Data science is a hot topic among business and IT leaders and fulfilling your company’s dreams of capitalising on data science can be a daunting task. Our upcoming thought leadership event will feature Dr Orlando Machado, Head of Customer Science for MoneySuperMarket, discussing data science tips for success and insights based on his own experiences at the UK’s largest price comparison website.
17:30 Registration & Drinks
18:00 Introduction
Paul Forrest, Chairman – MBN Solutions – https://uk.linkedin.com/in/pdf66
18:20 The Industry Perspective
Dr Orlando Machado, Head of Customer Science at MoneySuperMarket
19:00 Group Q&A and Feedback
19:30 Closing Remarks
Paul Forrest, MBN Solutions
19:50 Drinks & Networking
Dr Orlando Machado ‘Head of Customer Science, MoneySuperMarket
Dr Orlando Machado is Head of Customer Science for MoneySuperMarket, the UK’s largest price comparison website. His team includes data experts, statisticians, insight analysts and CRM specialists, and is leading MoneySuperMarket’smission to put customers at the heart of all its decisions.
Orlando joined MoneySuperMarketfrom dunnhumby, a company that has been at the cutting edge of customer insight for over 20 years. Orlando spent 6 years in a number of leadership positions across all dunnhumby’sUK clients, and most recently led the development of dunnhumby’ssolutions for creating personalised multi-channel customer experiences.
Previously, Orlando led the UK analytics team for Wunderman, the world’s largest online communications agency. He started his career in academia, and holds a PhD in Statistics from the University of Warwick.
Paul Forrest ‘Chairman, MBN Solutions
Paul Forrest has some twenty-five years experience of helping businesses to solve complex business problems, deliver their transformation goals and to achieve tangible strategic outcomes. Hands on and deep thinking, he has worked with many FTSE 100 clients, Global 500 businesses and major Government entities around the world including Ford Motor Company, VAG Group, BAE Systems, GSK, AkzoNobel, RBS, HBOS, Diageo, Bacardi, Wal-Mart, British Airways, Virgin Galactic, Etisalat, British Telecom, Vodafone and Allen & Overy. Paul also sits on the board of a number of agile, disruptive and challenger businesses whilst supporting value creation programmes for Private Equity backed businesses. He joined the board of MBN Solutions to help establish the platform for growth and focuses on the development of the senior team, management practices and MBN’s core focus around Insight and Analytics.
Paul has recently been named in the DataIQBig Data 100. Listed as a data enabler, Forrest is identified as one of the most influential people in data and data-driven marketing appearing alongside key industry leaders from the best users of data including dunnhumby, the Information Commissioner’s Office, British Airways, BBC, Channel 4 and Aimia.
About MBN
MBN’s commitment and expertise in the areas of insight and analytics is driven by a passion to help clients maximise the benefits they could realise from Big Data initiatives.
The ongoing commitment to these events coupled with the quality of debate from participants ensures this will be a must attend event for professionals impacted by Big Data or board members needing to know more.
