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title: Stephen Whitworth on data engineering and fraud detection
date: 2019-02-26T16:04:00+00:00
author: Gerry Carr
canonical_url: "https://www.ravelin.com/podcast/data-engineering-and-fraud-detection"
section: Podcast
---
Podcast / Machine learning & AI

Episode 24

26 February 2019

# Stephen Whitworth on data engineering and fraud detection

Data engineering underpins all that we do at Ravelin, whether machine learning, rules, analysis or investigations. Stephen has been instrumental in developing the discipline here and explains why it matters and how we use it.

![Stephen Whitworth on data engineering and fraud detection](https://storage.googleapis.com/ravelin-website-assets-production/assets/images/_2251xAUTO_fit_center-center_none_ns/2454/Stephen-Podcast.webp)Data engineering underpins all that we do at Ravelin, whether machine learning, rules, analysis or investigations. Stephen has been instrumental in developing the discipline here and explains why it matters and how we use it.

[**To learn more about machine learning visit our insights page.**](https://www.ravelin.com/insights/machine-learning-for-fraud-detection)

![Screen Shot 2018 11 30 At 16 25 38](https://storage.googleapis.com/ravelin-website-assets-production/assets/images/_122x122_crop_center-center_none_ns/2005/Screen-Shot-2018-11-30-at-16.25.38.webp)Gerry CarrCMO (Ravelin alumnus)

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