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Building Effective Data Products

Ash Smith

Talk Description

"Close the Gap Between Theory and Practice: Building Effective Data Products" is a fun talk that bridges the divide between data theory and reality, offering data folk actionable advice into creating impactful, customer-centric data products.

Participants will discover a practical advice and a lifecycle on walking from problem to solution and how data projects are so different to typically software engineerings projects.

The talk will be fun and the audience will be nodding in agreement and laughter as we all share the same levels of pain in data projects :D

The talk is based on a book i'm releasing in 2025 titled "Effective Data Products"

Knowledge Level

Level 100: Introductory. No prior knowledge of the topic is required.

Ash Smith

Speaker Linkedin Page

Ash is a data and analytics professional with 15+ years of experience across education, healthcare, gaming, insurance, and mining industries. He specializes in creating business value through data products and analytics, working with teams from analyst to C-suite level. His focus is on building scalable data platforms and products that drive that deliver value. For fun I like to troll LinkedIn, spend time with my family, writing and when sharing knowledge with the data community.