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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Why the Chief Data Officer Should Report to the CFO
Data Analytics & BI

Webinar: The Business Case for Data: Unlocking ...

Why Your Data and AI Strategy Hinges on the Right Use Cases Many organizations recognize the potential of data and AI...

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Why the Chief Data Officer Should Report to the CFO
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Start with the Use Case or Don’t Start at All

This article is about why most data initiatives fail, and how to stop wasting time, money, and credibility. I know yo...

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Why the Chief Data Officer Should Report to the CFO
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Part 1 - Unreasonable People Doing Unreasonable...

Context This article has been co-written by me and Matthew Small. This is part 1 of a 2-part series. In this first ar...

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Why the Chief Data Officer Should Report to the CFO
Data Management

Accelerating Time to Value Through a Use-Case A...

A data strategy cannot be a static piece of paper that is delivered piece by piece. A data strategy that isn’t connec...

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Why the Chief Data Officer Should Report to the CFO
Data Analytics & BI

Use Cases are Dead! Long Live Use Cases!

“Use cases are dead.” That was the line that actually stopped me in my tracks, well, I was sitting down, but you know...

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Why the Chief Data Officer Should Report to the CFO
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Bridging the "Implementation Gap" in Your Data ...

In 2023 I was asked as an external advisor to review 12 data strategies for companies that had been sitting on the sh...

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Why the Chief Data Officer Should Report to the CFO
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What’s Missing in Many Data Strategies Created ...

I've been working in the industry now for over 20 years and I've loved every minute of it! Recently, the area of data...

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Why the Chief Data Officer Should Report to the CFO
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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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Why the Chief Data Officer Should Report to the CFO
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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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