Data Science Foundation Steering Group
CHRIS TOMLINSON - Steering Group Chairman
Director Data Science Foundation
Chartered Marketer, MA, MCIM, MIPR, FIDM
Chris has over 15 years of digital marketing and communications experience and has worked on many large accounts including; Manchester Airport, Open University and Greater Manchester Police. He is now the marketing director of Peppersack a digital marketing and communications agency specialising in content and inbound marketing. Chris has a keen interest in the application and implementation of data science techniques.
TIM ROYSTON-WEBB
Chief Executive Officer Pivotal iQ
MBA
Tim has helped guide several business intelligence organizations with senior leadership roles within Gideon Gartner's GIGA and Forrester Research Group. He has also globally led the technology businesses of Computerwire, Butler, Datamonitor, Ovum and latterly Kable Research and the Consumer research businesses Canadean and Verdict Research. Bringing a comprehensive and independent point of view, Tim has over 20 years’ experience in the intelligence industry and is seen as a thought leader on using Data Science to transform an organization’s sales and marketing processes. His focus currently is on redefining sourcing intelligence and establishing Pivotal iQ a company he leads, as the global thought leader in ICT sourcing. Tim is currently engaged on many data science initiatives with some of the world’s leading brands. Tim earned his MBA in Sustainability Leadership from the University of Cumbria.