Data Scientist, Author turned Entrepreneur, Steph Locke is passionate about helping business use their data more effectively through AI. She believes the adoption of low/no-code tools are helping many more businesses digitally transform and investing in the right tooling is a much bigger performance enabler than many businesses think.

Locke runs Nightingale HQ and is focused on helping manufacturers to automate repetitive processes across their operations. Their GoSmarter.ai platform offers AI-powered tools that are easy to deploy and support manufacturers to do more with less, so employees don’t need as much time per task. It’s a low-risk way to increase productivity and employees tend to support it.

Steph is a contributor on the Focus Group Artificial Intelligence (AI) run by the European DIGITAL SME Alliance, and she sits on several industry steering groups and boards. She is also one of 4 people in the world to be recognised by Microsoft as a MVPs (Most Valued Professional) in both Data Platform and Artificial Intelligence.