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Held annually, the Data Spark awards are a way for us to show our appreciation for the innovation, creativity and dedication shown by our students who participated in the Data Spark programme.
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‘Outstanding individual contribution in analytics’
Nominations from business collaborators and academic mentors
- Simon Thomae
For his work on ‘Improving operational efficiencies and commercial performance’
- Felix Heinemann
For his work on ‘Improving operational efficiencies and commercial performance’
- Alvaro Bejar
For his work on ‘The next step in legal analytics’
Winner: Simon Thomae
‘Outstanding individual contribution in communication’
Nominations from business collaborators and academic mentors
- Adrien Talbot
For his work on ‘Improving operational efficiencies & commercial performance’, with a KPMG client
- Maria Tan
For her work on ‘The next step in legal analytics’, with DLA Piper
- Olivia Dalton-Hoffman
For her work on ‘Digital transformation of procurement processes’, with a KPMG client
- Lucy Vincent
For her work on ‘Digital transformation of procurement processes’,
with a KPMG client
Winner: Maria Tan
‘The Breakthrough Award’
Nominations from business collaborators and academic mentors
- 'Digital transformation of procurement processes’, with a KPMG client
Team: James Chou, Olivia Dalton-Hoffman, Callum Fenn-Macalister, Thibault Lavallee, Lucy Vincent
- 'Improving operational efficiencies and commercial performance’, with a KPMG client
Team: Felix Heinemann, Samuel Heng, Furkan Olcay, Adrien Talbot, Simon Thomae
- ‘The next step in legal analytics’, with DLA Piper
Team: Alvaro Bejar, Emily Dothe, Alonso Lanzagorta, Pak Ho Shen, Maria Tan, Marios Zoulias.
Winners:
'Improving operational efficiencies and commercial performance’
Felix Heinemann, Samuel Heng, Furkan Olcay, Adrien Talbot, Simon Thomae
'Best visualisation'
The people's vote; visualisations were presented during the awards ceremony and participants took a live vote for their preferred demo.
- Digital transformation of procurement processes’, with a KPMG client
Designers: Callum Fenn-Macalister, Thibault Lavallee
- ‘Improving operational efficiencies and commercial performance’, with a KPMG client
Designers: Furkan Olcay, Simon Thomae'
- 'The next step in legal analytics’, with DLA Piper
Designers: Alvaro Bejar, Maria Tan
Winner: Callum Fenn-Macalister, Thibault Lavallee
‘Star Mentor’
Nominations from the student teams
- Sadia Haider (Imperial College London)
For ‘The next step in legal analytics’, with DLA Piper
- Uendi Kacorri (KPMG)
For 'Improving operational efficiencies and commercial performance’ with a KPMG client
- Susan Mulcahy (Imperial College London)
For ‘Digital transformation of procurement processes’, with a KPMG client
Winner: Sadia Haider