Alet Smith

Enabling actionable insights through data, analytics and AI

3 - 5 March 2020
Sandton Convention Centre

General Manager, Business Intelligence Competency Centre, MTN

Alet is motivated by her passion for data, innovation and design science and has successfully led and managed several key data-related initiatives in the telecommunications industry. She has an expansive career and proven track record of measurable successes and she brings a wealth of experience and expertise across the data landscape. As a visionary and energetic leader, she has grown individuals from graduate status into fully fledged data subject matter experts. She has demonstrated exemplary leadership through an effective engagement approach and her ability to unlock and drive value from the organisational data.

She is currently a PhD scholar in Information Systems at the University of Pretoria, where she holds a post graduate scholarship. Her dissertation is titled “A Big Data Value Framework for the Data-Driven Organisation”. In 2019, she was appointed in MTN as the General Manager for the Business Intelligence Competency Centre (BICC). She leads the organisation’s innovative data strategy, which supports the digital strategy and data-driven organisation.

Alet Smith will be speaking on the following topic:

15:55

Defining a modern approach to data management

Designing a framework for modern data management. What is needed to manage the enormous growth in new data sources and alternative data content?
How do you implement an effective data management strategy? Where do you start?
Examining the benefits of a modern data management strategy. What challenges are being experienced?
To what extent are current methodologies/foundational concepts still relevant or are there new technologies that make them redundant?
How can you prepare to take advantage of new technologies in data management?