Steph Locke

Caerphilly, Wales, United Kingdom
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I design and deliver responsible AI and automation that frees manufacturers from…

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Volunteer Experience

  • Non Executive Director

    SQL Saturday Foundation

    - Present 4 years 9 months

    Science and Technology

  • European Commission Graphic

    Focus Group Member for the Joint Research Centre (JRC) and European Digital SME Alliance

    European Commission

    - 2 years 5 months

    Science and Technology

    The aim of the WG is to understand the adoption, use, and impacts over time of AI and related technologies (robotics, automation in general, machine learning, etc.) As one of 100 SME's, we hope to share our experiences of AI adoption and the challenges and opportunities that exist for European businesses, in order to shape more inclusive policy.

  • Non Executive Director

    Professional Association of SQL Server

    - 3 months

    Science and Technology

    A US not-for-profit supporting the Microsoft data community. The organisation went into insolvency in November and I joined the board to support it's close down process.

Publications

  • Data Manipulation in R

    Locke Data

    Learn how to wrangle tabular effectively. This foundation skill will help you get everything else you need to do, done.

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  • Working with R

    Locke Data

    Working with R is the first book in the R Fundamentals series. The book introduces you to the core concepts of R and helps you be effective as soon as you start. It is the first in a series of books that will help you use R to achieve awesome things in your day job.

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  • Tribal SQL

    Redgate

    Part 2 of 2 to fit all the authors in!

    TRIBAL SQL
    What makes you passionate about working with SQL Server? What lessons have you learned, perhaps the hard way, on how to get the best performance and scalability out of your SQL Server databases? We challenged a group of talented, up-and-coming ‘new voices’ in SQL Server to share their passion and knowledge with the Community.

    A DBA’s core responsibilities are constant. A DBA must maintain and enforce security mechanisms on the…

    Part 2 of 2 to fit all the authors in!

    TRIBAL SQL
    What makes you passionate about working with SQL Server? What lessons have you learned, perhaps the hard way, on how to get the best performance and scalability out of your SQL Server databases? We challenged a group of talented, up-and-coming ‘new voices’ in SQL Server to share their passion and knowledge with the Community.

    A DBA’s core responsibilities are constant. A DBA must maintain and enforce security mechanisms on the data, prepare effectively for disaster recovery, ensure the performance and availability of all the databases in their care. As such, we have chapters providing tips on how to get the most out of features such as data compression, backup verification, performance tuning with traces and extended events, auditing, SSIS, and more.

    Side by side with these, we have chapters on the importance to a DBA of communicating clearly with their co-workers and business leaders, presenting data as useful information that the business can use to make decisions, adopting a more Agile approach to their work, and sound project management skills.

    Other authors
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  • Tribal SQL

    Redgate

    Part 1 of 2 to fit all the authors in!

    TRIBAL SQL
    What makes you passionate about working with SQL Server? What lessons have you learned, perhaps the hard way, on how to get the best performance and scalability out of your SQL Server databases? We challenged a group of talented, up-and-coming ‘new voices’ in SQL Server to share their passion and knowledge with the Community.

    A DBA’s core responsibilities are constant. A DBA must maintain and enforce security mechanisms on the…

    Part 1 of 2 to fit all the authors in!

    TRIBAL SQL
    What makes you passionate about working with SQL Server? What lessons have you learned, perhaps the hard way, on how to get the best performance and scalability out of your SQL Server databases? We challenged a group of talented, up-and-coming ‘new voices’ in SQL Server to share their passion and knowledge with the Community.

    A DBA’s core responsibilities are constant. A DBA must maintain and enforce security mechanisms on the data, prepare effectively for disaster recovery, ensure the performance and availability of all the databases in their care. As such, we have chapters providing tips on how to get the most out of features such as data compression, backup verification, performance tuning with traces and extended events, auditing, SSIS, and more.

    Side by side with these, we have chapters on the importance to a DBA of communicating clearly with their co-workers and business leaders, presenting data as useful information that the business can use to make decisions, adopting a more Agile approach to their work, and sound project management skills.

    Other authors
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Honors & Awards

  • Microsoft AI & Data Platform MVP

    Microsoft

  • Microsoft AI & Data Platform MVP

    Microsoft

  • Microsoft AI & Data Platform MVP

    Microsoft

  • Microsoft AI Most Valued Professional

    Microsoft

  • Microsoft Data Platform Most Valued Professional

    Microsoft

Organizations

  • SatRdays

    Global co-ordinator

    - Present

    SatRdays are low cost R conferences held around the world and supported by the R Consortium. My role is to organise the central aspects of the conference brand.

  • MSFT Stack

    Organiser

    - Present

    A Cardiff based user group focussed on all things Microsoft! This group consolidates previous groups and broadens our scope.

  • CaRdiff

    Organiser

    - Present

    Growing knowledge of R in the South Wales area http://meetup.com/cardiff-r-user-group

  • diff.Net

    Co-organiser

    -

    Working with Mike Hole, and the support of Acorn Recruitment, we host events to help local developers learn more about their craft http://meetup.com/diff-NET

  • SQL Cardiff

    Organiser

    -

    Co-ordinating the herd of cats collectively known as DBAs, and even scarier - trying to feed them, my role is to get interesting talks on topics that boost knowledge in an area directly (or indirectly) related to all things SQL Server. http://www.meetup.com/Cardiff-SQL-Server-User-Group/

  • SQL Relay

    Committee

    -

    Over the years I was involved with SQL relay, I organised the Cardiff event growing it from 40 people to 250 people. As well as having a local responsibility, at various times I was responsible for marketing, the overall event, and finally sponsorship.

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