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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Optimizing your Data Operating Model
Data Management

Data Strategy Behaviors

According to recent research, while companies are investing in data technology, many are still falling short with the...

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Optimizing your Data Operating Model
Data Analytics & BI

Integrating Business, Data, and Technology Use ...

I often talk about business use cases vs. data use cases. Well today I want to lay out business, data and tech use ca...

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Optimizing your Data Operating Model
Data Management

Why Insurers Need a Solid Data Strategy

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Optimizing your Data Operating Model
Data Analytics & BI

Gut Feeling vs. Data Informed Decision Making

For years decision-making has been a perpetual debate—gut feeling/instinct versus data. Some would argue that experie...

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Optimizing your Data Operating Model
Data Analytics & BI

Generating AI Use Cases

AI is in full swing and most companies are in thinking mode, rummaging mode or creation mode. Today's post is how to ...

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Optimizing your Data Operating Model
Data Analytics & BI

Business Driven Data Strategy - The Route to Su...

I was playing my trumpet this morning and thought about strategy as one does! Here are my thoughts: If you are thinki...

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Optimizing your Data Operating Model
Data Analytics & BI

Transforming Data Strategy: A Shift in Language...

I had the incredible opportunity this week to be involved in a transformative two-day data strategy offsite for a pro...

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Optimizing your Data Operating Model
Data Analytics & BI

A Disagreeable Business Driven Data Strategy

This morning I listened to Malcolm Hawker and Dan Everett on the CDO Matters podcast. Early on in the conversation Ma...

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Optimizing your Data Operating Model
Data Analytics & BI

Reframing VUCA in a Business Driven Data Strategy

This post was inspired after my conversation with Mark Stouse on The Data Strategy Show. You have to love the headlin...

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