Data Management specialist group: Committee
Here are the members of the Data Management specialist group committee.
Chair
Ed Evans BSc FBCS
Data Consultant
Currently working at the Open Data Institute leading work in applying data ethics and creating sustainable data sharing ecosystems.
Ed helps organisations with practical and actionable data strategy, data governance, data services and the implementation needed to make it happen.
As founder and NED of New Digital Business (NDB) he helped to build an international digital consulting business from start-up.
Ed wants the BCS DMSG to support and inspire data professionals.
Vice Chair
Soyini Taylor MSc MBCS
Lead Business Architect
Soyini is an IT professional with over 16 years of international experience within various industries. She is currently a Lead Business Architect at Salesforce where she helps clients identify and prioritise business outcomes and goals for digital transformation. With a background in databases, she has also completed a Masters in Software Systems. Later she progressed from being a DBA to a data architect (team, department and enterprise-wide) before arriving at Salesforce.
Treasurer
Terry Freedman
Full bio to follow.
Academic Liaison and Inclusion/Diversity Officer
Dr Jagdev Kaur Bhogel FBCS
Associate Professor in Computer Science
Jagdev is the Head of Computing and Data Science Department at Birmingham City University specializing in Database Management teaching/research. Jagdev has a career in academia spanning nearly 4 decades and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Jagdev joined the BCS as a student member in 1982 and is now Fellow of BCS. She has been a BCS Examiner and has been engaged in BCS Accreditation work for the past 5 years.
She is a STEM Ambassador and an active member of the University Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee. Jagdev is passionate about addressing the gender gap in technology.
Early Careers Advocate
Barbara Bell MAAT MBCS
Business Solutions Data Analyst
Barbara is a Data Analyst, Trainer and Assessor. With over 25 years previous work experience in both the Public & Private Sector Financial/Data/Project Management; Leisure Management including Operations, Sales/Marketing. Barbara also delivers Data Governance & Compliance; Education, Training and Development across all job roles.
Committee members
Ashish Bhatt MEng (Hons), CITP, CEng MBCS, CIMP
Project Manager
Full bio to follow.
David Gradwell MA MBCS
Owner Director
Full bio to follow.
Jonathan Hedley RITTech MBCS
Data Governance Manager
Jonathan is a data professional with experience in both public and private industries. He is currently working within the Finance Sector, implementing effective data management and governance to monitor data policies, procedures, and best practices that ensure compliance and quality.
Jonathan is passionate about data analysis and driving meaningful business insights. He joined the BCS in August 2022, has been a member of this committee since October 2022, and is also a BCS Registered IT Technician.
Paul M Smith BA (Hons) MDipNLP CISM
Councillor/NED
Full bio to follow.
Daniel Brown
Chief Business Architect
Daniel has been working in information management since the 1990s, and for the past 20 years, in the offshore energy industry for operators, service providers, and trade bodies. He is passionate about recognition for data managers, and for data management as a profession, and was chair of the Society for Professional Data Managers from 2019 to 2023.
Anita George
Senior Analyst
Anita is a data professional in the public sector with experience in analytics, visualisation, data intelligence and reporting. Currently based in Scotland, she is passionate about telling stories with data visualisations and producing innovative solutions that help develop innovative solutions for the organisation.
Dr Andres Baravalle
Principal Product Data Analyst
With over 25 years’ experience spanning academia and industry, his core expertise is at the intersection of data, web and security. While in academia, he taught web technologies, data management and security, and designed and led multiple BSc and MSc programmes over the years. His research on dark web marketplaces shone a light on illegal on-line trade in drugs, weapons and forged documents.In industry, he has led large scale projects for Fortune 500, FTSE-listed, and government organisations.He is passionate about modern analytics engineering practices and about helping teams turn raw data into actionable insights..
Muqadas Sohail
Early Careers Co-Optee
I recently completed my masters degree in Big Data Analytics and am particularly interested in machine learning and AI. Strong skills in data wrangling, cleaning and pre-processing using Python and R. Experienced in collaborative and agile environments, including designing and developing an Airport Management System as part of a team using SQL to manage daily airport operations, following the Agile methodology.I'm eager to explore new ways data can help shape the future and solve real-world issues.
Mitra Fazel
Early Careers Co-Optee
I am a recent big data analytics masters graduate, passionate about cloud technologies and data-driven solutions. Always eager to learn, grow, and connect with like-minded professionals.
