Episode 27 Jit Roy & Pritam Paul: Data, Digital and AI through a holistic lens

In my 27th episode I speak to Jit Roy and Pritam Paul! We talk about: 1) Their backgrounds 2) Opportunity in data and digital for companies coming out of the pandemic. 3) Challenges that organisations are having when adapting to digital, data and cloud. 4) How to start bringing business and data folks together to deliver on innovation. 5) Who is best placed to drive business transformation from a holistic perspective across an organisation? 6) How to educate teams about AI and Machine Learning and how these will support the business models of the future? 7) Where do you factor change and culture into projects? 8) How do you cater for bias when building models? 9) Why "model governance" is key to AI? 10) Getting ROI from data and analytics investments? 10) What is the future of AI & Analytics? About Jit: Jit Roy leads BRIDGEi2i with a special focus on driving growth by delivering customer value for clients in their digital transformation journey. He co-founded BRIDGEi2i in 2011 and is committed to building the next generation of technology solutions to make AI real for enterprises. He has 21 years of analytics experience. Before founding BRIDGEi2i was involved in setting up and scaling the analytics centre for Hewlett Packard. In an earlier leadership role, he was involved in building GE’s Analytics Center of Excellence in India (now Genpact Analytics.) About Pritam: Pritam Paul leads Innovation and Technology at BRIDGEi2i and provides strategic leadership for its business efforts with consumer industries. He brings over two decades of rich experience in analytical transformation involving technology and data science across various industries and functional domains. Pritam has worked with several Fortune 500 firms in customer intelligence, commercial spend optimization, operational effectiveness, sales transformation, and intelligent automation. About Samir Samir is a data strategy and analytics leader, CEO and Founder of datazuum. He has a history of helping data executives and leaders craft and execute their data strategies. His passion for data strategy led him to launch the Data Strategy & Analytics Coaching Programme, and is host of the Data Strategy Show. After a career in both private and public sectors Samir launched the datazuum brand in 2012, with a view to working with executives to deliver data strategy at a time when data was not seen as a business asset. Today datazuum delivers projects across both private and public sectors including: Charities, Financial Services (Banking & Insurance), Government, Housing & Construction, Law Enforcement, Logistics, Media & Publishing, Outsourcing, Postal, Retail, Telecoms, Transport and Utilities. Samir has 20 years of international experience across Europe, North America, and Africa. Is a regular speaker at international conferences, coach / mentor, a charity fundraiser, and youth champion for Working Knowledge - supporting young people to achieve their personal and career goals in life. Samir lives in London with his wife and daughter. Contact: [email protected]