DataRobot AI Experience Roadshow - London

Renato Piai is the Global Head of Consumer Data Insights and Analytics at Reckitt Benckiser. During his time at RB, he had previously led the implementation of Big Data projects in Latin America where he was responsible for training, communication and value-creation for developing markets. Prior to RB, he was IT Global Innovation lead at Unilever. Renato graduated from the Federal University of ABC in Science and Technology and has a post-graduate degree in Finance from Insper.

Richard Parfitt is Head of Analytics for Loans at 118 118 Money and has helped 118 118 Money rapidly evolve in their financial services journey from start-up. In over 20 years of data science, his prior roles have included marketing analytics for The Royal Mint and British Gas, significant systems architecture experience and SAS consultancy, beginning his career as a credit risk analyst at Citibank.

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Rob works with partners across academia, government, technology vendors, start-ups, and other key stakeholders, in order to drive innovation within the Firm and develop new services for clients. He is an evangelist for responsible technology and promotes awareness of the growing ethical agenda relating to AI. He is an advisory board member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on AI, an adviser to The IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems, a TEDx speaker, and a Fellow of The RSA. Rob is particularly focused upon the issues and policies relating to the impact of automation on the workforce, the future skills agenda, and ensuring that the benefits to be delivered by AI are equitably spread across society.

Jen has held worldwide analytics product management roles at Microsoft and served as a technical lead for system implementation firms. She has experience launching new products and turning around failed projects in enterprise data warehousing, reporting, and advanced analytics. Today she designs products and helps analytics professionals learn how to solve complex problems with machine learning in the emerging citizen data science segment. Jen has a Bachelor of Business Administration – Marketing, Cum Laude from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee and a post-graduate certificate in Computer Science – Data Mining from the University of California, San Diego.

Simon is VP of EMEA for DataRobot and responsible for the go-to-market strategy for the company within the region. This involves leading the growing organisation across multiple functions and expanding our presence through both direct resources & development of key Partner relationships across the region. Prior to joining DataRobot, Simon was VP & Managing Director for Qlik UK&I. He joined Qlik initially in 2012 as the Sales Director for the UK&I organisation and became the UK&I Managing Director in 2016 for one of the key regions within Europe. During this time the business grew significantly under his leadership. He has over 20 years’ experience in the IT industry and specifically in Enterprise Software & Data Analytics. Prior to Qlik, Simon held Sales leadership roles within both HP & Cisco in the UK and globally. Simon graduated with a 1st Class degree in Business Decision Analysis from UWE Bristol Business School.

As Chief Data Scientist EMEA at DataRobot, Andre leads the entire EMEA team of data science consultants. He and his team provide advisory and consultancy to clients to ensure their success in creating AI products with DataRobot, and optimise their business value from the solution.