Scott Taylor, The Data Whisperer, MetaMeta Consulting

In a variety of sales, marketing and strategy roles with iconic data providers like Nielsen and D&B, I have spoken to thousands of data and business professionals from every type of enterprise, across many sectors, at different levels of maturity all across the world. I began to recognize that foundational data issues plague all companies and while not identical, they are certainly more the same than they are different. 

I codified these learnings in my book, “Telling Your Data Story: Data Storytelling for Data Management (99% Buzzword Free). In it I seek to help data leaders create a compelling narrative to evangelize their data management programs and secure long-term support from enterprise stakeholders and business leadership. I believe data management should be viewed as a core discipline for every enterprise similar to finance, marketing, operations and legal.