Data Lakes and the Citizen Data Scientist

We are hosting our June HUG Ireland event at Bank of Ireland, Trinity Campus Branch, Hamilton Building, Dublin 2

Event takes place from 18:00 to 20:00

Presentations start 18:30

We will have two speakers on the night.

Building a Predictive Model with Alteryx – Colin Bolger, Data analytics professional at Accenture Advanced Analytics.

An introduction to Predictive Analytics using Alteryx. We will move through the steps involved in building a Predictive Model and give an introduction to some great Alteryx functionalities.

Towards Citizen Data Science – Ian Pepper, Head of Strategy and Integration Architecture at Novartis.

Data Lakes are a hot topic in enterprise data management, however, many such projects fail or only partially deliver. So what is the secret to success in building a data lake that your users will want to use? I will share my experiences in building a data lake in the Amazon cloud, and how we opened it up to an emerging class of user, the citizen data scientist

About Colin Bolger

• Colin is an experienced data analytics professional. He began his analytics career with Accenture's global fraud and risk Analytics and Innovation Centre.
• His role saw him work with clients in Europe, Africa and Australia to predict fraud, abuse, waste and error across multiple industries. It was in Australia that he first used Alteryx.

Now back in Ireland, Colin is working with Accenture Advanced Analytics and is keen to drive the growth of Alteryx in Ireland.

About Ian Pepper

• Innovative and experienced technology leader of high technology companies ranging from start-ups to MNCs, over half of those at CTO level.
• Strong track record in developing a product vision and translating it into technology solutions.
• Highlights include awarding winning big data products at Cylon and Automsoft
• Co-founder of daily deals aggregation service sift.ie and the travel service tripinquiry.com.
• Holder of multiple software patents.
• Led functional and project teams. Enjoys managing and developing talent in high performing teams.
• Recognised expert and engaging thought leader who has written and spoken extensively on technology trends in blockchain, IoT, analytics, big data and cloud computing
• Occasional lecturer and regular event speaker