As Chief Technology Officer at Capgemini, Sjoukje Zaal brings over 20 years of experience in architecture, development, and consultancy, with a strong focus on AI, data, and innovation. She also leads Capgemini’s architecture community in The Netherlands. As an international speaker, event organizer, and author, Sjoukje is passionate about driving thought leadership and advancing the future of technology.

Known as The Data Governance Coach, Nicola helps organisations understand and manage their data better. For over two decades she has helped organisations reduce costs and inefficiencies. Typically, people turn to her because their data is a mess and they need help unravelling it, or because they realise that new initiatives are failing because of poor quality data.

Wouter van Aerle is the founder and managing partner of Deltiq, with over 20 years of experience in data management and data governance solutions for leading companies and government organizations. He has worked as a lead consultant, architect, and trusted advisor.

Victor de Graaff began his career as a software engineer, but during his PhD research on Geosocial Recommender Systems, he discovered that learning from patterns is the most effective approach for generating quality recommendations. This insight led him into data science, where he developed impactful solutions for clients such as ING (fraud models), Heineken and Unilever (predictive models and promo optimizations), and Rijkswaterstaat (forecasting for asset management).

Suzanne Kraaij has almost 15 years of testing experience for a wide variety of clients and industries. Within Sogeti she is the guild leader of the BI & Testing Guild, and she is also a member of the testing community’s Core Team where she is responsible for the BI & Data testing portfolio.

Linda Terlouw is a versatile computer scientist with both technical and legal expertise. She obtained her degrees in Computer Science and Business Information Technology at the University of Twente. In 2009, she founded the company Icris, where she focuses on IT architecture, artificial intelligence, and data science.

Thomas is currently working in the Innovation Lab of the CJIB, where he studies the role of architecture in combination with social issues. As a partially self-employed entrepreneur, he enjoys sharing his knowledge and experience with others. His technical background, combined with the experience in BI and his commitment to social issues, resulted in the development of more and more architectural solutions.

Jos is the director of the Erasmus Data Collaboratory – House of AI, where data & AI come to life. The EDC is part of the Erasmus Centre for Data Analytics, in which Jos serves as a member of the management team.

Ron Tolido is an Executive Vice President, CTO and Master Architect of Capgemini’s Insights & Data global business line. He is the lead author of Capgemini’s ‘TechnoVision’ yearly trend series and the editor-in-chief of the ‘Data-powered Innovation Review’ magazine publications. He has served for a decade at The Open Group’s governance board.

Winfried is an accomplished professional with nearly 15 years of expertise in Data and Information Management. His career focuses on various critical areas such as Document & Content Management, Metadata Management, Data Governance, Organizational design for data teams, and Data & AI Strategy.