ExperienceRoss Davis is the Asia Pacific lead for Analytics (Platform) in IBM’s Lab Services practice. In this role, Ross provides technical leadership and direction to the information management aspects of enterprise applications, including implementation of:• Large-scale Data Lake platforms and related Analytic models, including Hybrid Cloud implementation that combine Public & Private cloud services• Customer and Product Master Data Management for operational (real-time)… Show more ExperienceRoss Davis is the Asia Pacific lead for Analytics (Platform) in IBM’s Lab Services practice. In this role, Ross provides technical leadership and direction to the information management aspects of enterprise applications, including implementation of:• Large-scale Data Lake platforms and related Analytic models, including Hybrid Cloud implementation that combine Public & Private cloud services• Customer and Product Master Data Management for operational (real-time) services, and analytic integration with Enterprise Data Warehouse & analytic Marketing platforms• Model Driven Development using Industry Frameworks – e.g. Business Taxonomies and reference data classifications that accelerate ROI from implementation of the Data LakeHe undertakes solution design studies to define user requirements, business processes, use case analysis, component architecture, enterprise data models and ongoing data management requirements. He has a wide and varied experience in analytic modelling techniques for finance, marketing intelligence and network capacity management. He is also familiar with a wide range of data management tooling and related data stores – including cloud architectures. Ross is most experienced in the Finance, Retail and Telecommunications industries. With a 20 year track-record of success in driving IT-related change programmes in complex enterprises, Ross emphasises that the most significant reasons for delivering cutting-edge initiatives are:1. focusing effort on achievement that will most quickly return on investment2. identifying and mitigating risk at the earliest opportunity3. not defaulting to traditional implementation methods as new technologies continuously ariseIn his current Asia Pacific role, Ross is focusing on enabling a network of business partners across Asia Pacific to provide the necessary skills for enterprises making their first steps in the Big Data journey, and implementing complex MDM & Analytics initiatives Show less