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Ewen Plougastel Vice-President, SCS Business Analytics Chapter Managing Director, Accenture Strategy and Consulting, Singapore Focusing on Innovation & Transformation, Ewen is the Head of Digital, Data, Analytics & AI Delivery Team in ASEAN. Based in Singapore, Ewen has 20 years of experience shaping and running large scale Business, Digital & IT programs. Ewen has worked in a variety of industry verticals (Airport, Insurance, Bank, Retail, Telco etc.) across the globe (Singapore, Australia, Malaysia, France, UK). Ewen holds a Master’s degree and numerous certifications. Well connected to the ecosystem, Ewen is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and author of blogs. The need for continuous transformation Transformation is no longer a “once in a generation” event, it is now a constant. Once regarded as a singular event, completely reinventing a business or a business model is required at a much higher frequency. The increasing pace of innovation combined with rapidly changing social, environmental and regulatory environments are pressing organisations and ecosystems to continuously evolve in order to survive and thrive. And organisations are finding it harder to navigate the increasingly competitive and disruptive business environments. |
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Barbara Crane Partner KPMG Singapore Barbara currently leads the data driven transformation practice in KPMG Singapore. Barbara has had 16 years of experience in Transaction Banking, Corporate and Investment Banking and has worked across business and operations at HSBC, BNP Paribas and NatWest Markets in Europe and Asia. In the past 7 years, Barbara has been working on transformational and strategic partnerships, enabling the adoption of new technology and best practices, most recently with SAP and Google Cloud. Data & Analytics in KPMG This talk will focus on the developments of Data & Analytics in KPMG globally, and locally in Singapore. There will be short use cases on use cases in Singapore. |
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Paul Kent Partner KPMG Singapore Paul currently leads the Data and Analytics practice in KPMG Singapore. He has over 22 years of experience in Australia, the Middle East and Asia. Paul has a strong analytical background and has led complex assessments to analyse and assess data to improve decision making for both private and public sector clients. His experience includes ideation and use case identification, data governance, and analytics to better understand corporate and individual customers, improve business outcomes and reduce costs. Data & Analytics in KPMG This talk will focus on the developments of Data & Analytics in KPMG globally, and locally in Singapore. There will be short use cases on use cases in Singapore. |
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Tew Kar Leong Innovation Manager Operations Innovation, Schroders Kar Leong has over 15 years of professional experience focusing on research and development of technology. Currently he manages the Innovation pillar within the Operations Innovation team that is led out of Singapore, supported by staff based in UK and ID regional offices. The Operations Innovation team was established in 2017 as a driver to deliver RPA and Intelligent Automation for all business units within Schroders. The Innovation pillar focuses on incorporating latest technologies (e.g. Low Code No Code, Cloud) and AI/ML solutions (e.g. NLP, Image Processing) into solutions that are delivered for businesses. During his previous stints with A*Star, SAP, and IDC Kar Leong published multiple peer reviewed research articles on AI/ML and is also listed as an inventor for 3 patents granted by the United States Patent & Trademark Office. Does innovation require the latest technology? What is innovation? Does it mean the adoption of latest AI models or the newest release of a development platform (e.g. LCNC, RPA) within the business? This session will address the two questions based on the solutions delivered by the Schroders Operations Innovation team. These solutions cover a wide spectrum of technology (e.g. RPA, Cloud, Kubernetes, Low Code No Code) and AI/ML (e.g. NLP, image processing) which are utilised on a daily basis to support processes within the firm. |
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Zhang Jiazheng Machine Learning Engineer Paypal Jiazheng joined PayPal Singapore’s R&D Team as a machine learning engineer in 2021 and prior to that she did her internship with the team in 2020. Jiazheng is a Computer Science graduate from SUTD with a focus on AI and Data Science, winning the PayPal Natural Language Processing Class Award and the Keppel Award of Excellence in the Computer Science Department. She has experience with various aspects of AI, such as traditional machine learning, Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing, etc. At PayPal, she now mainly focuses on Computer Vision related algorithms and software engineering. How PayPal builds AI capabilities to empower innovation and enhance different products? We are in a data-driven era where huge amounts of data are produced and stored every day. How to make sense of the data and gain insights from it has become a question that draws great attention. With the help of Artificial Intelligence technology, we make tremendous data valuable. As a leading financial technology company, PayPal leverages and innovates cutting-edge AI technology to enhance user experience, ensure transaction security and compliance. In this session, we will understand what opportunities and challenges AI has brought to us, as well as how PayPal builds AI capabilities to empower innovation and enhance different products. |
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