The top 10 BI influencers to follow on social today
Want to identify the best BI influencers out there? You’ve got it. Given the explosion in ecommerce and digital transformation that we’ve seen over the last decade, it’s no surprise that companies are now scrambling to make sense of the tsunami of data flowing in and out of their servers. It’s undeniable. Intelligent businesses need business intelligence (BI).
BI, simply put, is the art of making value from that data for the business. The task of translating all of these data streams into actionable insights can be daunting for business leaders who are coming to terms with the scale of the task.
Fortunately, you don’t have to do it alone. Not only are there platforms like Exasol, that can accelerate the performance of BI interfaces, but there are also BI superstars across multiple industries sharing their knowledge on social media. We’ve gathered a list of the biggest hitters in the BI space to help guide your decisions, whether you’re a novice or an experienced BI player.
With almost 250,000 followers on Twitter, Ronald van Loon simply has to top this list of BI influencers. Hailing from Utrecht, one of the Netherlands’ tech capitals, Ronald spent over a decade in software optimization before taking on the role as a Director at Adversitement, a company established to help data-driven firms generate business value from multiple points in the customer journey.
Van Loon left Adversitement in 2020 to establish Intelligent World, an analyst and influencer network that connects businesses to specialists in order to share knowledge and ideas. He’s also an advisory board member at Simplilearn, which helps employees become self-certified in business technologies.
Whether or not you know Hilary, you’ve almost certainly clicked on her work. She spent five years at bit.ly, the ubiquitous URL shortener that was designed to help online businesses protect their brand, boost engagement and understand more about their incoming traffic.
Her recent work includes establishing Fast Forward Labs, an AI research house that was acquired by Cloudera, and the 2020 founding of Hidden Door, an online gaming platform to help children discover and create stories using AI. She is a member of the Board of Directors at the Anita Borg Institute for Women in Tech, and a Data Scientist in Residence with Accel Partners.
Yves is a data strategist who specializes in the integration of data. Having spent time freelancing for Glaxosmithkline, McKinsey and Phillips amongst others, Mulkers’ current focus is heading up 7wData – a data management firm that analyses the data strategy of companies and identify where they struggle to perform, developing bespoke solutions to plug those gaps.
Claudia is a veteran in the BI world, having founded the consulting company Intelligent Solutions in 1992 with the aim of helping companies introduce and develop their BI strategies. Data warehouse, decision support systems and operational data stores were amongst the top priorities. Twenty-nine years later, they’re common parlance among the data-literate.
Imhoff also heads up the Boulder BI Brain Trust, which she established in 2006. The trust aims to leverage BI systems for industry vendors, its members and its subscribers, developing and sharing vendor presentations offering a means of exchanging knowledge between vendors and analysts.
A BA in English isn’t the qualification you’d necessarily associate with a BI specialist.
