James Smedley

James is a Financial Services Data Strategy & Management specialist, having advised many organisations on their data journey, leading client-side roles across Data Strategy, Data Architecture and Data Governance. James has delivered consulting advisory for many years supporting clients to realise modern data platforms, data ownership and data democratization. For the last 18 months James has led, through a data enablement role, the Data Strategy, Data Management and Data Governance adoption for a leading FTSE100 Investment Manager.

James Smedley's Sessions

Lessons Learned: Insights from 30 Years in Cloud and AI/ML IntegrationSQLBits 2024

We’ll highlight the role of data governance as a catalyst for modern data approaches and business value driven AI services. This will focus on how it streamlines challenges in data access and management to increase velocity of data operations, enables continuous flow of trusted data required by data intensive products and delivers business data products to deliver tangible outcomes. Boasting 30 years of leadership in cloud and AI/ML, we're not trend followers but trendsetters and it's satisfying to see the industry tide finally come in.