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06/23/20 | 32 min

Developing a Long-Term Data Strategy Minna Karha, Head of Data at Finnair

Episode Overview

On this episode Steve sits down with Minna Karha, Head of Data at Finnair. They discuss the “Head of Data” role and why Finnair decided they needed one. Minna also discusses building a team, developing a data strategy, and the advantages of cloud data storage.

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Minna KarhaHead of Data at Finnair

Minna has 15+ years on Data & Intelligence domain, first in Media industry and now past 3 years in Aviation industry. As Head of Data, she focuses on data strategy and it’s implementation through 4 areas: data asset value creation, data management, data utilization and data & analytics platform.
 

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Steve HammHost, Author, and Journalist

Steve Hamm is an award winning journalist, author, and documentary filmmaker. He has been writing about the tech industry for more than 30 years, including journalism stints at BusinessWeek and the San Jose Mercury News. His book credits include Bangalore Tiger, The Race For Perfect, Making the World Work Better, Smart Machines, and soon to be released- The Rise of the Data Cloud.

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