Spatial Data Science in
CPG & Retail Summit

Speakers

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  Sarah Hitchcock

  Chief Operating Officer at Geolytix

  

  Sarah Hitchcock

  Sarah is the co-founder & COO at Geolytix, where she helps businesses optimise their store & online networks. Geolytix builds innovative data products showing where people live, work & shop.

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  César Gutiérrez Tapadinha

  Senior Advanced Analytics specialist & Data Scientist at Heineken

  

  César Gutiérrez Tapadinha

  César has wide & diverse experience in engineering & advanced maths, Business Analytics, Big Data,finance, accounting & process analysis; going through other fields such as Blockchain, SAP, Data Governance / Strategy / Quality.

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  Annamaria Melegh

  Global Sustainability Analytics Leader, Social & Behaviour at IKEA

  

  Annamaria Melegh

  Annamaria is the Sustainability Analytics Leader, Social & Behavior at Ingka Group, a strategic partner to the IKEA franchisee system and the largest IKEA franchisee with 378 IKEA stores across 30 markets.

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  Sébastien Pavy

  Partner at Bain & Company

  

  Sébastien Pavy

  Sebastien is a partner in Bain & Company's Los Angeles office. He is a leader of Bain's Retail & Customer Strategy & Marketing practices, as well as the Private Equity Group. Sebastien has particularly extensive experience leading projects in the restaurant, hospitality & music industries.

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  Arthur Hua

  Associate Partner at Bain & Company

  

  Arthur Hua

  Arthur is an associate partner in Bain & Company's Retail practice. He is the owner of the proprietary Vantage solution & helped develop the EMEA Digital practice. With a decade of cross-continental firm experience, he specializes in footprint expansion, strategy, & full potential transformation efforts.

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  James Holden

  Senior Location Planning Manager at Holland & Barrett

  

  James Holden

  James is a Location Planner with almost 20 years of experience of applying geospatial techniques to business problems, he has been at Holland & Barrett for the last 2 years establishing a new function within the property department & has become the custodian for the network plan.

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  Stephanie Schober

  Solutions Engineer at CARTO

  

  Stephanie Schober

  Steph is a highly-skilled professional with over 7 years of experience managing many facets of the GIS industry. She contributes to high-volume clients by providing exceptional customer service and is currently a solutions engineer at CARTO.

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  Margara Tejera

  Product Manager en CARTO

  

  Margara Tejera

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  Gregg Katz

  Chief Strategy Officer at TSCG

  

  Gregg Katz

  Gregg Katz was born and raised in Atlanta, GA. As Chief Strategy Officer, Gregg’s focus is to create and implement strategies for organizational structure and human capital, data, analytics, social platforms, website, GIS, mobile technology and branding.

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  Rosie Clarke

  Location Planning Manager at Marks & Spencer

  

  Rosie Clarke

  Responsible for developing & delivering the M&S store estate strategy for the North of the UK. Using data analytics to help inform decisions on the optimal location, format & size of stores.

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  Fletcher Berryman

  Customer Success Manager at SafeGraph

  

  Fletcher Berryman

  Fletcher is a geographer & remote sensing specialist currently working at SafeGraph, a location data firm focused on being the source of truth for places data. Previously, he worked at dataPlor as Head of Sales, grew enterprise relationships at CARTO, & analyzed satellite imagery at Apollo Mapping.

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  Jeff Ho

  Technical Product Manager at SafeGraph

  

  Jeff Ho

  Jeff Ho is a Technical Product Manager at SafeGraph. His professional background is in Data Science & Product, having worked in data-driven advertising, remote sensing, & natural disaster monitoring. He received his PhD in Civil & Environmental Engineering from Stanford University.

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  Alistair Sadleir

  Global Key Account Director Unilever at Google

  

  Alistair Sadleir

  Alistair Sadleir is currently Global Key Account Director Unilever at Google. He has extensive experience in the Retail industry managing large and complex engagements, he previously had roles at Oracle, VMware & SAP.

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  Mohamed Batran

  Lead Data Scientist at Rakuten Group, Inc.

  

  Mohamed Batran

  Batran is a Lead data scientist at Rakuten Group, Inc. The team is working on applying data science solutions to geo location data to create business impact.

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  Yanyan Li

  Data Scientist at Rakuten Group, Inc.

  

  Yanyan Li

  As a data scientist at Rakuten, Yanyan focuses on applying advanced research on Logistics and other geo related projects, to improve product performance.

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  Kyle Mede

  Data Science Engineer at Rakuten Group, Inc.

  

  Kyle Mede

  Since joining Rakuten, Kyle has led data science projects and teams in a number of different fields. In his current post he focuses on the utilization of geo-spatial data & AI to provide products that improve customer satisfaction & support many companies initiatives throughout the Rakuten Group.

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  Benjamin Thürer

  Director of Data Science at Unacast

  

  Benjamin Thürer

  Benjamin is Director of Data Science at Unacast with former background in neuroscience. Unacast empower companies & individuals to make smarter decisions & build better products by understanding human activity in the physical world.

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  David Pilbeam

  Head of Strategy at Sainsbury's

  

  David Pilbeam

  David has had various leadership roles at Sainsbury’s responsible for the strategy for the property estate, spatial analytics & location planning. Throughout his career he has been a part of many large scale location & M&A projects at Asda, Argos, Lloyds Banking Group & TSB.

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  Parker Ence

  CEO of Veraset

  

  Parker Ence

  Parker Ence is the CEO of Veraset, a leading geospatial data-as-a-service company providing population movement data to over 100 data science teams who are solving problems in advertising, financial services, public health, city planning, transportation, mobile networks, & more.

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  Nathan Eaton

  Executive Director at NGIS

  

  Nathan Eaton

  Nathan is at the forefront of all suites of spatial technology offerings NGIS provides to its clients. Nathan has worked with over 100 clients across Australia & internationally to deliver fit for purpose solutions.

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  Florence Broderick

  Event Moderator

  

  Florence Broderick

  Flo is VP Marketing at CARTO, leading Demand Generation, Content, Product Marketing & SDR teams to translate the value of Location Intelligence to existing & prospective clients.

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  Dr Les Dolega

  Lecturer in GIS & Retail Geography at University of Liverpool

  

  Dr Les Dolega

  Les has expertise in economic/retail geography & spatial analysis, in particular the performance of town centres & their evolutionary trajectories. He's currently involved in an investigation of footfall patterns across British town centres & the impact of weather conditions on retail sales.