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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Are CDOs Buckling Under the Weight of Expectation to Deliver Business Value?
Data Management

Unlocking Profit: How CDOs Can Drive Financial ...

The Chief Data Officer (CDO) can no longer just be a steward of governance and compliance. The modern CDO is pivotal ...

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Are CDOs Buckling Under the Weight of Expectation to Deliver Business Value?
Data Analytics & BI

Stop Building Use Cases in Reverse

I mentioned in a post this week that I would write a longer article that would cover the extent of the problem I see ...

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Are CDOs Buckling Under the Weight of Expectation to Deliver Business Value?
Artificial Intelligence

The Strategy-Execution Gap: Why 2026 Must Be th...

As we step into the new year, the boardroom conversation around Data and AI has shifted. As many of us know, 2025 was...

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Are CDOs Buckling Under the Weight of Expectation to Deliver Business Value?
Data Analytics & BI

Why Data Isn’t a Silver Bullet: The Real Value ...

Me again. Yes I'm talking about the Operating Model again. Many people often tout data as the new something, or the k...

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Are CDOs Buckling Under the Weight of Expectation to Deliver Business Value?
Data Analytics & BI

Stop Wasting Millions on Data & AI Projects Tha...

Your data & AI strategy looks brilliant on paper, but the moment you try to operationalize it, the gap between St...

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Are CDOs Buckling Under the Weight of Expectation to Deliver Business Value?
Data Analytics & BI

Where it all began: Finding Business and Data

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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Are CDOs Buckling Under the Weight of Expectation to Deliver Business Value?
Data Analytics & BI

Data Products Slice & Die!

I've been thinking about the wonderful world of data products! Yikes! Well, it's a popular subject right! So, I thoug...

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Are CDOs Buckling Under the Weight of Expectation to Deliver Business Value?
Data Analytics & BI

The Board Question That Rarely Gets Asked

“What decisions will be better because of this?”Boards routinely approve significant investment in data, analytics, a...

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Are CDOs Buckling Under the Weight of Expectation to Deliver Business Value?
Data Analytics & BI

Data and AI Strategy for 2025: Time to Ditch Ol...

In my last podcast on The Data Strategy Show, I spoke to Malcolm Hawker and one of the subjects that came up was “min...

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