I have been in data space for over 15 years and have served in many domains – manufacturing, automotive, health care, distribution and supply chain. In the last two and the current opportunity, I have had the privilege of starting a new data office, separate from IT.
At Nissan, I created a new Data Office organization in a large, complex, multi-geography enterprise. Over the past two years, my role has involved organizing the teams into data management and governance, data products and data services pillars. Each of them is executing the vision set at the Data Office and we are seeing great success with each passing quarter. We have set up data collaboration forums, use-case based meetings with the business and courses to help broaden the awareness of data and data-driven decision making.
Recently, I have been heavily involved in our generative AI journey and story. I believe the key is to enable business units to accelerate while ensuring oversight and guard rails. I have implemented a similar approach for broader AI related applications where our engagement model is to ensure data office can build for the business or collaborate with them or provide oversight and thought leadership.