About Ryan den Rooijen
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I am a seasoned executive with deep expertise in unlocking profitable growth through digital transformation and artificial intelligence. I have advised more than a hundred organisations on how the right blend of technical and commercial leadership can deliver a meaningful competitive advantage. Currently, I am advising private equity on operational improvement through technology.
Until recently, I was the Chief Strategy Officer of Appsbroker CTS, the largest Google Cloud consultancy in EMEA, where I helped organisations step change their operations through innovative technologies such as generative AI. Before that, I was the Chief Ecommerce Officer of the Middle East's largest luxury retailer, after serving on the executive team as their Chief Data Officer.
Previously, at Dyson, I was the Director of Data, where I worked on topics as diverse as machine learning for digital motor manufacturing and advanced automotive analytics. At Google, I led the development of the global sales analyst curriculum (later Analytical Academy) after and many executive summits and years uncovering new ways of deriving insights from Google's data.
I have been named one of the top 100 people in data-driven business, top 50 data innovators, and top 10 data futurists. My surname is pronounced "Roy-yen". Start-ups I have invested in include Uncrowd, Omni, Flexa, and Chimnie.
Selected Online Resources
- GenAI in Financial Services: 2024 as the Year of Transformation? (April 2024)
- Panel: Amplify Your Advantage (February 2024)
- Predictions for Manufacturing Digital (December 2024)
- Remarkable Retail Podcast (April 2023)
- Fast Company Article (Jan 2023)
- Future of Retail Interview by TikTok (Sep 2022)
- Data Leadership Collaborative Article (Jan 2022)
- Images Retail Middle East Interview (Apr 2021)
- Harper's Bazaar Article (Jan 2021)
- AI Everything: AI Adoption Panel Discussion (Jun 2020)
- Data Conversations Over Coffee (Jun 2020)
- Oxford Internet Institute Alumni Profile (Oct 2019)
- Data Leaders Interview (Jul 2018)
- Customer Insight Leaders (Apr 2018)
- Hub and Spoken: Putting your Data Strategy into Action (Mar 2018)
- Leading Change in a Company as the Head of Data (Mar 2018)
- DataIQ (Feb 2018)
- DataIQ (Jan 2018)
- Forbes (Mar 2017)
- Top Tips for Data Storytelling (Jan 2016)
What I Write
My writing generally falls into five categories:
- Artificial Intelligence
- Data & Analytics
- Digital Transformation
- Ecommerce & Omnichannel
- People & Culture
You can find all the posts I have written here.
If you made it this far, congratulations! Have a link to my Spotify playlist :)
— Ryan