Dan Smith is currently the Head of Technology Data & Analytics at Perenti Group, a global leading mining services company. He leads the data team providing information to 9000+ people in the business. Dan lead Perenti's digital transformation change of an on-prem migration to a Cloud based Lakehouse architecture, and expanding on all the capabilities that it brings. He previously had roles with Systems Integrators, Consultancies and Product development companies. Recently Dan has worked closely with key cloud providers to implement fit for purpose, future proofed data architectures for Perenti. His goal is to uncover insights and drive business value in the short term, while setting up success and flexibility for future capabilities in the medium and long term.