ADAM SELIPSKY
Former President and CEO of Tableau
Being Data-Driven Isn’t Only
About Technology
“Companies that are effective at using data build what we’re calling a data culture. … It’s not: How do I use technology? It’s: How does my organization use data? How do I change my organization so that we make decisions a certain way and that we support each other?”
Yvonne Wassenaar
CEO of Puppet
Boards Want Data-Driven Innovation
“Part of why you’re seeing folks like myself with a more technical background joining these boards is really to be an advisor and someone who can ask the strategic questions around, ‘How are these businesses innovating with data?’ … But also, ‘How are they keeping it secure? How are they looking after privacy?’”
Orion Hindawi
Cofounder and CEO of Tanium
Covid-19 Has Catalyzed
Data Security Trends
“We’ve been talking as an industry about zero-trust for a long time, about the network becoming less and less of a control point, and more of the end assets that people are using driving their security—and we saw that dramatically accelerate.”
Christian Leffin
Strategic customer advisor in the Office of the CEO at Salesforce
Innovation Budgets Need More Funding
“What’s the leanest technology stack that you can have as a company, creating this data-driven mindset and having this 360 view. And having at the same time more money left to use on innovation, on trying things out and experimenting.”
ADAM SELIPSKY
Former President and CEO of Tableau
Business Leaders Establish
Data Cultures
“I cannot overemphasize the role of leadership. … It’s about setting a top-down vision where you say, ‘We’re going to do this. We are going to become a data-driven company. We are going to have a data culture.’”