Meet our external speakers
We promise you well known brands from the start up scene, industry leading digital natives, and prestigious industry giants leading in their area for more than 100 years.
We are pleased to announce Urban Infrastructure Partner, Telegraph Media Group and Forrester will speak at the Google Cloud Big Data Summit 2017.
All will speak to how Big Data has changed the way they operate, and what it means to industry.
Toby Wright
CTO Telegraph Media Group
Toby Wright is chief technology officer at Telegraph Media Group and has worked in the technology and media sectors for 32 years. Leading teams responsible for the design and build of digital products and services including Telegraph.co.uk, Toby oversees engineering, development, architecture and technology strategy for both consumer products & services and enterprise systems. Previously at Reuters, where he was responsible for leading the content technology function, supporting 120 international locations delivering real time news (text,pictures,video) and data. Previous to that, Toby spent 16 years with Intel Corporation in various global IT engineering & management roles, latterly responsible for commercial internet data centre strategy, planning and implementation.
Johan Høgåsen-Hallesby
CTO, Urban Infrastructure Partner
Johan Høgåsen-Hallesby is CTO at Urban Infrastructure Partner, a Norwegian start-up that applies digital infrastructure to the physical world, helping cities getting better at sharing - currently most known for Oslo Bysykkel, Oslo’s bike-sharing system. His background is in digital strategy and product development both as a consultant and in start-ups. Originally trained as a service designer he strongly believes in user driven development, co-design processes and is a passionate advocate for open data.
Paul Miller
Senior Analyst Forrester
Paul serves the CIO role, focusing on the industrial internet of things (IoT) and cloud computing. His research explores how new technologies challenge established organizations and their business models. Cloud computing may not always save its adopters money, but cloud-based approaches consistently provide the flexibility and agility required to win, serve, and retain business in the age of the customer. Paul also looks at the way IoT is creating opportunities in sectors from healthcare and utilities to manufacturing and retail. At the simplest level, connected devices are used to track the use of expensive physical assets. But the opportunities are far larger than that, altering the ways in which machines are built, sold, used, and maintained, and transforming the relationship between makers, operators, and customers in ways that we are only just beginning to understand.
Tom Grey
Head of Cloud Solution Architecture, EMEA, at Google
Cloud Solution Architects are deep technical experts whose mission is to help our customers to solve the biggest, nastiest, technical problems in cloud. We work closely with customers on first-of-a-kind problems, then write up the results so everyone else can benefit. We run towards the problems others flee, we shave the hairiest yaks! You can find some of our work at cloud.google.com/solutions
Erwin Huizenga
Machine Learning Product Specialist, EMEA, at Google
Solving business challenges with Data Science is what I love to do. For me the era of Big Data means endless opportunity. I combine machine learning with curiosity to discover data insights that empower companies to perform better and gain competitive advantage. As a Data Scientist I wear many hats: with my business consultant hat I speak the same language a business manager does; other times I speak "nerd" language and get my hands dirty programming. I feel comfortable moving between different cultures, companies and new technologies. When not at work, you can find me at a meetup, traveling the globe or working on my trading algorithm.
Christopher Denk
Customer Engineer, DACH, at Google
Christopher is a Cloud Customer Engineer and always happy to assist customers leveraging Google Cloud services. After completing his degree in Software-System-Development he has committed himself to the Google Cloud Platform. Since then he has been working on projects migrating infrastructure to the Cloud.
Nir Atias
Cloud Business Manager
Cloud Business Manager with extensive technical knowledge. In his role, Nir helps customers leverage Google Cloud and help their business grow. Nir holds both MBA (Entrepreneurship & Hi-Tech Management) and a Computer Sciences degree. Prior to joining Google, Nir worked as a Regional Sales Manager at Software AG.
Alexander Erfurt
Customer Engineer, CE Shared Services, Google Cloud
Alex is a Cloud Customer Engineer in EMEA, as part of Google’s CEaaS team he works with various sales teams, other CEs and Specialists - wherever CE services are needed. He has an engineering background but also more than 3 years of sales experience in the SaaS area. Thus, he always strives to bridge the gap between the tech and people business - and his role at Google Cloud is the best place for that.
Hal Cohen
Consultant, Professional Services. Google Cloud
Hal works closely with customers and partners to guide definition and delivery of Google Cloud solutions, with a particular focus on data and analytics, and IoT. He blends his technical expertise and business experience to support creation of solutions that provide concrete value and insights for stakeholders. Previously, he performed a number of roles at Google ranging from technical account management to product management.
Evi Karakozoglou
Measurement Solutions Consultant at Google (Specialist in GA360)
Evi specializes in Analytics and Attribution, helping advertisers optimize their marketing by merging measurement tech, cloud infrastructure and machine learning. Blending marketing analytics and algorithmic engineering experience, she loves solving problems with simplicity and elegance.
Thomas Cliett
Strategic Cloud Engineer, Professional Services. Google Cloud
Thomas works closely with customer engineering teams to define custom architectures and ease the move to Google Cloud solutions. Thomas focuses on the data and analytics practice. Previously Thomas used his skills to gain strategic insights for publishers using Google Ads products.