Jim Anning is head of Data and Analytics at British Gas Connected Homes. His team manage all aspects of data from Connected Homes’ products including Hive Active Heating and MyEnergy, analysing it to help improve services and developing machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms to give customers the best experience from connected products. Originally an electronics engineer, Jim has held a variety of technology and leadership roles, in the BBC; the Oil & Gas Industry; Educational Application Development; and Utilities. In 2009 he left the corporate world, going back to his roots in software and data to co-found a web startup, before joining Connected Homes in April 2013.

1. The Internet of Things, Data and Value
Jim Anning

2. Data Science
Data Engineering
Data Ops

6. Hive : Control Heating From Your Phone
My Energy : Understand your energy usage
Smart Boiler : Never be without heat

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10. 2008

15. CH Born
Google Trends : Internet of Things
Now
More Humans
than machines 

17. Internet of Things
Machine Learning
IoT Platform
Connected Home

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20. Hive : 500K / customer / year
My Energy : 17.5K / customer / year
My Energy Live : 3.2M / customer / year
Smart Boiler : 4.4M / customer / year

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30. A Data Scientist is someone who…
Knows more about Statistics
than a Software Engineer
and
more about Software Engineering
than a Statistician

31. Good Data Scientist

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Thankyou
@JimAnning
Jim.anning@bgch.co.uk