EC Top 20: Democratising data science, empowering through data

Siddhartha Bhatia, Regional Vice President and General Manager, Middle East and Turkey, Dataiku.
Siddhartha Bhatia, Regional Vice President and General Manager, Middle East and Turkey, Dataiku.
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Dataiku DSS is one of the world’s leading AI and machine learning platforms, democratising access to data and enabling enterprises to build their own path to AI. Dataiku believes that those companies who succeed in deploying, and scaling AI will do so by ingraining a culture of working with data throughout the enterprise instead of siloing it into a specific team or role.

Dataiku provides one simple UI for data wrangling, mining, visualisation, machine learning, and deployment based on a collaborative and team-based user interface, accessible to anyone on a data team — from data scientist to beginner analyst — and therefore appeals to all organisations across a myriad of industries.

Dataiku provides one simple UI for data wrangling, mining, visualisation, machine learning

Dataiku allows enterprises to create value with their data in a human-centred way while breaking down silos and encouraging collaboration. One of the most unique characteristics of Dataiku’s product, Data Science Studio, DSS, is the breadth of its scope and the fact that it caters both to technical and non-technical users. Through DSS, Dataiku aim democratise data science and empower people through data.

Dataiku DSS is:

  • End-to-end with one simple UI for data wrangling, mining, visualisation, machine learning, deployment, and monitoring.
  • Collaborative, with a team-based user interface accessible to anyone on a data team, from data scientist to business analyst.
  • Operationally ready, with the ability to go from design to production smoothly.

At its core, Dataiku believes that in order to stay relevant in today’s changing world, companies need to harness Everyday AI as a widespread organisational asset instead of siloing it into a specific team or role. To make this vision a reality, Dataiku is the only platform on the market that provides one simple UI for the entire data pipeline, from data preparation and exploration to machine learning model building, deployment, monitoring, and everything in between.

Dataiku was built from the ground up to support usability in every step of the data pipeline and across all profiles — from data scientist and cloud architect to analyst. The commitment to openness and flexibility in Dataiku doesn’t stop there. Because each company’s path to Everyday AI looks different, Dataiku supports the creation of a spectrum of applications, whether that means building out a self-serve analytics platform or fully operationalised AI integrated with business processes.

Finally, Dataiku’s focus on project and customer success is the real difference. The company is committed to ensuring that customers achieve positive business outcomes through their engagement and interaction with Dataiku’s product, and their customer success team does this by interacting regularly with and understanding each individual enterprise’s unique needs.

TOP EXECUTIVE

In his role as Regional Vice President and General Manager for the Middle East and Turkey, Bhatia works strategically with data-driven public and private sector entities in the region that are committed to gathering data concerning all aspects of the business in an effort to make information-based decision-making a cornerstone of their competitive advantage.

Bhatia has been the driving force behind Dataiku’s tremendous success in the region. Under his stewardship, the company has quickly become the platform of choice for approximately 50 of the largest organisations in Middle East. Bhatia brings years of leadership, management and enterprise sales experience to his role, having worked exclusively in the Information Management and Analytics space with companies like IBM, Cloudera and Sybase SAP, prior to joining Dataiku in early 2020.

Bhatia has established himself as a prominent regional sales leader having consistently exceeded performance and budget goals by aligning field efforts with organisational objectives.  Under Bhatia’s stewardship, the Middle East has been one of Dataiku’s fastest growing regions for the past ten quarters with record breaking YoY increase in revenues. Having had to set up the Dataiku operations from scratch something he has done previously with other companies, Bhatia is especially proud of the high-performing, tech savvy and motivated team he has put together in region.

DREAM ROLE

Bhatia believes in executing strategies that produce results by leveraging a mix of visionary, strategic, technical, sales, operations and analytical expertise. He is passionate about leading and motivating by example and fostering an energetic, collaborative and democratic culture. According to him, effective leaders have major impacts on not only the team members they manage, but also their company as a whole. Employees who work under great leaders tend to be happier, more productive and more connected to their organisation – and this has a ripple effect that reaches the business’s bottom line.

ROLE MODEL

Bhatia draws inspiration from two well know Indian-American business executives – Pichai Sundararajan, better known as Sundar Pichai, who serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Alphabet and Satya Narayana Nadella, Executive Chairman and CEO of Microsoft. Bhatia goes on to say that dream roles are not as important as a dream team to execute your vision – with hard work, dedication and strategic planning and right people you can lead your team to success.

OFFLINE

A self-professed learner Bhatia enjoys participating in Leadership Forums and Start-Up workshops. When he is not hard at work, Bhatia can be found relaxing with his family or out on the golf course.

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