BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//OpenACalendar//NONSGML OpenACalendar//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Scotland Data Science & Technology MeetUp: Scotland Fintech Fe stival - Castlight Financial & Effini Talk Data Science - Open Tech Cale ndar BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8854@otc.opentechcalendar.co.uk URL:https://opentechcalendar.co.uk/event/8854-scotland-fintech-festival-cas tlight-financial-talk SUMMARY:Scotland Data Science & Technology MeetUp: Scotland Fintech Festiva l - Castlight Financial & Effini Talk Data Science DESCRIPTION:Scotland Fintech Festival - FinTech Scotland - https://www.fint echscotland.com/scotland-fintech-festival/\n\nScotland Fintech Festival wi ll take place in September 2019 between the 9th and the 27th across Scotla nd.\n\nThe festival will contain conferences\, meet-ups\, morning breakfas t sessions\, evening networking events and much more.\n\nScotland Data Sci ence & Technology Meetup are delighted to have David Tracy - Chief Analyti cs Officer at Castlight Financial and Jo Watts Founder of Effini speaking at our event.\n\nPresentation 1 - David Tracy - Chief Analytics Officer - Castlight Financial\n\nhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/david-tracy-003415124\n \nDavid is responsible for ensuring Castlight's products leverage the late st state-of-the-art data science techniques\, and for creating innovative new products to help lending institutions and consumers take advantage of the new opportunities afforded by open banking\, by giving them the tools they need to make better financial decisions.\n\nDavid has built and led d ata science teams in the UK and internationally\, most recently founding a nd developing the data science team at web-based fantasy sports company Fa nDuel\, where he mechanised advanced methods of data modelling to predict the behaviour of its 6 million registered users. David has also worked wid ely across the UK and Europe's insurance sector at Kwik-Fit Insurance\, Ag eas and Tesco Bank. During his time in the analytics department at Tesco B ank he was responsible for using data science to support the marketing fun ction by building tools to forecast consumer behaviour and develop evidenc e-based "what-if" scenario modelling.\n\nPresentation 2 - Jo Watts Founder of Effini - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jo-watts\n\nPresentation Details: \n\nSetting up a data team from scratch in a Fintech startup"\n\n- start w ith your data model\n- privacy up front\n- data engineers not data scienti sts to get things moving\n\nAgenda:\n6:30 PM - 7:00 PM: Networking\n7:00 P M - 7:30 PM: David Tracy - Chief Analytics Officer - Castlight Financial\n 7.30 PM - 8.00 PM: Jo Watts Founder of Effin\n8.00 - 8.15 PM - Q & A Sessi on\n8.15 PM - 9.00 PM: Networking and Drink\nhttps://opentechcalendar.co.u k/event/8854-scotland-fintech-festival-castlight-financial-talk\nPowered b y Open Tech Calendar X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Scotland Fintech Festival - Fin
Tech Scotland - https://www.fintechscotland.com/scotland-fintech-festival/
Scotland Fintech Festival will take place in September 2019 betwee
n the 9th and the 27th across Scotland.
The festival will contain c
onferences\, meet-ups\, morning breakfast sessions\, evening networking ev
ents and much more.
Scotland Data Science &\; Technology Meetup
are delighted to have David Tracy &ndash\; Chief Analytics Officer at Cast
light Financial and Jo Watts Founder of Effini speaking at our event.
<
br>Presentation 1 - David Tracy - Chief Analytics Officer - Castlight Fina
ncial
https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-tracy-003415124
Davi
d is responsible for ensuring Castlight&rsquo\;s products leverage the lat
est state-of-the-art data science techniques\, and for creating innovative
new products to help lending institutions and consumers take advantage of
the new opportunities afforded by open banking\, by giving them the tools
they need to make better financial decisions.
David has built and
led data science teams in the UK and internationally\, most recently found
ing and developing the data science team at web-based fantasy sports compa
ny FanDuel\, where he mechanised advanced methods of data modelling to pre
dict the behaviour of its 6 million registered users. David has also worke
d widely across the UK and Europe&rsquo\;s insurance sector at Kwik-Fit In
surance\, Ageas and Tesco Bank. During his time in the analytics departmen
t at Tesco Bank he was responsible for using data science to support the m
arketing function by building tools to forecast consumer behaviour and dev
elop evidence-based &ldquo\;what-if&rdquo\; scenario modelling.
Pre
sentation 2 - Jo Watts Founder of Effini - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jo-
watts
Presentation Details:
Setting up a data team from scra
tch in a Fintech startup&rdquo\;
- start with your data model
-
privacy up front
- data engineers not data scientists to get things mov
ing
Agenda:
6:30 PM &ndash\; 7:00 PM: Networking
7:00 PM &nda
sh\; 7:30 PM: David Tracy - Chief Analytics Officer - Castlight Financial<
br>7.30 PM &ndash\; 8.00 PM: Jo Watts Founder of Effin
8.00 - 8.15 PM &
ndash\; Q &\; A Session
8.15 PM - 9.00 PM: Networking and Drink
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