Dr. Ben E. Kuzey Email & Phone Number

Amsterdam, Nh, Nl

Redmond, Washington, Us

Amersfoort, Nl

Leading the responsible AI and Analytics roadmap of FrieslandCampina (FC). Managing analytics teams of FC globally (approximately 40 people). These teams are Data science, PowerBI CoE, Analytics Service Management, SAP BW, and multiple analytics development teams per business domain (approximately 60 people) e.g. Finance, HR, Supply Chain, B2C, B2B, Corporate Affairs, and Sustainability. Some of my key work includes:* Creating the Responsible AI strategy of FC.* Creating the AI Governance and building the foundations of AI and Privacy board.* Navigating and leading the analytics teams globally after the global reorganisation turmoil.* Enabling more than 20M EUR value in (Generative) AI, Automation, and Analytics cases; shifting IT from a cost center to a value generation engine.* Training the key business leaders globally for the adoption of Generative AI.* Building the foundation of algorithmic decision making, shifting from insights based organisation to automated decision making. * Making AI and Automation a first class citizen in the enterprise roadmap of the biggest farmer cooperative in the world, FrieslandCampina.

Amersfoort, Nl

Leading data science and process excellence teams of FrieslandCampina (FC).Some of my key contributions are:* Delivering the first MLOps infrastructure of FC and the first AI use cases in production.* Creating first business value tracking framework at FC for analytics use cases.* Enabling more than 10M EUR business value via AI and Process mining use cases cases and more than 3M EUR realised value.* Educating key stakeholders and key business representatives in AI for successful adoption.* Hiring the first LLM scientist in the Netherlands.* First POCs of Generative AI

Amsterdam, North Holland, Nl

Member of Bitvavo strategic management team. Built the business analytics and data engineering teams of Bitvavo from scratch. Zero to 15 team members in 6 months. My key contributions include:* Developing (Data Mesh like) hybrid team topologies for ensuring self service analytics and data democratization. * Creating the Kafka based real time data infrastructure of Bitvavo.* Creating the Looker based real time reporting infrastructure of Bitvavo, shifting the intuition based decision making to data driven decision making.* Enabling and automating analytics based auditing for authorities.* Creating financial reconsolidating reporting infrastructure.* Fueling marketing and product development with web analytics.* Delivering AI use cases for Compliance and Fraud Detection.

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nl

Leading the digital analytics of Miele-X and leading the data integration & engineering, web analytics, conversion rate optimization, data visualization, data governance & management, and data security teams.My key contributions include:* Building the Data and Digital Analytics department from scratch.* Creating the Miele-X vision, culture, and strategy together with the managing director and the management board. * Developing the global digital strategy of the parent company Miele together with the strategy board. * Building the analytics infrastructure for eCom and marketing analytics of 52 Miele countries.* Delivering the first global analytics to track global marketing campaigns of Miele, shifting the intuition based decision making to data driven decision making.

Berlin, Be, De

Member of Global Competence Center for product, tech, and business intelligence. Building company vision and strategy.

Berlin, Be, De

Created the Business Intelligence & Analytics team from scratch. Managing the data transformation of the company.Leading my team, and the entire company in terms of business intelligence, data, data science, and analytics.Member of the OneFit Management Board.Building company strategy and vision.

München, Bayern, De

Strategic consultant to advise and implement data and analytics strategy at big corporations.

Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, De

Worked in strategic projects for cloud migration, data infrastructure, and digital transformation.

Wolfsburg, Niedersachsen, De

Conducted data science projects regarding customer analysis and customer intelligence.

Saarbrücken, Saarland, De

Managed and worked in projects in the fields of Data Mining, Data Analytics, NLP, and Machine Learning. The results of the projects were proper software and publications in top level conferences and journals.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Computer Science

Master'S Degree, Computer Science

Bachelor'S Degree, Educational/Instructional Technology