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Julia Moreno

Working on this project has been character-building and I feel honoured to support such a great cause.

Julia is a data scientist who moved from the US to Glasgow, Scotland, in 2015 to pursue an M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Linguistics at the University of Glasgow. After defending her thesis, she pivoted from academia into a career in data science. She used statistical and machine learning (ML) skills from her doctoral research to analyze market trends and develop time-saving applications for the energy industry. During this project, Julia developed customized technology to detect grooming. This gives investigators an understanding of probability, risk and other details to help protect children from predators.

Returning to her passion for language, she joined SAS in 2022 as a data scientist in text analytics and artificial intelligence (AI). She combined language and data science to facilitate information extraction for unstructured data and to support linguistic data-driven decision-making. Julia injected a coordinated approach that has developed an ecosystem to optimize the translation of problems into real technological innovation.

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Ellen Joyner-Roberson, CFE

Global Marketing Advisor

Ellen Joyner-Roberson, CFE, is Global Marketing Advisor at SAS where she defines industry strategy and messaging for the global fraud and security markets in banking, insurance, health care and government. With more than thirty years of experience in information technology, she helps clients capitalize on the power of analytics to combat fraud and keep the public safe. This includes bringing greater awareness of how to apply machine learning and AI to detect evolving fraud tactics, while realizing ROI in technology investments. In addition, she consults with clients to reduce fraud losses and mitigate risk across their enterprise. Joyner-Roberson graduated from Sweet Brier College with a degree in Math and Computer Science. Most recently, Ellen has brought to market our Intelligence and Law Enforcement solution called SAS® Intelligence and Investigation Management and a cross industry solution focused on procurement integrity.

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  1. Kat on

    Love this and love how many women are involved in getting it right and getting it to market @ashleybeck is doing a marvellous job rallying the troops - #gogirls 🙂

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