Lucia del Prete
Head of Strategy and Research (for Group, IT and Labs) @Tesco
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WORK HISTORY
Head of Strategy and Research (for Group, IT and Labs) @Tesco
EDUCATION
UCL
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Artificial Intelligence
UCL
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
UCL
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Artificial Intelligence
London Business School
Electives, Economics, IT Strategy
CNRS France
MScEng (First Class) Degree in "Integrated Systems" – DEA
SKILLS
ABOUT LUCIA DEL PRETE
I am a British-Italian Technology and Innovation Leader, passionate about people, design, art and technology.At Tesco, I set the direction of technical, scientific and business innovation and I liaise with external companies, labs and universities looking for opportunities and partnerships. Previously, I have worked in IT Development with increasing responsibilities (from Researcher and Developer to Lead Enterprise Architect) for various companies including Tesco PLC, T-Mobile, Nokia, Philips and Accenture.Highlights:• Mentor at Coursera on AI, Machine Learning and Deep Learning• Increasing responsibilities in FTSE 100 and Blue chip companies• London Business School MBA Technology Fellow • Ph.D at UCL • 4 patents in LBS • Smart City World Advisory Board member• Mentor at (i) PwC and IncuBus Ventures;(ii) Fledge incubator based in Seattle and Top-decile and ACM conferences/publications • W3C Mobile Expert Group contributor• Selected for first Women in Leadership programme at Tesco• Partnerships with MIT, Arup, Google, Yahoo, Facebook, etc. • Chief Architect for programs covering 11 countries and 12 project streams• Delivered 1st world-wide full mobile Internet solutionCompetencies• Innovation, Strategy and Digital Transformation across different industries and cultures• Distributed Internet architectures supported by hands on experience • Machine Learning supported by hands on experience and Ph.D (AI, Recommenders, Information Retrieval, Deep Learning, Data Mining and Visualisation)• Internet of Things, Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing supported by hands on experience and Ph.D.• Stakeholder management at any level• Mentoring and People development• Line Management of researchers, developers, architects, 3rd parties and vendors• Agile full project life-cycle management (business development to deployment)Domain Expertise: Retail, Search, Telecoms, Mobile, Travel, Academic and Applied Research
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