This is a profile from the 2022 version of the DataIQ 100.
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Duncan Ross, chief data officer, Times Higher Education
What has been your path to power?
I’ve had an eclectic career, including a time as a city councillor in Birmingham, but from a data perspective I started out at the end of the second AI winter in the early 1990s, working with a neural network startup. From there I went on to join database behemoth Teradata, and for a brief time Experian. It was while there that I became part of the DataKind network, setting up DataKind UK as an independent but linked charity. Then in 2015 I was recruited by Times Higher Education to help transform them into a data business – collecting information on universities around the world.
What impact has the pandemic had on the role of data in your company/organisation?
Because we work with global universities, we obviously haven’t been able to meet with our customers and partners. We have however been able to see how their data has supported the amazing work being done across the world by universities researching the impact of and solutions to Covid-19. We’ve also seen how universities are shaping their response to climate change and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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