Damon Rasheed

Damon’s skills and expertise in data science and analytics have been applied to a wide range of industries, specifically in financial services and professional services where he co-founded one of Australia's leading big data and artificial intelligence companies, Advantage Data.

Damon is also the founder of Rate Detective, an Australian financial service comparison site specialising in life insurance, income protection insurance and home loans.

Damon holds a Masters in Economics from the University of Melbourne and has been involved in many start-up internet businesses, regularly appears in the media as a commentator and at events as a professional industry speaker on the value of data and digital in the growing sharing economy.

Prior to running his own businesses, Damon worked as an economist at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).