So you want to be a Data Science Consultant?

Schedule:
Light refreshments served from 5:30 - 6pm.

Talks will start shortly after 6pm.

There will be no entry to the building after 6:30 as the lifts will only go down, not up.

In this meetup we will here from 3 data scientists who will share their experiences working for different types of analytics companies. From a setting up a small boutique consultancy to working in a large corporate, we will hear the pro's and cons of each.

The event is for those who are still undecided on their career path or who might want to discover what life on the other side is like. There will be 3 x 20 minute talks followed by a join Q&A.

Martin Kemka

5 reasons why being a data science consultant is the worst idea in the world and also the best idea in the world. Martin Kemka will weigh up the world of consulting, building meaningful companies and working within the corporate world

Martin is the founder of northraine - a bcorp machine learning production house. Northraine is a distributed organisation that designs decision systems, creates new applications of machine learning and reviews ethical and responsible data use. Northraine operates with a unique structure that aims to reward consulting project teams for successful projects.

Kendra Vant

A firm conviction not to die wondering ‘what if?’ has given Kendra Vant a rich and varied career working with memorable people, companies and universities across New Zealand, Australia, the US and Malaysia. Through it all, her greatest satisfaction has come from working with smart people to solve difficult problems.

After doctoral research in experimental quantum physics at MIT and postdoctoral work in applied quantum computing at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Kendra was serendipitously placed to ride the tsunami of corporate interest in applying machine learning to create personalised experiences in an increasingly connected and digital world.

She has worked in insurance, banking, telecommunications, government, gaming and the airline industry and is currently Principal Data Scientist with Seek Asia Pacific and Americas, applying emerging techniques in natural language processing and deep learning to the problem of finding other people their dream job.

Lachlan Vogt

Lachlan is a technology advisory manager at Accenture specialising in Artificial Intelligence to solving business problems in both analytics and automation perspectives. Originally from the business improvement side at financial services company AMP, Lachlan realised the value of machine learning to solve business problems. Self-Taught machine learning from a range of courses and material from industry leaders while applying it to solve the critical business problems. Lachlan worked initially in customer analytics, automation then in financial market modelling for a fund manager. Lachlan created a start-up AI consultancy AIgorithm, then moved across to Accenture a global leader in technology and management consulting.