Archives: Captivate Podcasts

Katy is the Head of Data at ScotlandIS and a key member of the team helping to deliver Scotland’s AI Strategy. ScotlandIS is the trade body for all things technology in Scotland and have been at the forefront of the industry for years. Katy was brought in to use her experience of data to help… Continue reading #32 Katy Guthrie

Tom Hind is the CTO of Akari Soultions, a Glasgow based tech for good company and Microsoft Partner. A super interesting guy who has grabbed every opportunity thrown at him and made a success of it, resulting in leading a team at a young age and being highly respected as a Microsoft expert. As always,… Continue reading #31 Tom Hind

Andrew is the CEO of Machine Labs, an Edinburgh based SaaS solution for marketeers using data analytics to drive better decision making. Andrew describes the platform as the marketing product he wished he had as a Chief Marketing Officer! A successful entrepreneur and marketing expert, this was a great show to do. I hope you… Continue reading #30 Andrew Veitch

Brian Hills is the Deputy CEO & Head of Service Design at The Data Lab in Edinburgh. The Data Lab’s mission is to unite world class researchers with and data scientists with industry and public service organisations. They have done some incredible work in academia and Brian has been there pretty much from the start.… Continue reading #29 Brian Hills

Stephanie is the Senior Data Analysis Instructor for CodeClan’s Data skills academy. Stephanie has a Doctorate in Neuroscience and Psychology and has worked in industry as a Programmer and academia as a Lecturer. She has found her real niche as an instructor at CodeClan where she can pass on her skills as well as her… Continue reading #28 Stephanie Boyle

Harsha is the Head of Data Science at Leeds HQ’d Consultancy BJSS. BJSS started as a Software Consultancy, admired for their approach to Agile and have expanded their offering to include Data Science, amongst other things. Harsha has had a really interesting career, starting his education in India, moving to the States and ending up… Continue reading #27 Harsha Tharkabhushanam

Dominic Jordan is the Director of Data Science and Analytics at N Brown Group in Manchester. N Brown Group are a Manchester institution when it comes to fashion retail and e-commerce. Dominic has had a really successful career in data and a super interesting journey so it was great to sit down with him to… Continue reading #26 Dominic Jordan

Matthew is the Founder and Chief Technical Officer at ClinSpec Diagnostics, a Glasgow based start-up making it quicker to detect brain cancer and other diseases by using a new blood serum test. What Matthew and the team are doing is pretty amazing and potentially revolutionary. Always great to see a company based in Scotland doing… Continue reading #25 Matthew Baker

Daniel Winterstein is the Founder and CTO of Good-Loop a tech for good organisation based in Edinburgh and London. They serve adverts for brands whilst raising money for charity, working with some of the most recognisable companies in the world. Daniel and his co-founder Amy (CEO) have one of my favourite ever stories when it… Continue reading #24 Daniel Winterstein

Pete and Thomas are both Co-Founders and Directors of Hyper Group, a Data Science company headquartered in Leeds, focusing on the data science behind hyper personalisation. Both great guys with really interesting backgrounds, this was a really enjoyable episode. Some of the work Hyper are doing in the retail space is fascinating and I can’t… Continue reading #23 Pete Denby and Thomas Hill