career at several universities, he is currently a Senior Spatial Data Scientist at idealista (the leading real estate portal in Southern Europe) and professor at The Valley Digital Business School, both companies based in Madrid, Spain.

Edie Fisher

(She/Her)

Edie Fisher is the Senior Planner on the Campaign Planning team at Clear Channel UK. She is responsible for building, optimising, & targeting campaigns as well as being the UK lead on Radar utilising its data into building campaigns and creating sales stories. Coming from a statistical background, she has utilised her analytical skills in writing reports on ideology in the UK, public policy effects on voter suppression, & how power can influence voting at the Eurovision Song Contest.

Josh Townsend

Josh Townsend is Geospatial Strategic Projects Lead at bp & Chair of the GIGS Task Force in IOGP. He has a decade of geomatics experience from global roles in the energy industry - incorporating data acquisition & processing, through to spatial analysis & digital solution development. He is also a primary contributor to a variety of open source geospatial initiatives, including OGC, OSDU & ASF.

Milos Colic

Milos Colic is a Senior Solutions Architect at Databricks currently working with customers in European Government, UK Government, and Financial Services in UK. He is passionate about scalable big data processing and has been working with Apache Spark for more than 5 years. Recently, Milos has co-authored Mosaic framework built on top of Apache Spark to help Databricks customers process their geospatial data efficiently at large scales.

Gladys Kenyon

Gladys Elizabeth Kenyon is a PhD student in Geographic Data Science at the University of the Liverpool. Gladys’ research utilises machine learning to understand the spatial and temporal structure of housing market. Specifically, the impact of the built environment on housing inequalities. The research is partnered with Idealista, one of the largest real estate advertisement portals operating in Spain, Italy and Portugal.

David Gonzalez

David is the CDO - Head of Big Data and AI for Vodafone Business. In this role, he has developed a strategy to turn Vodafone’s data into assets and insights that can be used internally to make better informed decisions and to help our customers succeed in the digital world with data driven digital solutions (data monetization). David is also a member of the European Commission data expert group, supporting EC and Eurostat on their data strategy and how it will impact digital society and economy.

Benjamin Thürer

Clifford McDowell

(He/Him)

Founder of Doorda with many years experience operating in the Open Data space.

Ricardo Herranz

Ricardo Herranz has 20 years of experience as an engineer, researcher and entrepreneur. He is co-founder and CEO of Nommon, a company that provides decision support solutions based on big data and AI for sectors such as transportation, smart cities, and retail.

Andy Sumpter

Andy oversees ShopperTrak’s Retail Consulting projects in the EMEA and APAC regions. He works with retailers and place makers, to help turn their data into insights that can make a difference to customer experience and the bottom line. Prior to joining ShopperTrak, Andy spent more than 20 years in Retail in a variety of roles, from the shop floor to the boardroom.

Florence Broderick

At CARTO, Flo focuses on positioning CARTO around specific use cases for a wide range of industries. She is also an ambassador for One Young World, a network which brings together the world’s most talented young leaders and empowers them to create change in the world of business.

Jesús Nieto Martin

Dr. Jesús Nieto Martin leads CABLE's digital and technology operations, a position he combines with his research on modeling systems under uncertainty in Management Science and Operations at London Business School. His recent work focuses on the design of local EV charger networks using locational intelligence. Before founding CABLE, he completed his PhD while working for the UK Network Operator, Western Power Distribution.

Erik Nielsen

Erik has 25+ years of experience in the junction of GIS, software development & transport modelling with a very strong focus on expert use of GIS & application development to automate, improve & (re-)invent work processes in terms of quality, functionality, & productivity. The Geospatial Team at Connected Places Catapult is involved in innovative cross disciplinary projects in areas such as (VR/AR), digital twins, risk identification for CAV applications, econometric assessments, & demand forecasting.

Francisco Rowe

(He/Him)

Francisco Rowe is the Lead of the Geographic Data Science Lab and Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Geography at the University of Liverpool.

Ross Epstein

Ross is the VP of New Projects at SafeGraph. Prior to SafeGraph, he was the CEO and co-founder of the sales engagement platform, Sendbloom, later acquired by LinkedIn. Ross holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Northwestern University. His outside interests include rugby, competitive eating (2010 Tater Tot Champion of Evanston), goldendoodles (can he dogsit?), and trying to explain what he does at SafeGraph.

Miguel Álvarez García

Miguel is CARTO's lead data scientist with more than 9 years of experience in desiging, implementing & delivering optimization & machine learning solutions to enable data driven decision making in organizations.

Stephen Bell

Stephen is a Chartered Geographer with 15+ years’ experience working with spatial data and technologies and a passion for turning data into knowledge. He currently leads the Digital Delivery team at environmental consultants Temple.

Juan Luis Ruiz-Tagle Oriol

Juan Luis is a Data Scientist at CARTO with expertise in Spatial Analytics. As a part of the Data Science team he contributes to the development of the analytics toolbox and designs custom machine learning and optimization solutions for clients.