Ian Ozsvald
Ian is a Chief Data Scientist, has co-founded and built the annual PyDataLondon conference raising $100k+ annually for the open source movement along with the associated 13,000+ member monthly meetup. Using data science he's helped clients find $2M in recoverable fraud, created the core IP which opened funding rounds for automated recruitment start-ups and diagnosed how major media companies can better supply recommendations to viewers. He gives conference talks internationally often as keynote speaker and is the author of the bestselling O'Reilly book High Performance Python (2nd edition). He has over 25 years of experience as a senior data science leader, trainer and team coach. For fun he's walked by his high-energy Springer Spaniel, surfs the Cornish coast and drinks fine coffee. Past talks and articles can be found at:
Sessions
A facilitated session for leaders to discuss the opportunity and challenges they face. This is the 8th iteration at a PyData conference. Questions are raised and answered by attendees, it is facilitated by Ian Ozsvald (PyDataLondon co-founder). You are encouraged to carry on talking to fellow leaders after this session. If you have a question you may wish to raise please contact Ian directly (ian at ianozsvald com).
A novel discussion format called a "crit" will be introduced which Ian developed for a private leadership group, you're welcome and encouraged to copy and use it in your own organisations. Typical attendance is 60+ leaders.
The 2022 session ("Executives at PyData" as it was known) was written up, you can see it here: https://numfocus.medium.com/executives-at-pydata-global-2022-193cbc2d3f3b