“Scotland’s leading
the way”
“Become the disrupter or
be disrupted!”
“We will realise the full
potential of Scotland by
investing in data”
GILLIAN DOCHERTY
ONE OF THE SCOTSMAN’S
5 MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN
IN SCOTTISH TECH
Gillian Docherty, named CEO of the Year at the ScotlandIS Digital
Tech Awards 2017, said:
Scotland boasts a unique ecosystem to become a global centre for
data science, but industry and colleges and universities must work
together to ensure that a shortage of skills does not stifle growth.
Big data is worth £216 million to the UK and could be responsible
for 58,000 jobs by next year. Scotland is home to 11 of the UK’s 24
postgraduate data science courses as well as a very healthy tech
sector, meaning that we are in an ideal position to become a global
hub, in turn seeing considerable economic benefit. This is a one-off
opportunity and there is a risk that others could take the lead if we
do not join forces as a community to ensure we have a healthy and
consistent talent pipeline.
DATA CHANGES EVERYTHING BUT COLLABORATION IS KEY
Click HERE to view Gillian’s presentation