Sharon Richardson, PhD, is a Data and AI strategist at Databricks, where she helps clients envision potential and develop strategies to benefit from data-driven innovations at scale on the Databricks platform. Sharon has a PhD in cognitive and socio-spatial data science, awarded in 2020 by University College London, combined with over 25 years experience in a variety of roles advising on digital trends and technologies transforming the 'intelligence - decision - action' cycle that underpins performance in modern organisations.