Meet the 2024 Speakers

Susan Walsh

Entrepreneur, The Classification Guru

Susan Walsh is The Classification Guru. She has been cleaning, classifying and fixing dirty data for over a decade and set up The Classification Guru Ltd 2017 to solve dirty data problems in the procurement world. Susan is an industry thought leader, an influencer and a global speaker. She has been listed in the DataIQ100 for the last two years, as well as winning DataIQ Data Champion 2022 and 2023. She’s also a Key Influencer for the Accounts Payable Association, promoting the benefits of clean data across many industries. She’s a published author of Between the Spreadsheets: Classifying and Fixing Dirty Data

Leon Gordon

Entrepreneur & Founder, Onyx Data

As a renowned expert in his field, Leon Gordon delivers engaging and insightful presentations that provide organizations with the tools and knowledge to excel in the data-driven era.
Leon empowers audiences with cutting-edge strategies and practical insights to harness the power of data and technology.

Greg Freeman

CEO & Founder, Data Literacy Academy

Data Literacy Academy help large organisations such as, Bentley Motors, Sony Music Publishing and Coventry Building Society, roll out data literacy and culture programmes at scale across their businesses. With a background crossing commercial and data technology roles, he’s seen the issues driven by lack of data literacy first-hand, so set out to help drive data culture and adoption of data products, with data literacy at the core.

Jonathan Cox

Director of Data and Business Intelligence, Housemark

Jonathan has over 15 years of experience providing data analysis and business support to the social housing sector. He previously worked for two large London Housing Associations before joining the Housemark data team in 2012. Jonathan has delivered a range of data consultancy projects, and recent clients include Catalyst Group, Trivallis, Solihull Community Housing, Stonewater Group and Aster Group.

Ian Usher

Business Development Manager, Cadcorp

Before moving into Business Development, Ian was head of Pre-sales at Cadcorp. Prior to this, he managed Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for various UK councils and West Yorkshire Police. Ian is very passionate about GIS and its scope for delivering intelligence to organisations.

Simon Parker

Team Leader, Cadcorp

Prior to managing the team that demonstrates the Cadcorp product suite to prospective and existing customers, Simon was a Project Manager at Cadcorp. As a PRINCE2 Registered Practitioner, this involved implementing GIS software solutions onsite or in the Cloud for Government, Housing and Emergency Services. Before joining Cadcorp, he held various GIS roles at Luton Borough Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council.