Rukayat
Balogun
Enterprise Data Strategist and AI Governance Leader, UK Public Sector
2026 Speakers:
Headline Keynote Speaker
Dan Cherow-brier
CTO, Formula E
Hosted by Tom Shaw
Keynote Theatre
Tuesday 13 October 2026 | 09:30 - 10:15
Further speakers to be added, check back nearer the event for full details.
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Featured speakers
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![Rukayat Balogun]()
Rukayat
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![Caroline Carruthers]()
Caroline
CarruthersChief Executive Officer, Carruthers and Jackson
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![fay churchill]()
Fay
ChurchillHead of Data Science, ITV
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![Andrew Daniels BW]()
Andrew
DanielsGroup CIO, Betfred
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![andy grantbw]()
Andy
GrantEMEA Director - Supercomputing, Higher Education & AI, NVIDIA
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![Dominic Jordan BW]()
Dominic
JordanChief Data Officer, Twelve Football
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![Leslie Lambert]()
Leslie
LambertHead of Data & Statistics, Bank of England
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![Prashant Singh BW]()
Prashant
SinghGlobal Director of Data & AI, Costa Coffee
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A-Z Speakers
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![cynthia akiotu]()
Cynthia
AkiotuCybersecurity Data Protection Architect, Accenture
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![tripti_bw]()
Tripti
AnilSr Manager - Data Analytics Delivery, Kellanova
![Kellanova_logo.svg]()
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![Peter Appleby BW]()
Dr
Peter ApplebyHead of Data Science & Analytics, Autotrader
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![Owen Badham]()
Owen
BadhamProduct Marketing Manager, Supermetrics
![supermetrics]()
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![Rukayat Balogun]()
Rukayat
BalogunEnterprise Data Strategist and AI Governance Leader, UK Public Sector
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![Eleanore Beard]()
Eleanore
BeardLegal Director, Brabners
![Brabners Drk Copper (1)]()
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![Andy Bell]()
Andy
BellSenior Vice President, Data Product Management, Precisely
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![Alexa Berard]()
Alexa
BerardSenior Business Data Analyst, Parity Technologies
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![Colin Bird BW]()
Colin
BirdHead of Data Engineering, Evri
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![Adrian Blackman BW]()
Adrian
BlackmanChief Data Officer, Bentley Motors
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![Ryan Boyd BW]()
Ryan
BoydCo-Founder & VP, Marketing + DevRel, MotherDuck
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![duncan boyne]()
Duncan
BoynePower BI & Fabric Consultant, Boyne Business Intelligence
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![Paul Brook]()
Paul
BrookPre-Sales Specialist Data, AI and Quantum , Dell Technologies & NVIDIA
![DT Nvidia lockup colour stack RGB]()
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![Matt Brown]()
Matt
BrownPartner, Brabners
![Brabners Drk Copper (1)]()
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![Tom Bruce]()
Tom
BruceChief Innovation Officer, Snap Analytics
![snap]()
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![Henri De Bruine]()
Henri
De BruineUK MD, Decision Inc.
![decisioninc_uk_logo]()
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![Tristan Burns]()
Tristan
BurnsData Leadership Coach and Advisor
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![Mauro Cagol BW.jpg]()
Mauro
CagolData Availability Director, AstraZeneca
![astrazeneca-PNG-logo]()
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![Caroline Carruthers]()
Caroline
CarruthersChief Executive Officer, Carruthers and Jackson
![carruthers jackson]()
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![Chris Chambers]()
Chris
ChambersDeputy Director, Government Property Agency
![GPA Logo]()
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![Dan Cherowbrier BW]()
Dan
CherowbrierChief Technology Officer, Formula E
![formulae]()
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![Jeremiah Chienda]()
Jeremiah
ChiendaAI Data Engineer, Information Commissioner’s Office
![Information_Commissioner’s_Office_logo.svg]()
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![fay churchill]()
Fay
ChurchillHead of Data Science, ITV
![ITV_logo_2013.svg]()
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![ben clinch]()
Ben
ClinchIndependent Consultant & Community Advocate, Clinch Data Services
![Clinch]()
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![Jon Cooke]()
Jon
CookeCEO, Nebulyx AI
![Nebulyx AI]()
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![andy cotgreave bw]()
Andy
CotgreaveData Entrepreneur, How To Speak Data
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![Samantha Crossley BW]()
Samantha
CrossleyPrincipal BI Developer, Breedon Group
![Breedon_Group.svg]()
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![Andrew Daniels BW]()
Andrew
DanielsGroup CIO, Betfred
![betfred-logo]()
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![Carly Davies BW]()
Carly
DaviesHead of Data (Profit Domain), Co-operative Group
![Coop]()
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![Nicholas Deveney BW]()
Nicholas
DeveneyGroup Head Of Data & Consulting, Eden Smith
![Group+Logo+Black+Text-640w]()
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![Jackson Dyson BW]()
Jackson
DysonHead of Data Platform, Information Commissioner’s Office
![Information_Commissioner’s_Office_logo.svg]()
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![Hanna Earls]()
Hanna
EarlsDirector of Finance MI, Data & Analytics, Cambridge University Press & Assessment
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![mike ferguson bw]()
Mike
FergusonCEO, Intelligent Business Strategies
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![Jason Foster BW]()
Jason
FosterData and AI Strategy Advisor, Cynozure
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![Phil Gardner]()
Phil
GardnerChief Growth and Transformation Officer, Colliers
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![Dr. Rachel Gawley BW]()
Dr
Rachel GawleyCTO, Pentaho
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![james george_bw]()
James
GeorgeFounder, Provocative Human Ltd
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![Kate Gill BW]()
Dr
Kate GillHead of Data Transformation, BAE Systems
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![Katy Gooblar BW]()
Katy
GooblarDirector & Co-Founder, Rebel Hive
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![Lucy Goudie BW]()
Lucy
GoudieSenior Programme Leader, VodafoneThree
![vodafone_three_logo_8iplz015d4dtgflb]()
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![Caroline Grant BW]()
Caroline
GrantManaging Director, Slalom
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![andy grantbw]()
Andy
GrantEMEA Director - Supercomputing, Higher Education & AI, NVIDIA
![Nvidia_logo.svg]()
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![paul gray]()
Paul
GrayHead of Strategic Architecture, Preventx
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![Matheus Guimaraes_bw]()
Matheus
GuimaraesSenior Developer Advocate, AWS
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![Ed Gummett]()
Ed
GummettSenior Solutions Architect, AWS
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![Tamanna Haque]()
Tamanna
HaqueLead Data Scientist, Jaguar Land Rover
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![Mac Harasymiw]()
Mac
HarasymiwHead of Data - Product and Execution, Virgin Media O2
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![Rory Hewson BW]()
Rory
HewsonSenior Customer Solutions Architect, Fivetran + dbt Labs
![Full-logo_Color_Pill_CMYK]()
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![Emily Holloway BW]()
Emily
HollowayEmily Holloway, Senior Driver Programme Manager, Formula E
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![Victoria Instone]()
Victoria
InstoneGrowth Leader, Women in Data ®
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![Richard Jenkins BW]()
Richard
JenkinsLead Solutions Architect , The Very Group
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![David Jerrim]()
David
JerrimField CTO, Teradata
![teradata_logo_rgb_pos-2]()
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![Paul Johnson]()
Paul
JohnsonChief Product & Technology Officer, Snap Labs
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![Dominic Jordan BW]()
Dominic
JordanChief Data Officer, Twelve Football
![twelve-logo-BqLUqQ_c (1)]()
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![Geyv Kathoke BW]()
Geyv
KathokeHead of Data, Accent Group
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![dan keeley]()
Dan
KeeleyPrincipal Data Engineer, Rebura
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![JACK KELLY]()
Jack
KellyOperations Lead Data Scientist, RAC
![RAC_Limited_(logo).svg]()
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![Rachael Dale Kemp]()
Rachael
Dale KempDeputy Director, Defra
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![Matthew Knott]()
Matt
KnottLead Data Architect, Healthcare, NTT
![Logo Global NTT DATA Future Blue RGB]()
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![Manish Kumar BW]()
Manish
KumarSr. Cloud Solution Architect , Microsoft
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![Anelia Kurteva BW]()
Dr
Anelia KurtevaAssistant Professor in Computer Science (Data Management for AI)
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![Leslie Lambert]()
Leslie
LambertHead of Data & Statistics, Bank of England
![Bank of England]()
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![Lee Larter]()
Lee
LarterUK Pre-Sales Director, Dell Technologies & NVIDIA
![DT Nvidia lockup colour stack RGB]()
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![Nick Columbus]()
Nick
Lea-TrengrouseHead of Business Intelligence , Columbus
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![lopes]()
Danielle
LopesHead of Data Management, BAE Systems
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![Sara Ludlam]()
Sara
LudlamPartner, Brabners
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![Martin Mahler]()
Martin
MahlerCEO and Founder, Astrato Analytics
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![David McDwyer]()
David
McDwyerHead of Data & Analytics, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
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![Shay Headshot BW]()
Shay
McGuinnessHead of Product, Pentaho
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![Shachar]()
Shachar
MeirData Advisor - Independent
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![Steve Mills BW]()
Steve
MillsChief Data Officer, PwC
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![yannick-misteli]()
Yannick
MisteliHead of Engineering, Roche
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![Stemettes Heroes shoot]()
Lydia
MonningtonData Science Lead , Google DeepMind
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![Will Morgan BW]()
Will
MorganPrincipal Data Scientist, Rajasthan Royals - IPL Cricket
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![Chris Mundy]()
Chris
MundyChief Executive, RSMB
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![Andrew Newman BW]()
Andrew
NewmanData Standards Lead, Open Data Institute (ODI)
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![Uba Nnamani BW]()
Uba
NnamaniGraduate Msc Data Science, University of Salford
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![Stephen Nwoye BW]()
Stephen
NwoyeSenior Data Engineer, NHS England
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![david o]()
David
OlodortPartner, Snowpack Data
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![Dean Page_RSMB]()
Dean
PageSaaS Business Lead, RSMB
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![Kevin Parry BW]()
Kevin
ParryDirector of Data, Information Commissioner’s Office
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![Phil Parry BW]()
Phil
ParryHead of DataOps, Bupa
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![leo pasta]()
Leo
PastaSolutions Architect, Snowflake
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![Alex Patient BW]()
Alex
PatientLeadership Coach | Former Head of Performance Insight, NatWest, PatientMind
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![Tim Payne]()
Tim
PayneLead Sales Engineer, Alteryx
![id0DEazT1z_1783698127223]()
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![Roman Petrochenkov BW]()
Roman
PetrochenkovHead of Marketing & Media Analytics, Carwow
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![Chris Platt BW]()
Chris
PlattIT and Transformation Director, Mamas and Papas
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![Shabina Poolanathil]()
Shabina
PoolanathilSenior Programme Manager , AXA
![AXA_Logo]()
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![Haider Raza]()
Haider
RazaLead Cloud Solution Architect, Microsoft
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![Mohamed Reda BW]()
Dr
Mohamed RedaIT Analyst / Technical Lead / AI & Intelligent Systems Researcher, Pact Accountancy Ltd & FluxTech360
![Mohamed Logo]()
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![Gus Reyes]()
Gus
ReyesDigital Analytics – Product Manager, NowSkills
![NowSkills]()
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![David Rice]()
David
RiceGroup CEO, Snap Analytics
![snap]()
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![Ben Sanders]()
Ben
SandersVP, Platform Architecture & Field Technology, Teradata
![teradata_logo_rgb_pos-2]()
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![Will Savage]()
Will
SavageField CTO, Omni
![Omni_Logo_Omni Pink (1)]()
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![david savage_bw]()
David
SavageGroup Technology Evangelist, Harvey Nash
![Harvey Nash]()
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![Tom Scott BW]()
Tom
ScottCEO, Streambased
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![rob sewell]()
Rob
SewellChief Data Officer, Zure UK
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![sachin shah]()
Sachin
ShahCTO - Independent Speaker
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![tom shaw]()
Tom
ShawContent Creator
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![Chris Simpson]()
Chris
SimpsonSenior Solutions Architect, AWS
![aws]()
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![Prashant Singh BW]()
Prashant
SinghGlobal Director of Data & AI, Costa Coffee
![Costa-Coffee]()
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![Ashwinth Solomon]()
Ashwinth
SolomonSenior Evangelist, Zoho
![Zoho-logo]()
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![Fiona Sweeney]()
Fiona
SweeneyStrategy Director, Women in Data ®
![woman-in-data-logo]()
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![Julian Tait BW]()
Julian
TaitCEO, Open Data Manchester
![Print]()
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![Will Taite]()
Will
TaiteHead of Data Platforms, Snap Analytics
![snap]()
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![Jovita-Tam-May-2025]()
Jovita
TamStrategic Advisor on Data & AI, Innovation x Governance
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Elif
TutukSVP Product Management, Tableau
![Tableu]()
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![Mehdy Vaezi]()
Mehdy
VaeziD&A Engagement Manager, Decision Inc.
![decisioninc_uk_logo]()
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![Vishnu Vasanth BW]()
Vishnu
VasanthFounder & CEO, e6data
![e6data]()
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![rosanne_bw]()
Rosanne
WernerCEO, XcelerateIQ
![xcelerateiq]()
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![Gemma Williams]()
Gemma
WilliamsCRM Analytics Manager, Pets at Home
![pets at home]()
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![Lewis Witfield]()
Lewis
WitfieldSales Engineer, Alteryx
![id0DEazT1z_1783698127223]()
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![Danny Woodruff BW]()
Danny
WoodruffEnterprise Data & Platform Director, Mars Global Services
![Mars]()
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