Ep 11 | Creating the Data Science Ecosystem with Kelvin Lee, Head of Data Science at Lloyds Banking Group

In Episode 11 of Data Leaders of the North; The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Kelvin Lee, Head of Data Science at Lloyds Banking Group, where they delve into the best way of; Creating the Data Science Ecosystem.

Kelvin gives some fantastic insight and examples into:

  • How to structure an end to end Data Science capability for success
  • Why you have to set up your Data Science team with more than just Data Scientists
  • The frustrations that form within Data Science capabilities
  • The main challenges and opportunities that comes with forming the Data Science ecosystem
  • How “do some AI on that” doesn’t work
  • Why you shouldn’t do Data Science just to be “on-trend”
  • How to measure success and what to measure (and what not to)
  • Why allowing your Data Science to understand the business context is critical
  • Providing the right tools and technology is imperative to maximise success
  • Advice to any organisation that is at the start of its DS journey

Om Podcasten

Inspired by our popular Data Leaders Of The North roundtable events, and presented by our host Kyle Winterbottom - creator of the popular event, Lawrence Harvey brings you this podcast series created for Data enthusiasts to hear from some of the most high-profile “Data Leaders” across the North of the UK. The community was born in early 2018 and has become a popular (and oversubscribed) series of thought leadership, round-table events for leadership figures from the world of D&A to share knowledge and ideas whilst discussing trending topics and real life challenges and experiences.