1. “What do you believe are the greatest challenges facing
the sector or industry you would like to specialize in at IE?
What role do you hope to be able to play in this sector or
industry in the medium term?”

2. What are the
greatest
challenges that Big
Data industry has
to face?
?

3. Challenges…
Identifying the real
value of data
1
Looking for the right talent able to
interpret data and to find
meaningful business insight
2
Creating
a new platform capable to
aggregate and manage data
3

4. Where is the value?
Companies need to identify the right data sets and to determine how
best to use them.
Creating useful data-related business cases requires an innovative
way of thinking that is different from the traditional business

5. V
a
l
u
e
Companies are
struggling to link
together new
technologies and the
fine art of
interpreting data to
find meaningful
business insights.
Find the meaning!

6. Creating the right platform…
Multiple data-
sets are often
found within
organizational
silos (e.g.
different line
of business,
different
companies in
an industry…)
A new
platform aims
to link
together data
sets
previously
separated

7. Playing a new role…

8. > An analyst able to
spot new patterns
and forms of
meaning among
different data
sources
> An innovator able to
think outside the box
and to use data to
create value in
different fields (e.g.
health, city planning)
> An excellent
communicator able
to explain the
importance of data-
driven insights in the
business

9. …Able to see
commonalities
across different
problems and
able to create
predictive
models
A
“Pathfinder”...

10. An Innovator…
…Able to think
more strategically
about how
companies can use
information to
better enhance
their business and
reduce their risks

11. A
Communicator...
…Able to ignite
a shift in the
business
organizational
culture toward a
data-driven
decision
practice

12. The End (?)