Accelerate Works : A history of Agile and The rise of data science

Description

AccelerateWorks is an all new meetup group created by technologists for technologists. Powered by Blenheim Chalcot in partnership with Upstream, AccelerateWorks has a single vision of regularly bringing together people from around London’s Wild West in an open diverse forum, to hear from prominent speakers and share thoughts and ideas related to Business, technology and product development.

The first meetup takes place on Wed 19 September from 18:30- 21:00

The topics for the first talk:

Mark Ridley- “the “An Archaeology of Agile”

Mark, former Group CTO here at Blenheim Chalcot, is often outspoken in his support for improvements in STEM education and equal opportunity in the technology industry. Mark is a regular industry speaker and writer with strong links into the UK technology press, contributing on topics ranging from strategy, innovation and Agile to the Cloud, security and risk.
 
Sepi Pouryahya- “The rise of data science”

Sepi is currently Head of Data at Fospha, a Blenheim Chalcot business which has created a fusion of cutting edge data science and engineering, resulting in a software solution that unifies clients’ customer data and computes the fractional value of each channel interaction, providing a granular data-driven view of marketing performance.