Yves Mulkers

🎯 Who I Am:
I am a Data Strategist and Thought Leader in the realm of data and analytics. With a background in chemistry and operational industrial environments, I've navigated my way through various technical terrains—from the early days of Commodore 64 and database development to object-oriented programming. Today, I'm engrossed in the exciting advancements in data management, analytics, machine learning, Large Language Models and artificial intelligence.

📈 What I Do:
I specialize in helping digital marketers, particularly those working in fast-growing scale-ups, to drive business impact through data. As the Data Strategist at 7wData and host of the Data Strategy Guru's Podcast, I use my deep understanding of vendor and scale-up solutions to provide tailored advice. My holistic approach to architecture ensures that you make future-proof technology choices on your journey to becoming data-driven.

🔥 Why I'm Different:

Tech for Good Advocate: I believe in the power of technology to make the world a better place and am a vocal defender of tech for good.
Dual Proficiency: I excel at both the technical and strategic levels, offering a balanced viewpoint that few can.
Holistic View: I bring a comprehensive understanding of architecture, ensuring all pieces of your data puzzle fit together seamlessly.
Quick Learner: New tech excites me, and I quickly incorporate it into solutions for my clients.

🎙️ Content Creator:
Through my blog, 7wData, Newsletter (220k subscribers) and my podcast, I evangelize what you can do with data and how to do it. I engage in panel discussions, write articles, and amplify your company message, helping you achieve thought leadership, brand awareness, and lead generation.

🎧 Personal Interests:
In my downtime, you'll find me immersed in music or personal development and leadership books. I'm an omnivert, adapting my energy based on the people and situations around me.

🤝 Let's Connect:
If you're a digital marketer striving to make your brand data-driven and future-proof, struggling with budgets, or looking to extend your reach, let's talk. I turn Data Pains into Business Gains!

Feel free to reach out for collaborations, speaking engagements, or just a good ol' fashioned chat about the latest in data and tech.

CREATIVE THOUGHT LEADER MARKETING AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS for B2B Tech Brands

7wData helps vendors creatively market their products through custom-tailored content creation best suited for each particular brand. 

Services include keynotes, live support, viewership and SEO reports, analytics, and high-frequency organic amplification to niche omnichannel audiences through authenticity and establishing authority and trust.

7wData consistently delivers hard numbers so that clients receive the most accurate information and know how to best allocate their content budget.

NOAX Consulting

iNnovative and Operational Art of Excellence (NOAX) helps business leaders provide leading-edge services, create unique digital experiences and run high-performing teams. This requires capabilities and IT solutions to produce high-quality data, to streamline business processes and to build agile organizations. With 15+ years of relevant experience, the NOAX team of senior consultants is equipped to support organizations in their transition journey towards operational excellence and embrace new technologies.

Owner

FAVV-AFSCA

As a member of the Data Advisory Board, I'm in charge of:   
- Data quality assessments: This involves analysing data to identify current data quality issues
- Developing standards and conventions to ensure data consistency
- Supporting data cleansing where necessary  
- Putting in place rules to check that data complies with defined rules and constraints, such as data protection regulations
- Supporting the organisation in populating the data dictionary: establish the metadata management framework to make it easier to understand and use the data
- Help setting up monitoring mechanisms to detect data quality problems over time
- Training and educating members of the organisation on the importance of data quality to encourage a data quality culture

Data Architect in Data Quality & Data Governance

Edenred

In charge of assessing data governance maturity at Edenred and propose a 3-year roadmap to increase data quality.

Senior Data Consultant Strategy & Marketing

Fost Plus

Roll-out a Project Management Office (PMO) in Fost Plus to improve projects delivery and value creation.
- Building up from scratch a PMO, including defining: strategy, methodology and governance. And embed PMO in the organization.
- Defining the IT requirements to support the introduction of a portfolio funnel within Fost Plus, using the latest version of Microsoft Project Online
- Partnering in developing stakeholder dashboards in Power BI.

Project Portfolio Manager

amfori - Trade with Purpose

Develop a data strategy for amfori.
Responsibilities:
-	Analyzing and incorporating all aspects of data management, including discussions and workshops with employees from data management roles and other roles across all IT functions
-	Ensure best methods in data quality are in place or amended for the organisation
-	Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to identify objectives for future adjustments to data strategy

Data Strategy Consultant

Proximus

Supporting business in onboarding MVNOs to Proximus networks.

Senior Project Manager Architecture, Data & Strategy

Galloo

Developing the ETL strategy for customer data migration to SAP S/4HANA.

Data Migration Consultant

Lhoist

My mission: Harmonize global Lhoist best practices in Sales & Logistics
The vision: Achieve Sales Excellence through 1st-time-right principle in order to automate Quote-to-Cash (QTC) process 
My primary focus:
- Develop a Sales reference model to converge to a globally harmonized QTC process
- Animate a global QTC Experts network to exchange on best practices
- Liaise with Lhoist Business Leaders to define roadmap for implementing best practices in Sales
- Define a perfect order metric to steer continuous improvement in Sales
- Introduce new features and tools in collaboration with Lhoist Global IT

Sales Excellence Program Manager

Brady Corporation

Key individual accountabilities are:
- Institutionalize product data quality throughout the corporation via the definition and implementation of a MDM framework
- Steer a team of Data Stewards covering all geographies and business units
- Accountable for master data process improvements
- Report metrics to MD Executive Sponsors and Data Governance Council
- Ensure overall compliance with corporate Master Data Policies
- Remain current with MD best practices and develops annual improvement plans
- Privileged IT stakeholder to solidify Brady's data models
- Develop and defend business cases for master data solutions

Corporate Master Data Governance Program Manager

As European Master Data Manager at Brady I'm responsible for the development, formulation and implementation of Master Data concepts, strategies and programs to support the needs and goals of the European Brady Businesses, such as: improve safety, exceed quality and delivery expectations, reduce operating costs, reduce inventory, realize growth, and drive overall productivity.

As the Master Data driving force I'm engaging, influencing, training and mentoring people at all levels throughout the EU organization in Brady Business Performance Systems (BBPS) core skills and tools (Process mapping, Problem Solving Techniques, …) concerning Master Data interactions, challenges and opportunities.
I'm educating, mentoring and providing guidance to local Master Data Managers throughout the EU region in order to realize the higher productivity, waste reduction initiatives and appropriate governance principles.

Being result oriented I'm identifying measurable KPI’s and communicate achieved Master Data improvements through the completion of successful projects.

EMEA Master Data Manager

Accenture

Delivering SAP projects in time, on budget and against value. (Modules SD-MM-LE-PP-FI-CO-VIM)

Project Manager

🫵 Impossible is temporary! (M. Ali)

🗣️ I’m expert in optimizing your business process performance to shape a better and sustainable future.

👨🏻‍💻 Lately, I’ve been focusing on transforming data chaos into business value. I believe data serve only one purpose: to contribute to every organisation’s objectives.

💡 Do you seek for advice on getting Data Governance right?

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