#17 - Kristin Otter Rønnevig & Espen Hjelmeland - Return of Investment for Data Quality (Nor)
Can you put a value on quality data? Definitely! But how? Who better to ask than Kristin Otter Rønnevig and Espen Hjelmeland? They both dedicated their master thesis to explore this topic with really interesting results. Their thesis "An Investment Perspective on Data Quality in Data Usage" asks "How can an organization optimize its investments in data quality?" To answer the question Kristin and Espen posed three Research Questions: What are the main drivers for willingsness to pay for data...
2 Apr 202229min
#16 - Espen Langbråten - Data Competencies & Recruitment (Nor)
Espen Langbråten is leading Europris' bet on digital platform, data warehouse, and analytics. We had a great talk about everything data, but at the core we discussed three questions: How do you build your team?How to recruit and build competencies in an ever-changing environment whilst keeping an eye on cost?What resources do you need in house? What can you outsource to a consultancy?Here are my key takeaways: It is not only hard to find competency in the marked and recruit, but also to...
14 Mar 202241min
#15 - Espen Bjarnes - Data Centers & Sustainability (Nor)
What has been the hot topic in Norway this winter? Energy prices. The prices for energy skyrocketed. But how does this relate to data? Can we save energy with Data Management? The answer might be on the infrastructure side. And since "the color of Data centers is Green!", I took this question to Espen Bjarnes, who works as VP Sales for Green Mountain, one of the most sustainable data centers in the world according to Data Center Magazine. Green Mountain was founded in 2009 and opened t...
22 Feb 202228min
#14 - Gustav Aagesen - Data Democratization in public services (Nor)
How can you democratize data from Norway’s public services? What does it mean to have a user centric approach to public services? What needs to be in place to organize your organization, the public services as a whole, while maintaining focus on good services to your citizens? I had the pleasure of chatting with Gustav Aagesen, Chief Data Officer at Lånekassen. The Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund, who is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2022. Gustav started as Information Archi...
1 Feb 202242min
#13 - Bente Busch - Technology & Data (Nor)
How can you set up your services to have technology support your data journey? How do you work with tech procurement? And what is the impact of Data Mesh, especially for data governance? How to evaluate which consumer need to satisfy first? How to prioritize what is important to create value? I chatted with Bente Busch, who is leading the Service Platform Team at NAV, the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration. Bente and her team are responsible for platform services for the produc...
9 Jan 202233min
#12 - Sami Laine - Trustworthy AI & Data Ethics (Eng)
You cannot outsource Data Ethics! For this episode I talked to Sami Laine, Competence Lead at Siili Solutions and President of DAMA Finland. Sami has both the academic background as well as the in the trenches experience in Data Governance, Data Quality, Master Data Management and working with Data Ethics and Artificial Intelligence (AI). For Sami, everybody working with data needs a basic understanding of data ethics, security, privacy, ect. This applies specifically, but not exclusi...
15 Des 202141min
#11 - Torstein Hoem - Informasjonsforvaltning i Skatteetaten (Nor)
Målet for Skatteetaten er å bli datadrevet og bidra til å skape en datadrevet offentlig forvaltning, med målsetning å tilby raskere og bedre tjenster til innbyggerne. Jeg har snakket med Torstein Hoem, direktør for divisjon for Informasjonsforvaltning i Skatteetaten. Skatteetaten har satt Information Management på dagsorden for hele organisasjonen. Informasjonsforvaltning har blitt en egen divisjon med fokus på informasjon og innhold, og er ikke en del av IT. Noe IM-avdelinger i mange andre o...
23 Nov 202131min
#10 - Rushanth Vathanagopalan - Data Strategy & How to engage your stakeholders (Nor)
More and more businesses understand the need to become data-driven in a competitive market. Earlier, data was looked at as a supplement to the business operations. But using data as a valuable asset, has become part of the core business strategy for many companies I talked with Rushanth Vathanagopalan, Head of Data at the CoE for Data and Analytics at Storebrand, a Norwegian financial services company, focusing on long-term saving and insurance. Rushanth has done extensive contributions to a ...
4 Nov 202132min
