Chief Data & Analytics Officer New Zealand
Auckland, 7-8 November, 2018
Lead Sponsors
Bank of New Zealand
BNZ is delighted to sponsor Auckland’s second CDAO conference. We believe that the advances in data and analytics is a global trend that can’t be ignored and requires ongoing investment. To that end we have been building our analytics infrastructure and capability for several years as a critical enabler to our long-term strategy. A significant part our progress to date has been working with both local and international partners – it will be great to see many of those organisations and potentially meet new ones at the event.
Increasingly analytics and insight is being applied to organisations biggest opportunities. At BNZ our mission is to enable a higher achieving New Zealand by helping Kiwis be good with money. This is an aspiration and opportunity that lends itself to customer research and analytics. Consequently, BNZ is now putting the components in place to meet that demand. That does include expanding our analytics community who already today are exploring new operating models like lean analytics and implementing our AI agenda.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Associate Partners
Cloudera
Cloudera delivers the modern platform for data management and analytics. The world’s leading organizations trust Cloudera to help solve their most challenging business problems with Cloudera Enterprise, the fastest, easiest, and most secure data platform built on Apache Hadoop and the latest open source technologies. Our customers can efficiently capture, store, process and analyze vast amounts of data, empowering them to use advanced analytics to drive business decisions quickly, flexibly, and at lower cost than has been possible before. To ensure our customers are successful, we offer comprehensive support, training, and professional services. Learn more at cloudera.com.
Now Consulting
Inspired by possibility. Driven by process. Powered by people.
NOW Consulting was formed with one goal in mind – yours. Seeing our clients succeed drives all that we do, and by looking to the future while carefully considering the ‘now’, we strike a balance between long-term strategy and pragmatism.
We’ve been doing that as WhereScape for nearly 20 years, and now we’ve got our own brand – NOW Consulting.
Our team is driven by the art of the possible. We go above and beyond to discover the potential of your data. Then we make it happen.
Data is the life-blood of digital transformation and we understand how to turn data potential into insights that drive results.
We take real ownership of what you want, with a focus on rapid delivery, agile thinking and proven value.
We love data, and we love a challenge. Give us your biggest problem, and we’ll find a solution for success.
Executive Partners
Certus
Certus Solutions are the leading Australia & New Zealand IBM systems integrator, servicing many of the region’s largest enterprise customers. We transform IT systems into business outcomes that effect sustainable change, create stakeholder value, augment human capability, and delight those that use them.
We are change agents: Certus consultants draw upon wide and deep domain expertise in Data Management & Governance, Single Customer View, Big Data, and all things Analytics - to help our customers create high-value iterative business solutions.
As the exclusive Data Vault 2.0 training partner for A/NZ, our Certus coaches and delivery teams help deliver on the promise of Agile information management across both Big Data and traditional data warehouses; enabling trusted and timely insights across structured and unstructured data.
Predominantly owned and operated by its executive management team, Certus employs over 200 people servicing 600+ clients from offices in Auckland, Brisbane, Melbourne, Newcastle, Sydney and Wellington.
enterpriseIT
enterpriseIT is the employer, partner and supplier of choice for innovative data services anywhere. In a market dominated by generalist technology service providers we are recognised for our experience, technical skills, flexibility and professionalism and passion for what we do. Our knowledge of cloud, database, Linux/UNIX, BI, Big Data and Analytics environments is deep because, individually, we have spent years architecting, delivering and managing some of the largest and most complicated environments in New Zealand and overseas. We are a dedicated, professional team. When you come to us you access technically proficient Oracle, AWS, Microsoft and RedHat certified professionals, project managers with ITIL® qualifications for IT Service Management, and senior IT Solution Architects with TOGAF® certifications.
Choosing us as your data services provider is about selecting a partner that has your best interests at heart.
For more information visit www.enterpriseit.co.nz
Informatica
Digital transformation changes expectations: better service, faster delivery, with less cost. Businesses must transform to stay relevant and data holds the answers.
As the world’s leader in Enterprise Cloud Data Management, we’re prepared to help you intelligently lead—in any sector, category or niche. Informatica provides you with the foresight to become more agile, realize new growth opportunities or create new inventions. With 100% focus on everything data, we offer the versatility needed to succeed.
We invite you to explore all that Informatica has to offer—and unleash the power of data to drive your next intelligent disruption.
Recruitment Partners
Hudson
Hudson is a market leader in specialist recruitment, giving you the best of both worlds – a global network with a local, personalised focus. That means our range and breadth, combined with the ability to build long-term partnerships and to nurture talent helps us connect people to the right opportunities.
In a world of generalists, Hudson are true specialists. Our understanding and deep penetration of the market has allowed us to build unparalleled networks in the analytics space, giving us access to some of the best talent in the sector today.
Understanding our clients’ specific needs as well as our candidates’ skills and strengths ensures greater accuracy in our placements. Our approach is targeted, tailored and consultative. By applying proprietary tools and specialist recruitment expertise we pinpoint individual’s competencies and motivations – matching analytics jobs to job seekers with the right culture and role for long-term performance.
Audience Insights Partner
Yellowfin.
Yellowfin is a global Business Intelligence and analytics software vendor with a suite of world class products powered by automation. Continually recognized as an innovator, Yellowfin is ranked among the Top 5 analytics platforms across all 15 Gartner Critical Capabilities for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms, 2018 and No 1 in Embedded BI by BARC. More than 27,000 organizations and more than three million end-users across 75 countries use Yellowfin every day. For more information, visit www.yellowfinbi.com
Exhibitors
Altis
Australia’s leading vendor independent Data & Analytics consultancy. For 20 years, we have been combining industry expertise with technical capability to deliver tangle business outcomes. Our team of 100+ dedicated and highly-skilled staff can help with all aspects of data & analytics, from strategies & roadmaps or health checks through to solution design, prototype development and implementation. We can even manage and maintain your solution for you or deliver training to upskill and enable your team.
Dell EMC
FIRN Analytics
FIRN Analytics is a cloud analytics company based in Auckland. Our lead consultants have many years’ experience in the Data Warehouse, Business Intelligence, Analytics and Marketing industries.
We have expertise in analytics technologies and specialise in implementing and supporting products, along with building bespoke cloud solutions and creating actionable insights through data storytelling and consulting.
We partner with a full stack of modern, best-of-breed products as defined by Gartner, to create an end-to-end solution, from the Preparation and Ingestion of Data (Alteryx), through to Data Storage that delivers performance, concurrency and affordability (Snowflake), automated machine learning to quickly build and deploy accurate predictive models (DataRobot), then then drag and drop to create visualisations and insights, sharing with a click (Tableau).
We also provide bespoke Marketing Services along with the ability to target via Segmentation and Digital or Traditional Marketing.
At the CDAO conference we will be running live demo’s of our software services and are willing to meet with you one-on-one to have in-depth discussions regarding your data and analytical aspirations and goals.
Please visit our booth and say hi.
Mastersoft
Mastersoft Group Pty Ltd (Mastersoft), a member of the VIX Verify Group, is a leading provider of data quality and address validation software services to leading organisations in Australia and New Zealand. Mastersoft has been delivering software solutions for over 35 years to customers across a wide range of industry sectors such as finance, insurance, superannuation and government.
Mastersoft delivers software, services and expertise to allow organisations to take control of their data and identify their customers ensuring productive relationships with their customers. It designs and develops reasoning-based technologies that provide powerful cleansing; standardisation; validation and matching of customer information.
Many of its projects focus on delivering foundational data quality and address validation services to support and manage key business activities such as: single customer view; customer master data management; spatial analysis; smart and effective customer on boarding through websites and mobile applications; and AML/KYC compliance.
OSS Group
OSS Group are New Zealand's leading data integration experts. Our Cloudera Big Data platforms and Talend Data Fabric integrations deliver business advantage, through business insights driven from quality data. With 90 people across 6 NZ locations, we can support you from concept to completion; and you will recognise our enterprise clients, from finance to insurance, and automotive to tertiary education.
Contact us at 0800 OSS GRP or www.oss-group.co.nz
Talend
Talend (NASDAQ: TLND) is a global leader in cloud and big data integration solutions that help companies turn data into a strategic asset that delivers real-time, organization-wide insight into customers, partners, and operations. Talend’s open, native, and unified integration platform, delivers the data agility required for companies to meet the constantly evolving demands of modern business. With Talend, companies can easily scale their data infrastructure and rapidly adopt the latest technology innovations in cloud and big data. Talend’s solutions support over 1500 global enterprise customers including AstraZeneca, GE, HP Inc. and Lenovo, across a range of industries. Talend has also been recognized as a leader in its field multiple times by leading analyst firms, as well as several industry and data trade publications including InfoWorld and SD Times. For more information, please visit www.talend.com and follow us on Twitter: @Talend
Theta
Theta Analytics specialises in data warehousing, business intelligence and analytics strategy, consulting and implementation.
With over 60 New Zealand based analytics consultants we deliver strategy, architecture, data modelling, design and delivery. We are also skilled in data lakes, data visualisation and dashboards and advanced analytics. We work with all mainstream data warehouse and BI technologies and provide customised training. Our experienced BI and analytics consultants deliver versatile solutions targeted to your needs.
Established in 1995, Theta is a technology consultancy with offices in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Tauranga.
We help organisations transform their businesses with technology. We design, deliver and support solutions across four key areas – analytics, software development, business solutions and systems management.
Our team of 200+ experienced professionals work with our customers to get projects across the line and get them right. We deliver smarter solutions, together.
Visit our booth, find out more here or call us on 0800 4 THETA
Networking Partners
CoreLogic
CoreLogic is the home of property intelligence. We are the leading property information, analytics and services provider in the United States, Australia and New Zealand. Our dynamic and customised data and insight touches New Zealanders at all levels, from the government down to everyday Kiwis, and plays a part in a multitude of industries that drive our economy.
We help emergency services get to you wherever you live. We power some of New Zealand's leading banks and finance companies with their mortgage and insurance decisions. And when real estate agents determine just how much your home should sell for, we have a hand in that too.
FICO
FICO (NYSE: FICO) powers decisions that help people and businesses around the world prosper. Founded in 1956 and based in Silicon Valley, the company is a pioneer in the use of predictive analytics and data science to improve operational decisions. FICO holds more than 180 US and foreign patents on technologies that increase profitability, customer satisfaction and growth for businesses in financial services, telecommunications, health care, retail and many other industries. Using FICO solutions, businesses in more than 100 countries do everything from protecting 2.6 billion payment cards from fraud, to helping people get credit, to ensuring that millions of airplanes and rental cars are in the right place at the right time.
Learn more at www.fico.com.
Revera
Revera is the first-choice cloud services provider for Kiwi companies that want to get fast on their feet.
From our early days as a data centre and computing infrastructure specialist, we’ve added choice and expertise to deliver hybrid clouds, multi-cloud management tools, as-a-service platforms, and cloud consulting services to ensure our clients get the best from the cloud.
Migrate to the cloud, protect and secure enterprise data, connect your workers and deliver smart collaboration apps, build cloud native, deliver and optimise cloud workloads, and master big data.
Get fast on your feet with Revera.
Tenzing
Tenzing was formed in January 2008 from the BearingPoint New Zealand consulting business. Tenzing has continued to provide the same high quality management and technology consulting services to the New Zealand market, as we did for over 20 years as KPMG, KPMG Consulting and BearingPoint. In this time we have developed a proven track record in delivering innovative technology solutions and complex business transformations.
Tenzing is a name with a strong link to one of New Zealand’s finest moments in history – Sir Edmund’s famous feat on Mt Everest in 1953, where he was most ably assisted by the Sherpa Tenzing Norgay. As Tenzing did then, we work collaboratively with our clients to understand their challenges, and assist in achieving their aspirations. As part of this ethos we serve our “clients for life” and we remain committed to delivering high-quality professional services.
Supporting Partners
MapR Technologies
MapR Technologies, provider of the industry’s leading data platform for AI and Analytics, enables enterprises to inject analytics into their business processes to increase revenue, reduce costs, and mitigate risks. MapR addresses the data complexities of high-scale and mission critical distributed processing from the cloud to the edge, IoT analytics, and container persistence. Global 2000 enterprises trust the MapR Data Platform to help them solve their most complex AI and analytics challenges. Amazon, Cisco, Google, Microsoft, SAP and other leading businesses are all part of the MapR ecosystem. For more information, visit mapr.com.
Media Partners
AIIA
The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) is Australia’s peak representative body and advocacy group for those in the digital ecosystem. We are a not-for-profit organisation to benefit members, and AIIA membership fees are tax deductible. Since 1978 the AIIA has pursued activities to stimulate and grow the digital ecosystem, to create a favourable business environment for our members and to contribute to Australia’s economic prosperity.
We do this by delivering outstanding member value by:
- providing a strong voice of influence
- building a sense of community through events and education
- enabling a network for collaboration and inspiration; and
- developing compelling content and relevant and interesting information.
CMSWire
CMSWire, published by Simpler Media Group, provides news, advice and analysis for professionals driving digital customer experience strategy, evolving the digital workplace and creating intelligent information management practices. We produce 2,000+ authoritative articles a year for a community of over 2.5 million influencers. Follow us on Twitter @cmswire or join our mailing list for access to exclusive reports, white papers and webinars.
Datafloq
Datafloq offers information, insights and opportunities to drive innovation with big data, blockchain, artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies. It is the best place to find talent, receive leads or share your knowledge with millions of users. Visit Datafloq.com today for more information.
Digital Agency Network
Digital Agency Network (DAN) focuses on collaboration, knowledge-sharing, business support and exploration.
DAN is a global network of carefully selected, highly talented, independently operated marketing & advertising agencies with digital DNA. DAN’s mission is to support member agencies’ businesses and enhance the intelligence, expertise, reach and effectiveness of the members through knowledge sharing and collaboration.
Today, there are more than 500 DAN member agencies operating in 76 cities worldwide. All member agencies are amongst the market leaders in their respective countries in terms of creativity, with an impressive portfolio of campaigns and awards.
New Zealand Analytics Forum
The New Zealand Analytics Forum is a community of over 2,000 professionals who apply analytics to solve business problems. We explore analytics and data science across different industries, and seek to have a positive influence in New Zealand. We formed in 2013 and gather together on a regular basis in. Our regular events are open for anyone to attend.