Data Strategy and the Roles Behind It: Why Build a Data Strategy

Hear from Jeff Winter, Microsoft Industry Executive, Manufacturing, on data strategy and the critical roles behind it. Plus, Jeff shares why companies must make data an integral part of their operations and his tips on building a data strategy.

Questions Jeff answers in this episode:

1. What roles have you seen as the biggest growing functions in the job market today?

2. What are the differences in skill sets between these different roles?

3. If you had to choose one of the three as "most critical" what would you pick and why?

4. What advice do you have for a company who is building out a data strategy?

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Sources Referenced:

• World Economic Forum - The Future of Jobs Report 2020: https://www.weforum.org/publications/the-future-of-jobs-report-2020/

• The University of Texas at Austin & Sybase - Measuring the Business Impacts of Effective Data, 2010: http://middleman.heltenkelt.se/anvandbart.se/images/drupalbilder/blogsource/div/EffectiveDataStudyPt1-MeasuringtheBusinessImpactsofEffectiveData-WP.pdf