“We are a data-driven company,” is a familiar refrain we hear from business leaders and managers. This is evidence of a fundamental shift in mindset, reflecting the fact that leaders have now understood and internalized the concept of the data-driven enterprise. However, when attempting to restructure and reorganize data flows and processes and bring in new ways of working with data, particularly CDOs, CIOs and data teams often run into what feels like a brick wall. Acceptance and lip service may have been paid to a data strategy, but the application of the strategy is fraught with hurdles.

In a global survey, BARC examined the data culture within organizations, the hurdles they are facing, the initiatives that are underway and the wins that have already been achieved with these measures.

Take part in our webinar on the study and:
  • receive the study results.
  • hear the views of BARC analysts and software vendors on the results of the study.
  • Put your own questions to the BARC analysts and software vendors
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    Dr. Carsten Bange
    Founder and CEO BARC
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    Olga Kolcheva
    Lead Solution Engineer
    "During my career I explored various opportunities: I started in Financial Reporting, moved to Data Warehouse development and ETL and then to BI consulting. The common thread across all those career steps was process automation and better use of data.
    While working with data I could see processes that I was not part of, I could find unexpected dependencies and improve those processes through it. Properly prepared and processed data is an x-ray of your business process and I find it most fascinating."
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    Sven Zech
    Managing Director
    After studying business informatics in Mannheim and Rosenheim, Sven worked for several years as a consultant with a focus on planning solutions based on SAP technology. In 2008, he became co-founder of Five1, a digital agency specializing in data analytics. After more than 50 customer projects as a project manager and architect, he moved to various roles within the management of Five1. Since 2018, he has been working intensively on ways to holistically transform organizations into data-driven businesses and to become more innovative. His focus today is on data strategy, data culture, and decision-driven data products and platforms.
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    Matt Turner
    Director, Industry Strategy
    Matt Turner is the Director of Industry Strategy at
    Alation where he works closely with customers
    and partners to help them bring data intelligence
    and data culture to their organizations and realize
    the value of data in their industries.
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    Frank Lohmar
    Senior Account Manager
    Frank Lohmar is responsible for the Financial Services vertical within Board Germany. Frank has over 20 years’ experience working in the financial services sector, from software development of agency systems to consulting in IT projects, supporting the provision of data warehouse systems and corporate planning. Frank is currently involved in value-oriented sales planning and corporate planning for (digital) transformation.