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Digital and data-driven transformations
Kuldip Singh
Kuldip Singh is a business economist, chartered controller, Harvard certified data scientist and non executive director and Board Chair. He is leading large digital and data driven transformations.
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About Kuldip Singh
Kuldip Singh is a business economist, chartered controller, Harvard certified data scientist and Harvard certified auditor. He is an experienced executive who has made his mark in leading large digital and data driven transformations in various sectors like consulting, media, energy, health-care etc. He inspires organizations in different sectors, both public and private, with the possibilities of digital technology, concrete practical experience and, most importantly, lessons-learned of how to do it and how not to do it.
Digital transformation is a big container concept, but by tackling it with a practical and structured framework, the glass becomes clear; why we need to move, where the opportunities lie and on which different horizons they should be deployed to future-proof the organization. As an experienced evangelizer of the digital, Kuldip knows how to take all levels of management and get them excited with inspiration from different sectors, but also what can we do tomorrow and how.
After years of management consulting experience, he has been active in various Board roles in leading international media organizations (including Sanoma, Bertelsmann), where he has been at the basis of the disruptive digitalization and internationalization of traditional, online, but also ‘pure play’ digital brands. His digital knowledge and experience were at the basis of the highly successful international, digital, and data-driven strategy of innogy, and later E.ON in 15 countries, with an impact on 50 million customers.
He currently provides his digital and data-driven knowledge and expertise in various Supervisory roles, including KPMG, ROM InWest, De KinderTelefoon and InnoBeweegLab.
He regularly gives very highly rated lectures at major national and international events (re:invent, DDMA Data Day, European Utility Week etc), but is also a regular guest lecturer at various universities, including Nyenrode and St Gallen Business University in Switzerland, in order to share his digital expertise. Furthermore, he is also regularly asked to give specific lectures (e.g. to the broad senior management or CFO function) during inspirational events of organizations on the impact of digital technology.
For his digital and innovative work in the energy sector, he was named “Most Innovative Executive of the Netherlands” by CIO Magazine in 2019 due to the massive social impact it had. In 2018, he was named top 5 Dutch Digital Transformation Executives.
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AWS re:Invent 2018: Customer Journey w/ AWS Analytics to Drive Revenue & Retention PUT201
Sam Knowles is one of the most interesting and engaging speakers I have ever seen
"Sam Knowles is one of the most interesting and engaging speakers I have ever seen – Full Stop. I first had the pleasure of witnessing the wonder of Sam at the 2018 Media Research Group Conference in 2018 in Bratislava, where Sam was the keynote speaker. Sam captivated the attention of the audience and presented new ways of thinking about data and insight in a way which demonstrated how the theories could be applied and more importantly how be turned into actionable results."
“Since then, I have been a great fan of Sam's work, and after reading his fantastic publications Narrative by Numbers and How To Be Insightful, I reached out to Sam to ask if he would be interested in presenting his work to the membership of the IPA. Sam kindly obliged and delivered an incredibly popular webinar which drew on his previous works and talked of how agencies and brands alike could apply the thinking to navigate the unprecedented times we are living in during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. Needless to say, Sam's presentation was fantastic, evidenced by continued audience engagement throughout, so many audience requests and questions we couldn't answer them all due to time constraints and also the lowest audience drop off rate we have seen. The feedback from attendees was exceptional with one attendee stating that the webinar was 'mind altering' and 'completely changed the way they understood data and insight' and many others asking where they could see Sam present again as he was so good."
“The great thing about Sam is that he presents in such a great way that he makes what he presents so understandable and applicable for the audience he is presenting to. His speaking style is very engaging and his personality and enthusiasm make you feel like you are on a journey of discovery, while making sure you never feel lost or overwhelmed. As you can tell, we're huge fans of Sam and his work at the IPA and we very much hope to work with him again in the future. If you get the chance to see Sam speak, take it without hesitation – I can assure you, you won't be disappointed.”
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Kuldip Singh is a very high skilled (digital) business transformation leader.
"Kuldip Singh is a very high skilled (digital) business transformation leader. He is analytic and multi-dimensional thinker, inspiring and down to earth if it comes to plans>plan(ning)>execute>results.
Besides his deep knowledge of the various models and methodologies often used in this field, more important is that Kuldip has deep experiences build over the past years within those enterprise-wide change programs within Sanoma, Essent>Innogy>EON. He delivers and creates impact (value)! Kuldip is a great example of the new type of tech leaders with clear holistic view and vision in both local as international operating organizations. He has been a frequent guest on my CIO TV channel."
Where is Kuldip this year? I found your joint session last year the best session of the entire conference
"For the 2018 edition of our annual customer conference in Las Vegas, AWS re:Invent, I was on stage together with Kuldip, him being my customer back then. He delivered the major part of our session and talked about the digital innovation activities of his then employer. I can state that he delivered his part in a very engaging and entertaining manner. This is also reflected by the very high CSAT scores and other feedback we received from the audience. Based on this excellent performance, we asked Kuldip to present again at the AWS Summit in Berlin in early 2019. Again, he delivered a very engaging and entertaining talk and the CSAT scores were very high. His performance in Las Vegas in 2018 apparently left an impression in the audience: When I delivered a talk AWS re:Invent 2019, one year later than my joint session with Kuldip, someone from the audience asked me afterwards: “Where is Kuldip this year? I found your joint session last year the best session of the entire conference”."