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Make Data Work
21–22 May 2018: Training
22–24 May 2018: Tutorials & Conference
London, UK
Niranjan Thomas

Niranjan Thomas
General Manager, Platforms and Technology Partnerships, Dow Jones

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Niranjan Thomas is general manager of platform and technology partnerships within Dow Jones’s professional information business, where he is responsible for the DNA data platform, including product strategy, go-to-market, customer solutions, and driving technology ecosystem partnerships. Niranjan has over 16 years of experience in technology leadership roles across software design and development, software project management, cybersecurity, and risk and business management. He has spent significant time delivering solutions for the manufacturing, consulting, technology, telecommunications, media, and financial services industries. Previously, he was head of technology at AMP, Australia’s leading specialist wealth management and life insurance company. Niranjan holds a bachelor’s degree in business information systems from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia.

Sessions

15:30–16:00 Tuesday, 22 May 2018
Unlocking the hidden potential of bad news: Using news-derived data to uncover and solve complex societal problems
Data science and machine learning, Data-driven business management, Emerging technologies and case studies
 Location: Capital Suite 2/3 Level: Intermediate
Niranjan Thomas (Dow Jones)
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What do hurricanes, the Zika virus, and modern slavery have in common? Obviously, they’re serious global issues that cause human suffering, death, and destruction, but they’re also challenges the Strata community can seek to better understand in order to minimize their negative consequences—all with news-derived data. Niranjan Thomas issues a call to think creatively about new datasets. Read more.