She Knows Data

Zaynah is a 15-year-old machine learning and virtual & augmented reality developer. She began her journey developing neural networks at 13 and has been supported by companies like Google, CIBC, TD, Deloitte, and Microsoft. Zaynah believes that artificial intelligence will disrupt every single industry, and computer vision will play a huge part in that. To that end, … Continue reading The Future of Machine Learning: Developing Neural Networks at 13 years old- Zaynah Bhanji →

Christina is an experienced Vice President with a demonstrated history of working in the health care and insurance industries. A strong visionary leader skilled in, Healthcare Management, Data and Analytics, technology, and large complex program/project delivery. Currently she is Vice President, Corporate Business Information and Analytics at the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) Previously she … Continue reading Building a Data Driven Culture – Christina Hoy →

Della is a recognized data privacy thought leader and her work has been featured in numerous publications. Currently, she is the Chief Data Governance Officer for Symcor Inc.; a leading provider of payment processing and data services. There, Della is responsible for creating and leading the organization’s data strategy including, data management, data operations, governance … Continue reading Privacy in the Digital Age – Della Shea →

Katrin can best be described as Entrepreneur, Technologist, Software architect, Leader, Developer, Speaker and Trainer. Currently she is Head of Architecture at Thompson Reuters, Corporates Katrin has held many senior architecture position working in software development, with experience in multi-platform distributed systems development, Java2EE, full stack web development, single page applications, scala, phyton and hadoop. … Continue reading Predictive Analytics in Action – Katrin Shechtman →

With more than 25 years of experience in the insurance industry, Monique has held senior leadership positions in many large companies. Currently she is a Director of the Data Business Group at Accenture. Throughout her career, Monique has helped companies grow their businesses based on data insights and analytics. She has worked on numerous BI initiatives, … Continue reading Data Governance and Veracity – Monique Hesseling →

Debra Keeling – Christmas is a 40 + year industry veteran with a wealth of experience in leading organizations to use data and technology to navigate challenging global landscapes, ultimately helping them to deliver positive business outcomes. Currently, she is an Executive partner at Gartner Over the years, she has led strategy and technical services … Continue reading Leading through uncertainty: A look at how to navigate large scale changes in a big data world- Debra Keeling-Christmas →

As General Manager for Insurance, Cindy Maike is responsible for global insurance strategy and customer engagement for Cloudera. She works with customers and partners leveraging analytics for business growth and exploring the use of new data sources to drive innovation in the evolving world of insurance. She has over 25 years of finance, consulting and … Continue reading Data Use Cases in Insurance – Cindy Maike →