Craig Rowlands's guest appearances

Craig Rowlands

Data Futurology - Leadership And Strategy in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science

The Data Chief

Doug Laney

Scott Wilson

Kraft Heinz

Ben Taylor

Elliot Smith

Stephen Harris

Levi Strauss

Scott Taylor

Andrew Bastawrous

Martin Ford

Jonathan Hart

Katrin Schmidt

Suzette Kent

Christoph Molnar

Dane Hillard

OwlTail

Today's guest is Craig Rowlands, the General Manager of Medibank. Craig is an ambitious leader with a proven track record for delivering major projects including data management, production, and business intelligence solutions. On this episode, Craig and Cindi discuss the life- and cost-saving benefits of leveraging data to improve decision making in healthcare, how moving from financial services to healthcare has given Craig a more holistic view of what's possible with data, why an individual should never stop learning and broadening their skills at any age, and establishing beneficial relationships with vendors that make you partners in each others' success.  Key Takeaways:  There's nothing like a life-changing event to demonstrate how data from the patient's perspective can be used. Craig demonstrated how he was able to research options for his own heart bypass surgery informed by the available data. Always broaden your skills. In Craig's case, this has meant moving across industries -- from banking to the medical field -- to maximize his knowledge of what's being done versus what can be done with data. Establish a two-way partnership with vendors. Ensure they understand the value of being a partner invested in the welfare of both sides rather than merely filling the traditional, transactional vendor role, and that you're invested in keeping that relationship ongoing as well. Have a clear strategy when starting a new role. Look at the outcomes that you want and make sure that they align with your business goals.  More About Craig: Craig Rowlands is the General Manager of Medibank. He is an ambitious leader with a proven track record for delivering major projects and managing data management, production, and business intelligence solutions, enabling optimal performance via leading-edge warehousing infrastructure, improved functionality, and best in class data quality controls and checks. Leading a large, multi-site team that constantly exceeds business expectations and thrives in a testing, team-focused environment that drives improved individuals' performance and career progression. Craig remains a highly experienced and technical analyst with a clear understanding of the strategic importance of data warehousing, business intelligence, and analytical software within an information-dependent business. -- The Data Chief is presented by our friends at ThoughtSpot. Searching through your company’s data for insights doesn’t have to be complicated. With ThoughtSpot, anyone in your organization can easily answer their own data questions, find the facts, and make better, faster decisions. Learn more at thoughtspot.com.  --  For full show notes and more, go to thedatachief.com.

Today's guest is Craig Rowlands, the General Manager of Medibank. Craig is an ambitious leader with a proven track record for delivering major projects including data management, production, and business intelligence solutions. On this episode, Craig and Cindi discuss the life- and cost-saving benefits of leveraging data to improve decision making in healthcare, how moving from financial services to healthcare has given Craig a more holistic view of what's possible with data, why an individual should never stop learning and broadening their skills at any age, and establishing beneficial relationships with vendors that make you partners in each others' success.  Key Takeaways: <ul> <li>There's nothing like a life-changing event to demonstrate how data from the patient's perspective can be used. Craig demonstrated how he was able to research options for his own heart bypass surgery informed by the available data.</li> <li>Always broaden your skills. In Craig's case, this has meant moving across industries -- from banking to the medical field -- to maximize his knowledge of what's being done versus what can be done with data.</li> <li>Establish a two-way partnership with vendors. Ensure they understand the value of being a partner invested in the welfare of both sides rather than merely filling the traditional, transactional vendor role, and that you're invested in keeping that relationship ongoing as well.</li> <li>Have a clear strategy when starting a new role. Look at the outcomes that you want and make sure that they align with your business goals.</li> </ul> More About Craig: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-rowlands-5381a415/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Craig Rowlands</a> is the General Manager of Medibank. He is an ambitious leader with a proven track record for delivering major projects and managing data management, production, and business intelligence solutions, enabling optimal performance via leading-edge warehousing infrastructure, improved functionality, and best in class data quality controls and checks. Leading a large, multi-site team that constantly exceeds business expectations and thrives in a testing, team-focused environment that drives improved individuals' performance and career progression. Craig remains a highly experienced and technical analyst with a clear understanding of the strategic importance of data warehousing, business intelligence, and analytical software within an information-dependent business. -- The Data Chief is presented by our friends at ThoughtSpot. Searching through your company’s data for insights doesn’t have to be complicated. With ThoughtSpot, anyone in your organization can easily answer their own data questions, find the facts, and make better, faster decisions. Learn more at <a href="https://bit.ly/2VPU8fF" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">thoughtspot.com</a>.  --  For full show notes and more, go to <a href="https://bit.ly/3eHpjm6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">thedatachief.com</a>.

Medibanks' Craig Rowlands on Saving Lives with Data Literacy

Craig Rowlands is the Senior Executive Information Management at Medibank. Craig’s role is to provide thought leadership, aligned with expertise in delivering pragmatic business focus information management solutions whilst leading improvements in the data landscape. Whilst at Medibank, Craig has transitioned Medibank from a legacy data management team to a cloud first data capability based on a DevOps methodology to provide Medibank with the right technology, process and people to achieve its long term aspirational objectives. He has an extensive background in data, commencing in the UK until he moved to Australia in 2011. Whilst in the UK Craig worked for blue chip banking and finance industry leaders such as Barclays, First Direct, GE and Hbos. His first role in Australia was with ANZ as Head of Decision Systems. Craig joined Medibank from Latitude Financial Services (formally GE) where as Head of Data Management he led a large team responsible for data strategy &amp; design, data governance and business intelligence reporting. Quotes:  "You reach a crossroad in your career as an analysts where you either stay true to yourself and be a technician or you move into a leadership position role where you bring others along the journey."  "There is so much variety in data today. From the data science world to the reporting world to the information management world and all the roles in there. To become a good leader, my view was I needed to know at least a little bit about each area."  "[Helping the customer] is the outcome and the power that data can provide."  "So, my philosophy has always been I give them 2 or 3 small wins backed up by 1 big one. We keep the momentum going because that way we can keep the seed funding going."   Read the full episode summary here: Episode #121   Enjoy the show!    ---   Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/datafuturology/message

Craig Rowlands is the Senior Executive Information Management at Medibank. Craig’s role is to provide thought leadership, aligned with expertise in delivering pragmatic business focus information management solutions whilst leading improvements in the data landscape. Whilst at Medibank, Craig has transitioned Medibank from a legacy data management team to a cloud first data capability based on a DevOps methodology to provide Medibank with the right technology, process and people to achieve its long term aspirational objectives. He has an extensive background in data, commencing in the UK until he moved to Australia in 2011. Whilst in the UK Craig worked for blue chip banking and finance industry leaders such as Barclays, First Direct, GE and Hbos. His first role in Australia was with ANZ as Head of Decision Systems. Craig joined Medibank from Latitude Financial Services (formally GE) where as Head of Data Management he led a large team responsible for data strategy &amp; design, data governance and business intelligence reporting. Quotes: <ul> <li>"You reach a crossroad in your career as an analysts where you either stay true to yourself and be a technician or you move into a leadership position role where you bring others along the journey." </li> <li>"There is so much variety in data today. From the data science world to the reporting world to the information management world and all the roles in there. To become a good leader, my view was I needed to know at least a little bit about each area." </li> <li>"[Helping the customer] is the outcome and the power that data can provide." </li> <li>"So, my philosophy has always been I give them 2 or 3 small wins backed up by 1 big one. We keep the momentum going because that way we can keep the seed funding going."</li> </ul> Read the full episode summary here: <a href="https://www.datafuturology.com/podcast/2020/6/23/121-the-strategic-importance-of-data-warehousing-and-analytical-software-with-craig-rowlands" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode #121 </a> Enjoy the show!  --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/datafuturology/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/datafuturology/message</a>

#121 The Strategic Importance of Data Warehousing and Analytical Software With Craig Rowlands – Senior Executive Information Management