Expert Data Leaders.
Builders. Coaches.
A collective built at the intersection of deep technical expertise, executive leadership, and a genuine obsession with making data work.
Data 1UP brings together senior data leaders and advisors with over a decade of collective experience shaping data strategy, building world-class teams, and delivering measurable business impact across some of the most demanding environments in tech and finance.
Our team spans both ends of the spectrum: from scaling data infrastructure atFANG-scale technology companies and global streaming platforms, to navigating the rigorous compliance and regulatory requirements of large banks, digital-first challenger banks, and crypto exchanges.
We've led from the trenches — writing pipelines, designing schemas, shipping models — and from the boardroom, presenting to executive committees and shaping multi-year data strategy. That dual perspective is rare, and it's what makes the advice practical rather than theoretical.
Members of our team have worked within some of the world's largest data ecosystems — inside a FANG-scale social platform — developing a deep understanding of data at scale: petabytes, real-time systems, and the engineering culture required to move fast without breaking trust.
We've built and scaled data platforms at leading music and video streaming services serving hundreds of millions of users globally, with a strong focus on analytics, experimentation, and product intelligence.
In regulated industries, we've led data governance programs, implemented framework controls under FinTech and HealthTech mandates, and helped companies close regulatory gaps without grinding engineering velocity to a halt.
Beyond the technical work, we've built and grown high-performing data teams from the ground up: defining career ladders, designing interview loops that identify genuine talent, and mentoring individual contributors and managers alike.
The Philosophy of
Leveling Up
In gaming, a 1UP gives you an extra life — a chance to go further, do more, and reach the next level. That's exactly what a strong data function does for a business. It's not just about having data; it's about unlocking the next stage of your organisation's capability.
Most companies sit on enormous amounts of data that isn't working for them. They have pipelines that don't connect, AI initiatives without guardrails, compliance postures that slow everything down, and talent structures that lose great people. The result is a business that's technically data-rich but strategically data-poor.
Data 1UP exists to change that. We help teams level up — one deliberate step at a time — across knowledge, skills, infrastructure, and compliance. Not with a boilerplate framework, but with an approach built around your specific environment, your constraints, and your ambition.
Every engagement is a conversation between experienced practitioners who've done it before and a team that's ready to go further. That's the 1UP.