Episode 9

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10th Dec 2020

Ep 9 | Connecting Data & Business with Alex Golbin, Chief Data Officer at Morningstar

In Episode 9 of Driven by Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Alex Golbin, Chief Data Officer at Morningstar, where they discuss how to maximise value by connecting Data & Analytics to a business.

Having worked for a number of high-profile financial institutions including Lehman Brother, BlackRock and now Morningstar, Alex articulates the key components of how a CDO connects an organisations Data & Analytics initiative to the core business, which includes:

Why you always to start with your "clients"
How everyone that comes into contact with your data is a "client"
The importance of defining "moments that matter"
Why a CDO function is an internal service provider
Why data should "tell the truth" and "predict the future"
How to define Defence V Offense
How to connect disparate data to tell a story
Why data should be available, discoverable and trusted
How to create zones of readiness for data discovery
Why data quality isn't always about accuracy
The importance of creating data quality dimensions/taxonomies
Why creating business partnerships is the key to being a great CDO

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About the Podcast

Driven by Data: The Podcast

Designed for Data Enthusiasts to hear from the Data & Analytics industry's thought leaders

Orbition Group is delighted to bring you this podcast series, which is designed for Data Enthusiasts, to hear from some of the most high-profile Data, Analytics and AI thought leaders from around the globe.

Each episode will detail the guests journey to the top while bringing unique insights, drawn from first-hand experience on the industry’s most trending topics.

This podcast was created as a way for our industry's most respected leadership figures from across the world to give back to the Data & Analytics community, by sharing; knowledge, experiences and ideas, to inspire, innovate and provide real-life use cases on the industries most pressing topics/challenges.

About your host

Kyle Winterbottom

Founder of Orbition Group, a Search and Talent Solutions business that operates exclusively within the world of Data, Analytics & AI.

I am hugely passionate about enabling organisations to drive decisions and obtain value from the use of Data, Analytics & Artificial Intelligence.

As such, I believe it is imperative that as a community, we share; knowledge, ideas, real-life use cases and inspiration to collectively give back to our industry.

Given my fortunate position of speaking with hundreds, if not thousands of leadership figures within the global Data & Analytics community each year , I feel it is my duty to share the successes, failures, challenges and opportunities.

Therefore, I have positioned Orbition Group to be a facilitator of that knowledge sharing, through these podcasts, events we host and public speaking.