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Join us in this episode of Keeping Up with Data, as our latest guest Chantal Velasque delves deep into the heart of data and analytics, sharing insights from her rich and varied career. From her early days grappling with business objects to her current role leading transformative programs, Chantal offers a candid look at the evolving landscape of data governance, analytics, and the crucial role of diversity in driving innovation.
Chantal is a Strategy and Governance Executive leading engaged and high performing teams to deliver large scale and complex data-driven, digital and organisational transformations, with over 20 years of experience across Consulting and Financial Services. She has practical expertise in delivering end-to-end technology enabled programs and strategies, covering a broad range of platforms including customers, payments, financial crime, remediation and enabling functions.
She is a fervent advocate of gender and cultural diversity, empowering people through sharing stories to inspire and learn from others and fostering a culture of continuous growth, with participations in the Women in Data Australia and Ada’s Tribe communities, and in podcasts such as Marvellous Women, Mastering Data: Women in Data, and mischief.
In her spare time you can find her watching everything Rugby Union-related (she is obsessed), down the beach with her husband and sons, at the gym, or recounting scuba diving stories from all around the world.
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Hosts: Emily Nota and James Ross
Guest: Chantal Velasque
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In this episode of 'Keeping Up With Data', Emily and Seán chat to Denver Naidoo, the CTO and Founder of AI workforce provider, Zeligate.
Based in Brisbane, Australia, Denver has a rich history of working in tech with global enterprises, leading and mentoring teams who have developed technology that is currently being used by millions of people across the globe.
Emily and Seán loved chatting to Denver and picking his brain on what it’s like being the Founder of a start-up company, his journey so far and why everyone needs a Zeli in their life!!
Zeligate empowers teams by providing them with the world’s first workforce of AI helpers, allowing you to delegate tedious tasks and do more meaningful work.
The AI helpers are designed to interact as part of your team. You can type or speak to quickly assign them work tasks; such as organizing and evaluating CVs, creating job ads, organizing and completing video pre-screen interviews - or even making phone calls. In short, they’re building highly intelligent AI helpers that can free up our energy for the work that humans do best.
This is Keeping Up With Data, the podcast that keeps data enthusiasts up to speed with what is happening in the world of data. We bring in the leading minds from the data industry to talk about all things career, news, embarrassing stories, failures, and successes.
This podcast is in partnership with The Black Dog Institute who aim to create a mentally healthier world for everyone. If you wish to support the cause please donate via the link Black Dog Institute - Precision Sourcing
 https://www.precisionsourcing.com.au/
Hosts: Emily Nota and Seán Gray
Guest: Denver Naidoo
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On this week's episode of 'Keeping Up With Data' Emily and James chat to Kate Cook, Head of Analytics at The Lumery.
 
The KUWD gang were thrilled to sit down with Kate to learn about her journey and how she navigated a career change as a non-technical data professional. They also chatted about coping with imposter syndrome, experiencing burnout and why it’s important to fail!
 
Kate is a deeply data-driven marketing professional with a passion for quantifying the impact of marketing strategies on commercial and customer outcomes. Commencing her marketing journey collecting scout badges in diverse domains including digital, content, social media marketing, customer lifecycle management, personalisation, experimentation, and brand development, she subsequently transitioned into the world of analytics to bolster her technical competence.
 
Through her breadth of specialist roles, she’s become a technically adept, strategic professional who knows the art of marrying together brand, data and technology to craft omnichannel customer experiences that drive commercial outcomes.
 
This is Keeping Up With Data, the podcast that keeps data enthusiasts up to speed with what is happening in the world of data. We bring in the leading minds from the data industry to talk about all things career, news, embarrassing stories, failures, and successes.
 
This podcast is in partnership with The Black Dog Institute who aim to create a mentally healthier world for everyone. If you wish to support the cause please donate via the link Black Dog Institute - Precision Sourcing
 
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Hosts: Emily Nota and James Ross
Guest: Kate Cook
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On this week's episode of 'Keeping Up With Data' Emily and James chat to Lisa Garbutt. 
Global leader with expertise in data governance, risk consulting, and process excellence, Lisa Garbutt is a well-respected and highly successful leader with a proven track record of championing global digital and process transformation programs across high-risk industries.
 
With an MBA specialisation and proven change management tactics, Garbutt’s skills in designing and developing integrated systems of work have resulted in compliant, efficient, and engaged work environments. She has expertise in supporting meta data and quality, stewardship, security and privacy, master and reference data, records retention, AI and algorithm assurance, issue and change control, risk and compliance, system and process optimization, and standardization initiatives.
 
It was a pleasure for Emily and James to sit down and chat all things data governance with her in this episode. This is Keeping Up With Data, the podcast that keeps data enthusiasts up to speed with what is happening in the world of data. We bring in the leading minds from the data industry to talk about all things career, news, embarrassing stories, failures, and successes.
This podcast is in partnership with The Black Dog Institute who aim to create a mentally healthier world for everyone. If you wish to support the cause please donate via the link Black Dog Institute - Precision Sourcing
Hosts: Emily Nota and James Ross
Guest: Lisa Garbutt
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Production and Artwork: Ciara O'Connor

On this week's episode of 'Keeping Up With Data' Emily and Sean chat to Kadu Anastacio, Head of Data at Finity.
Kadu has over 27 years of experience in the IT industry and 18 years of deep experience in data solutions, primarily in consultancy and professional services. Passionate about delivering innovative and scalable data solutions that enable data-driven decision-making and insights and unlock the potential of data, the most valuable asset in the world.
This is Keeping Up With Data, the podcast that keeps data enthusiasts up to speed with what is happening in the world of data. We bring in the leading minds from the data industry to talk about all things career, news, embarrassing stories, failures, and successes.
This podcast is in partnership with The Black Dog Institute who aim to create a mentally healthier world for everyone. If you wish to support the cause please donate via the link Black Dog Institute - Precision Sourcing
Hosts: Emily Nota and Sean Gray
Guest: Kadu Anastacio
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On this week's episode of 'Keeping Up With Data' Emily and Sean chat Mark Fazackerley, Country Managaer ANZ at Qlik.
Mark has more than 25 years experience in the in the enterprise software space, including stints at Oracle, Microfocus, Microstrategy, Blue Prism and Talend, and a track record of successfully leading sales teams across the APAC and ANZ regions. With a focus on driving growth and consistent execution, Mark consistently puts the customer at the centre of his organisation’s thinking, and values integrity, ownership and authenticity, constantly working to lead by example. Joining Talend in 2021 as ANZ Regional VP, for the last 8 months Mark has been the managing RVP across both the Asia and ANZ businesses as Talend restructured. With a background steeped in data, Mark has been in the business intelligence, analytics and visualisation market segment for many years.
This is Keeping Up With Data, the podcast that keeps data enthusiasts up to speed with what is happening in the world of data. We bring in the leading minds from the data industry to talk about all things career, news, embarrassing stories, failures, and successes.
This podcast is in partnership with The Black Dog Institute who aim to create a mentally healthier world for everyone. If you wish to support the cause please donate via the link Black Dog Institute - Precision Sourcing
Hosts: Emily Nota and Sean Gray
Guest: Mark Fazackerley
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Production and Artwork: Andriana Grbevska