This is a profile from the 2022 version of the DataIQ 100.
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Tekin Mentes, director enterprise data and analytics, LeasePlan
What has been your path to power?
I am an industrial engineer with a Master’s degree in Management Information Systems and an executive MBA degree from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. I have been in the data space throughout my career - 25 years to be exact - starting with implementing Oracle database and ERP solutions at the time when Oracle was dominating the world with its powerful database and business solutions.
Since then, I have added years of hands-on working experience in the data and analytics field with various companies across the world, being a consummate leader, data strategist and data lake expert acknowledged internationally for ground-breaking efforts in driving data analytics transformation. For the last for years as a director of the enterprise data and analytics department, I have been busy with building modern data technologies in LeasePlan to support its business strategy of being a fully digital car-as-a-service company, delivering the right data at the right time to our customers with the power of data.
For that reason, I have built a full-scale data organisation to enable the whole business from data acquisition to delivering AI/ML solutions that create business value.
What impact has the pandemic had on the role of data in your company/organisation?
The coronavirus pandemic has affected all sectors of the economy since 2020. Many businesses across the world saw interruptions and shortages in supplies, the decline in the demand for the products and services, and so on. At the same time, Covid-19 has also pushed companies over the technology tipping point and transformed business.
LeasePlan has speeded up the adoption of digital technologies and data organisation has been one of the pillars in this transformation. The need for accurate data about our businesses and customers, creating new solutions to help our customers during the pandemic was crucial and this helps AI/ML adoption in our business solutions significantly.
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