Leading organizations across sectors are heavily experimenting with “deep learning”, the ability to extract features, sentiment, intent from observed data to evaluate what lift it can bring to their businesses. The pay-off is massive: these […]
Fran Cardells
Author: Dr. Fran Cardells
Dr Fran Cardells is affiliated to the World Economic Forum and trusted by leading Fortune 500 companies as Data Strategy & Analytics Subject Matter Expert.
Boosting Enterprise Value of Financial Services, Retail and Consulting firms with Digital customer experiences, and World-class Analytics. In addition, unlocking the strategic potential of technologies - across vendors, roadmaps and trends - with actionable and digestible engagements as global Speaker.
Dr. Fran is a former Senior Director of Cloud Applications and Digital Services. Fran played a key role building and strengthening data-based businesses to exceed changing customer's expectations including Google Local services and Salesforce's suite of intelligent applications. Fran has an excellent track of record shaping emerging Computer Science technologies. Influenced 10 Google Patents, contributed to global technical communities such as IEEE and held research positions at HP.
PhD and Oxford/HEC Paris Alumni.
Data Privacy Essentials from Facebook’s F8
Facebook’s F8 kicked-off its 2019 event with a new Privacy vision in response to ongoing regulators scrutiny (Federal, EU and international investigations) and increasing competitive pressure (Snapchat’s Q1: 39% Y/Y; TTM 40% Y/Y growth), despite […]
Internet Trends 2018 at a Glance
Summary: 10Y+ since the iPhone, stagnant smartphone market (0% Y/Y), with 5x underlying dynamics: Cheapest ASP in a decade for new shipments (50% down to $300) 40% market share dominated by Chinese OEMs 3.3 daily […]
Inside the World’s Most Innovative Companies – A webinar for the Scientific community
Guest speaker for the Marie Curie Alumni Association. Best practices and examples from the world’s most innovative companies, from my professional experience. To watch the webinar click here. Summary transcript below. Key take aways Understand […]
Career Recipes for Scientists in Business
There is a massive demand of knowledge-intensive profiles rivaling that of academia and top scientific organizations. Tech corporates, – with Google, Facebook, Apple at the top – allocated more resources than NASA: investing $30B in […]
Innovation in 2018: Milestones and Predictions
LinkedIn Pulse | Innovation in 2018: Milestones and Predictions An unprecedented chapter of human, economic and scientific development Global Markets: Massive IPOs (Xiaomi $100B; Saudi Aramco $1T; SpaceX: $50B) Booming India and bouncing Africa on-track […]
