Samir Sharma

Samir Sharma

Samir’s focus is to empower business users by enabling informed decision making through data. As principal at datazuum, Samir has the ability to tackle both business and technology challenges. He has 20 years of international experience in the UK, Europe, Africa, USA, all gained from consulting and strategy roles across a variety of sectors – Aerospace & Defence, Government, High End Luxury Retail, Postal, Telecoms. Prior to datazuum, Samir led the decision sciences team for a large organisation where he delivered strategic data driven Business Intelligence & Analytics solutions across all sectors.

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Who is Sitting in My Seat, Said the CDO/CAIO?
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Drucker's Five Questions in the Age of AI: A Te...

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Artificial Intelligence

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Self-Service Analytics: A Value-Driven Perspect...

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Data Analytics & BI

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I started my career as a programmer in COBOL, RPG400, and Unix. After a few years, I decided that was enough. Not bec...

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Artificial Intelligence

The AI Hangover of 2025: What Looked Brilliant,...

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Data Analytics & BI

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