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Andrew Morgan

Director of Data

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Expertise: Data Exploitation Strategy, Data Integration, Data Science and Engineering, Data Architecture

Andrew has over 25 years of experience working in the field of data, which informs his work organising data teams and constructing large scale data solutions. Andrew is driven by his passion to use data to make a difference to people and to transform organisations. His book “Mastering Spark for Data Science” is one of the textbooks used in universities to teach Apache Spark, an open source data processing engine that delivers advanced solutions that scale to modern challenges.

Data and analytics are crucial driving forces leading innovation, however it is even more imperative to that they are used correctly during this challenging business environment.

Most algorithms that businesses typically use for strategic decisions and other operational forecasts will be invalidated by a predictable event, in this case COVID-19. The much praised AI tools are trained using the data data patterns, which makes it difficult for the algorithms to forecast the effects of a unpredictable event. To keep agile procedures in place and pivot to the current and future crises, companies must change their data practices to consume external data set.

6point6’s Director of Data Engineering, Andrew Morgan has been published by ITProPortal: Using Data and Analytics to Continue Business as Usual during the Coronavirus.

This opinion piece was added into Vol.51 No.3 May 2020 edition of Software World

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Written by Andrew Morgan, Director of Data

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