The Tech’o’Space Podcast Ep 90 - Driving Data Impact: Commercial Acumen and Strategic Leadership

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mrs. Helen Blaikie, who is the Chief Data & Analytics Officer of Aston University. She is based out of Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdoma) Walks us through the key milestones in her journey into data and leadership.b) Shares her experience of being the Chief Data and Analytics Officer at Aston Universityc) Having led teams across finance, data, commercial and business development, talks about the reasons that has underpinned her success across such varied environments.d) Her philosophy when it comes to data strategy, governance, literacy and building a data culture.e) Mentions about the moment that has really sparked her passion for data.f) Having worked in both corporate and higher education, talks about the differences that she has seen in how organizations use data.g) Having recently attended the DataIQ World Congress, mentions about her biggest takeaways.h) Having spent her career in male-dominated industries, talks about how being a woman professional has shaped her leadership.I) Across all her transitions, mentions about the skills that has mattered the most to her in becoming an effective data leader.j) Having the research showing women applying differently for roles than men, talks about her take on confidence, recruitment and representation.