Myles Hannon was born in 1966 in Coventry, United Kingdom. Myles started out his career as a Drawing Office Technician, having completed a 5-year telecommunications apprenticeship with General Electric from 1982-1987. In 1989, Myles graduated from Ealing College with a diploma in Business and Finance and has spent the last 23 years working in various roles covering business consulting, change management and education and training management. Prior to joining SAS in Sept 2011, he ran the Misys Training Academy from 2008 - 2011, worked for Oracle from 1997 - 2008 most notably as Applications Sales and Delivery Director for Oracle University. Myles also worked for Datastream International from 1989 - 1993, including a one year sabbatical in New York, and KnightRidder Financial from 1993-1997. Myles' current role at SAS is Head of Education UK and Ireland where his main responsibility is managing the education sales, operations, adoption services and delivery teams who provide education solutions to SAS customers, partners and employees. Myles is a Director member and fellow of the Learning and Performance Institute.
We now live in the era of ‘big data’, where data and its analysis have become crucial to the modern economy. In fact, "big data is the new 'corporate gold'," according to Mark Wilkinson, managing director of SAS UK & Ireland. A recent study by Cebr found that companies in
