At ADAPT’s CIO Edge event, Raju Varanasi, shares his learned experiences from a six and a half year-long data transformation journey at Catholic Education Office.

Catholic Education Office has 80 schools spanning from Granville to the Blue Mountains and 43,000 students with 13 years of continuous data.

Though data collection was consistent for each department, Catholic Education Office did not have an analytics strategy. By deploying machine learning and SQL database Alteryx, Raju was able to create 800 visualisations spanning 200 dashboards and make predictions around HSC results.

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Aparna Sundararajan Senior Research Strategist
Aparna Sundararajan leads the emerging and disruptive technology research agenda within ADAPT’s strategic advisory team. As Senior Research Strategist, her role is... More

Aparna Sundararajan leads the emerging and disruptive technology research agenda within ADAPT’s strategic advisory team. As Senior Research Strategist, her role is to create independent advice for the Australian C-Suite around emerging technologies, trends and investment priorities and developing industry leading content for the ADAPT portfolio of Edge events.

As a technology analyst and marketer, Aparna aligns the burning issues of senior executives with digital business dynamics and emerging technology capabilities to create strategic advice for ADAPT’s Members and Strategic Partners.

Aparna has had 12 years working in the IT services sector, much of it with Gartner, where she developed independent advice for senior IT managers on the emerging roles and responsibilities they face in digital technologies, digital customer behaviour, and business model transformation.

 

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Raju Varanasi CIO at Catholic Education Office, Diocese of Parramatta
Widely respected and high achieving senior executive with over 25 years of experience in education, industry, public sector and not- for-profit agencies... More

Widely respected and high achieving senior executive with over 25 years of experience in education, industry, public sector and not- for-profit agencies in Australia; extensive expertise and networks in all sectors of education; significant achievements in managing business units, digital platforms, strategy development and service delivery. Professional strengths include managing operations and service delivery, developing strategic alliances and partnerships, creating innovative digital platforms and strategies and implementing analytics for insights and business improvements.

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