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Lee Hawthorn, Acma, CGMA, Ba(Hons)
› Many roles over the years– Software Engineer– Management Accountant– Business Performance Manager– Data Analyst
› Motivated to learn and share, to solve problems
› Current : FP&A Analyst, Payzone UK
› uk.linkedin.com/in/leehawthorn/
› @lee_hawthorn
› Leehbi.com
Agenda
› The data revolution
› Playing your part
› Discussion with your neighbour
› Payzone experience
› Where things are heading
› Takeaways
Discuss - 5 minutes
› Introduce yourself to your neighbour
› Discuss any of the following points based on your experience or vision
› Pain points
› Successes
› Spreadsheet Hell
› Too much data
› Multiple versions of the truth
Where things are heading
› Hybrid databases – part in memory – part on disk
› Advanced Analytics
› Big Data 2.0 (with structure)
› Natural Language querying
› API based data & services
Takeaways
› Follow Howard Dresner http://bit.ly/1zuMofu
› Online webinars from SQL Pass http://bi.sqlpass.org
› Unlocking Business Intelligence from CGMAhttp://bit.ly/17l8dqj
› Big Data Briefing from CGMA http://bit.ly/1JvOUw0
› On Twitter? #BIWisdom tweet-chat (Friday 5pm!)
› Assess the appetite
› Build the case
› Evaluate resources
Conclusion
› Software & Services are mature & sophisticated
› The cloud gives us another option
› Data is on the increase
› Be a partner
› Payzone can’t live without it
› Change is on the way
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