Niels Otten

I have a passion for Business Intelligence, specifically in the areas of innovation. How to think different and convince your peers (architects, business users) is something I like most.

Colleagues I work / worked with underline my capabilities to next to convincing peers, also to sell the story to senior management. How you achieve this? Try to have lunch with people within your organisation you don’t know, having the facts and figures right in combination with your idea will ensure a solid business case, which does not even need to be sold.
 
Currently the Business Intelligence Lead for Athlon International and building up a sustainable BI Solution with a strong focus on facilitating the digital change.

My ultimate goal is making sure business decisions will be made on data and information, in order to achieve this there is a need for change to be more agile and BIG data driven.
 
Independently of company type and technology used, “Fail Fast but Learn Faster”, became my approach to get things done. Try to forget detailed requirements and work towards your end state, requirements will change anyway, so make sure the basis will become the starting point of your journey and not your requirements.