Jumping June

????HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TCG....

Last month was a very special month for?The Classification Guru Ltd, we celebrated?6 Years of business! 6 Years of cleaning and classifying dirty data, meaning and growing a business, and building a brand. How time flies!

In case you missed it, there was my annual blog which I shared highlighting the highs and lows of running the business.

Special Feature:?Annual blog?by?Susan Walsh - The Classification Guru

BIG NEWS??

I'm excited to announce that I'm a finalist for the second year running in the DataIQ awards taking place in September.

I'm up there with the best of the best, so congratulations to my fellow finalists

Jason Foster,?Cynozure Group

Lara Izlan,?ITV

Paul Jones,?Baringa

Conor Rose,?Marks and Spencer

Danilo Sato,?Thoughtworks

Stephan Shakespeare,?YouGov

It's going to be a great evening!

Events Recap

Purchase to Pay Network?P2P Transformation Summit

Laura Elizabeth Quelch and I headed off to the Hurlingham Club to set up shop at the event, it was great to meet so many connections and friends at the event, and hear the most inspiring talk from Simon Weston CBE

Then there was some Monday night fun

Thanks?Cynozure Group?and?Veracity Trust Network?for a hugely informative night on learning about bots and cyber security, I am now officially on alert! I met some amazing new friends and we even hit the pub after the event, here’s to many more!

And some Wednesday night fun too...

I went to?Data Governance Know How?‘s event, in association with?DataQG?in London, and had the pleasure of meeting my LinkedIn connection from San Fran?Lara Gureje?who’s hosted the Data Ownership & Stewardship roundtable.

It was great to meet?Phil Black?who has flew in from Boston, and of course?Nicola Askham,? Abel Aboh , Danielle Calabrese?and?Shaymoly Mukherjee

Webinars, Lives & Blogs

I joined fellow data profs?Juliette W. S.,?Peyton Whitehorn?and?Mathieu Pappalardo?with?Sarah Scudder - Manufacturing Maven?from SourceDay for an excellent webinar:?

4 Things Manufacturers Should Focus on to Keep Data in Their ERP Accurate.

Watch here

Importance of Data Quality in Supply Chain

I also spoke to?Faiq Ali Khan, MCIPS?about the Importance of Data Quality in Supply Chain. There was lots to talk about! Click below to watch.?

Dirty Data in Procurement, Its Impact and How To Fix It?

Please check out my informative podcast with?Fabian Heinrich?from?Mercanis, talking all things dirty data...

Interview with the Digital Transformation Lab

I had a fabulous chat with Paidi O Reilly about my journey, the data COAT and many other things, please have a listen.

AND I've been blogging plenty too...

Discover the blog I wrote for Bright Data , analysing a Crunchbase dataset to gain insights into where future funding opportunities might lie for startups.

Read the blog now ??

Upcoming Events

It is an absolute pleasure and privilege to not only run a workshop, but have an opening keynote and moderate a panel at ProcureCon East Indirect in Florida in September!!

Use code?PIESP?for 10% off your ticket!?Learn more

And then I get back just in time to speak at Big Data LDN and catch up with my #datavenger buddies from across the globe, it's going to be fab!

And finally....

I mean, how am I even doing this, it was supposed to be a quiet month!! I don't know, but I know I'm having the BEST time! And there's always time for fun too, this weekend I got to see Take That live

And I'll be taking my first proper holiday in 6.5 years this month which will be amazing, full switch off, no tech, no LinkedIn... it'll be tough but it's needed.

And if you're going away this summer I know a great read.... ??