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Expert Level Certification

Data & AI Business Consulting

Become a Data & AI Business Consultant to guide organizations toward a holistic data & AI strategy.

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Certified with Data & AI Business Design Method

Why Should You Attend

✔ Prior certification in Data & AI Business Design is required. If you have not obtained it yet, you can learn more about the Data & AI Design Thinking Certification here.

✔ Acquire the necessary skills and tools to successfully consult with clients on data, analytics and AI projects. Here are the key skills you will obtain:

1. Understand various Data & AI Business Design Workshop Formats and Strategic Frameworks tailored to different client requirements.

2. Dive deep into the Data & AI Business Design Canvas, exploring components like the Strategy Pyramid, Value Chain, and Growth Horizons.

3. Improve your workshop facilitation skills including


✔ Convincing Customers: Learn how to articulate the necessity of a data and AI business design strategy to clients.
✔ Workshop Facilitation: Discover best practices for planning, organizing, and conducting data and AI business design workshops.
✔ Stakeholder Selection: Identify the right stakeholders which should participate in these workshops.
✔ Effective Moderation: Develop goal-oriented moderation techniques and master consensus-building within diverse groups.

4. Learn how to translate the workshop results into an implementation roadmap


✔Results Synthesis: Summarize the workshop results and translate them into actionable next steps.
✔Project Planning: Dive into project planning, calculating expected efforts for your data & AI use case.

Upcoming Certifications

Data & AI Business Consulting

📅16.09.2024 – 17.09.2024
📌Weilheim I. Ob.
🗣️In German

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Data & AI Business Consulting

📅31.01.2025 – 28.02.2025
📌Online
🗣️In English

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The 3 Components of Data & AI Business Design

Building Success with Datentreiber’s 3 Components

To maximize data impact, our Data & AI Business Design Method consists of three components:

  1. Business Understanding
  2. User Understanding
  3. Data Understanding

We believe that aligning these three components will lead to the successful transformation of your business model, processes, etc., resulting in long-term success and informed decisions.

Two-Day Agenda of Data & AI Business Consulting Expert Certification

What can you expect from our two-day schedule? Our certifications primarily involve a blend of method presentations, exploration of use cases, and practical exercises to help you master the Data & AI Business Design Method independently.

Below, you can explore the detailed agenda for the Data & AI Business Consulting Expert Certification.

  1. Lectures and Exercises: Each lecture or exercise lasts 45 minutes.
  2. Post-Training Assignment: Every participant will receive an assignment after the two-day training. This assignment aims to deepen their knowledge of the Data & AI Business Design Method. We will discuss this assignment in an additional 45-minute online session later on.

Day 1 (5 hours)

Module I – From Boardroom to Data: Translating Business Goals into a Data & AI Strategy

  • Lecture: Innovation cycle for data products.
  • Exercise: Illustrating a corporate strategy on the Strategy Pyramid Canvas.
  • Lecture: Ideation and prioritization of analytics use cases.
  • Exercise: Practicing prioritization with Growth Horizons and Priority Matrix,

Module II – Data & AI Business Design Bench: Explore Our Various Workshop Formats

  • Lecture: Overview of the Data & AI Business Design Bench
  • Exercise: Planning analytics projects with our Data & AI Business Design Bench
  • Lecture: Deep dive into each workshop format.
  • Exercise: How to select the right workshop format for my client’s request?

Day 2 (5 hours)

Module III – Data & AI Business Design Workshop Preparation

  • Lecture: The step-by-step guide to planning your workshop.
  • Exercise: Selecting the right stakeholders using the Stakeholder Analysis Canvas.
  • Lecture: Planning experiments from hypotheses, experiments, and findings.
  • Exercise: Prioritizing experiments with Priority Matrix Canvas & HELD.

Module IV – Data Business and Operations

  • Lecture: From use case to business case.
  • Exercise: Planning a workshop series.
  • Lecture: Overview of Data Operations and Data Organization.
  • Exercise: Based on participants’ needs, the Canvas for the exercise can be chosen by the participants.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are my key take aways from the certification?

You are a certified Data & AI Business Consultant.

Skilled to master the various workshop formats of our Data & AI Business Design Method.

You have acquired the skills necessary to prepare and facilitate successful workshops. Additionally:

  • Stakeholder Involvement: You understand whom to involve for specific data project requests.
  • Roadmap and Implementation: You are well-prepared to translate workshop results into a roadmap and next steps for implementation.
  • Able To Propose Additional Services: You know how to propose additional services such as coaching and expert involvement.

Furthermore, you qualify to join the Datentreiber community and can apply to become a Datentreiber expert. For more information, please refer to our step-by-step guide on becoming an expert.

What is the pricing of the certification?

Individual certification prices for

• Remote training: € 1.590
• Onsite training: € 1.990

Additionally, we offer following discounts:

If you have any questions, Do not hesitate to contact us here.

How to become a Datentreiber expert?

You are interested to join the Datentreiber community and want to become an expert?

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Other questions?

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For Whom Are Our Certifications? Experts In

Business (Marketing, Sales, Etc.)

Business (Marketing, Sales, etc.)

Innovation Management

Innovation
Management

Data Science, Analytics, AI

Data Science/ Analytics/ AI

Product Management

Product
Management

IT

IT

Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs

Meet our Trainers

Martin Szugat

Martin Szugat is passionate about driving informed decisions through data. He specializes in AI and data strategy, leveraging insights to create data-driven use cases, business models, and data products. His approach is informed by his own developed method called Data & AI Business Design, which draws inspiration from design thinking practices.

During his bioinformatic studies, Martin focused on research related to machine learning and data mining. Additionally, he has worked as a freelance author and IT consultant.

Since 2014, Martin has served as the program director at Machine Learning Week Europe (formerly known as Predictive Analytics World and Deep Learning World).

He also shares his knowledge as a lecturer at HWZ University and Steinbeis University, and as an instructor for LinkedIn Learning.

Furthermore, he co-owns Datentreiber, a consultancy that offers data strategy workshops, consulting services, and certifications, together with Georg Arens.

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Georg Arens

Georg Arens is a enthusiastic advocate for data-driven business and marketing. With a proven track record, he brings extensive experience in data strategy, informed business and marketing consulting, and project and program management. Georg has worked with prominent accounts such as Rewe Group, Vodafone, Eventim, and Douglas.

His expertise spans several key areas:

  • Business Intelligence: Georg excels in leveraging data to drive strategic decision-making.
  • Data Warehouse and Big Data Technology: He has a deep understanding of data infrastructure and analytics.
  • Marketing Analytics: Georg’s insights help optimize marketing campaigns and customer engagement.
  • Data Products: He develops innovative solutions that transform raw data into actionable insights.
  • Business Development: Georg’s strategic mindset contributes to organizational growth.

Georg Arens is also a co-founder of Datentreiber, alongside Martin Szugat. Datentreiber offers data strategy workshops, consulting services, and certifications.

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Proven Method

Data & AI Business Design

The method enables organizations to craft robust, lean data & AI strategies and develop impactful data & AI products.

The holistic approach ensures alignment with your business objectives. This method brings everything together in your data and AI strategy by considering user needs, available enterprise data, and evaluating future data requirements.

The Data & AI Business Design Method can help you:

✔ Develop internal analytics solutions

✔ Identify monetizeable AI use cases

✔ Automate processes using data-driven methods

✔ Conceptualize new data-driven products

✔ Plan data-driven business models

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Why Data-Driven Leaders Trust Us to Grow Professionally

Allianz
Nestlè
GfK
Kuehne+Nagel
Roche
Axel Springer

Thanks to the three Datentreiber courses: Data Strategy & Culture, Data Design Thinking, and Data Business Consulting, my colleagues and I now have very applicable tools and frameworks at hand to master  the ubiquitous ‘Hippo company’ (Highest Paid Person’s Opinion). Thank you for your great support so far!

Louise Karstens

Allianz
Head Digital Factory

Nestlé views employee development as a critical success factor for digital transformation within the company. During the two-day Datentreiber course on ‘Data-Powered Marketing,’ our employees learned how to strategically and operationally leverage data to identify relevant content, distribute it through the right channels, and optimally steer campaigns. Martin Szugat enthused the participants with numerous practical exercises and descriptive examples.

Sarah von Mitzlaff

Group Brand Manager
Nestlé Deutschland AG

As part of a several-month strategy project at the top management level, Martin Szugat from Datentreiber provided us with professional advice and actively supported us in identifying, evaluating, and prioritizing relevant business cases. His profound knowledge of the analytics industry and his structured approach significantly advanced the project.

Christian Waldheim

Global Director Strategy
GfK SE

Datentreiber accompanied our Sales Analytics Kick-Off. Together, in a data strategy workshop, we developed an analytics roadmap. The workshop was a complete success – Mr. Szugat managed to generate great momentum for the upcoming activities with his moderation experience and data design thinking approach, sharpen the focus for the upcoming analytics activities, and excite both the business and IT departments. We look forward to continuing our collaboration!

Felix Jacubasch

Senior Manager BI & Analytics
Kühne + Nagel (AG & Co.) KG

As a keynote speaker on the topic of Data Science, Martin Szugat was able to bring strong impulses into the organization within the context of ‘Data Thinking’, thus prominently advancing the topic of data during Roche’s digital transformation. Furthermore, Martin supports us successfully in developing a comprehensive, company-wide data strategy at Roche Diagnostics GmbH through workshop moderation, positioning the company for the future. Martin will continue to accompany us on this transformation journey.

Nadja Schaefer

Digital Transformation
Roche Diagnostics GmbH

Participating in the Datentreiber’s Data Thinking certification was a successful investment in my professional skills as a Data Scientist. With the help of the training, I can align my daily work more closely with the business model, objectives, the users, and the data landscape at Axel Springer. Furthermore, I have learned the tools to identify new analytical use cases from a user perspective and examine them for their business viability.

Justin Neumann

Data Scientist
Axel Springer SE

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Wolfgang AlbertWolfgang Albert
12:31 27 Sep 23
Very interesting topic and very well conveyed. The many experience reports and the exercises between the individual chapters round off the training perfectly.
Radu-Mihnea PandeaRadu-Mihnea Pandea
08:02 13 Jul 23
If you need top level education about Data Design and Data Strategy, this is the place to go to. Martin will guide you through all the topics in detail and share you his experience to make everything much more than just theory.
Dimitri VisnadiDimitri Visnadi
11:21 17 Feb 23
Hands-on data strategy. I highly enjoyed the Data Design Thinking training. Martin has a wealth of knowledge and you learn a lot during the sessions.
Sarah KuplichSarah Kuplich
11:56 23 Dec 22
Datentreiber's services far exceeded my expectations. The trainings not only fulfill the purpose, but are full of learning from real experiences, with practical exercises and many doubts answered. The entire team was always very kind and professional. I strongly recommend the services of this company.
Maximilian StolbergMaximilian Stolberg
20:24 22 Feb 22
Martin Szugat is a leader in Data Strategy Design & Data Literacy!
Michaela StauchMichaela Stauch
07:53 21 Jul 21
I took part in the data strategy beginners seminar in June. Martin answered all questions, always conveyed the content in a practical manner and structured the two days very well.I can highly recommend further training with data drivers!
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Have you successfully obtained certification as a Datentreiber Data & AI Business Consultant? Are you now looking to collaborate with Datentreiber?

Read below about the expert eligibility criteria and how you can apply.

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Needed Profile

  • Data Scientist, Data Strategist and Expert
  • Knowledge of data, analytics and AI
  • Track record in data, analytics & AI, transformation projects
  • Your client projects request expertise on data-driven business models, processes and data products

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Datentreiber Certified

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You Are Looking For

  • Are you interested in using Datentreiber’s Data and AI Business Design Method in your work? By joining, you will receive updates, additional materials, access to follow-up trainings and community meetings.
  • You want to prove your qualifications in data, analytics and AI projects?
  • You look for exchange with other data experts and want to collaborate with others in customer projects?
  • You like to attract new customers via Datentreiber?

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Apply As A Datentreiber Expert

  1. Application: Fill out your application here.
  2. Interview Invitation: After applying, you will be invited to a personal interview.
  3. Workshop and Feedback: Following the interview, eventually you will conduct a data and AI workshop for a client, followed by a feedback round.
  4. Mentoring and Support: Eventually, you will receive mentoring for your first projects, with support from Datentreiber and its network.

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Upcoming Events

  • Training Part 1

     18.10.2024

     10:00 - 15:00
  • Training Part 2

     25.10.2024

     10:00 - 15:00
  • Training Part 3

     08.11.2024

     10:00 - 15:00
  • Training Part 4

     15.11.2024

     10:00 - 15:00
  • Assignment Review

     22.11.2024

     10:00 - 11:30

Online Advanced Certification: Data & AI Design Thinking (In English)

Join Martin Szugat for a virtual training in English language, held on four Fridays from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Additionally, there will be a assignment session from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM. In this training, you will delve into data design thinking and explore practical strategies for effective business consulting. Martin Szugat, an experienced trainer, will guide you through interactive sessions, case studies, and hands-on exercises.

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  •  21.10.2024 - 22.10.2024

     09:00 - 17:00

Grundlagen-Zertifizierung: Data & AI Business Literacy (In Deutsch)

Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) und Datenkompetenz ermögliche strategische Planung, um Ihr Unternehmen und seine Prozesse zu transformieren, fundierte Entscheidungen zu treffen, Einblicke in Performancezahlen und zielorientierte Analysen durchzuführen.

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  • Training Part 1

     31.01.2025

     10:00 - 15:00
  • Training Part 2

     07.02.2025

     10:00 - 15:00
  • Training Part 3

     14.02.2025

     10:00 - 15:00
  • Training Part 4

     21.02.2025

     10:00 - 15:00
  • Assignment Review

     28.02.2025

     10:00 - 11:30

Online Expert Certification: Data & AI Business Consulting (In English)

With Data Strategy Design to data-driven business models Join Martin Szugat for a virtual training in English language, held on four Fridays from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Additionally, there will be an assignment session from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM. In this training, you will learn the tools and methods that enable you, as a data strategy consultant, to provide your customers with comprehensive and well-founded support on their way to a data-driven business. As a certified data strategy consultant, you will become part of the successful Datentreiber network and benefit from customer requests for consulting projects and data strategy workshops.

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