Driven by Data: The Podcast

S4 | Ep 20 | Data Sharing: Improving the Data Consumer Experience with Anthony Cosgrove, Co-Founder at Harbr

Mar 19, 2024

In this episode, Anthony Cosgrove, Co-Founder at Harbr, discusses building a data platform, challenges of data sharing, importance of scalability, empathy in data assets, and the value of diversity and flexibility in data management.

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Data sharing enhances consumer experience through self-service capabilities and cost savings.

Starting with a product management mindset leads to automation, better experience, and cost savings.

Adapting to customer transitions to cloud databases offers flexibility, choice, and improved experience.

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Flexibility in Data Platform Usage

One customer, Moody's Analytics, effectively used a data platform to provide self-service capabilities to distribute data in data products to any environment, using any mechanism, changing formats on the fly. This approach resulted in cost savings and better customer experience by enabling customers to self-service the journey, bringing flexibility and choice to how they consume the data.

Customized Data Commerce Platform

01:28

Bridging the Gap for Data Value Realization

01:24

Value of Data Officers Lies in Simplifying Complex Data Diversity

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Starting with the end in mind for data products

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Introduction

2min

Professional Journey in Data Analytics and Risk Management at HSBC

6min

Exploring Harbor: Data Commerce, External Sharing, and Enterprise Data Marketplace

5min

Navigating Data Product Management Challenges

21min

Challenges and Evolution of Chief Data Officers in Data Management

4min

Navigating Data Diversity and User Base Challenges

18min

In Episode 20, of Season 4, of Driven by Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Anthony Cosgrove, Co-Founder at Harbr, where they discuss how data sharing is improving the data consumer experience, which includes;

Building a data platform in response to huge regulatory fines
Creating a business that exists to solve the challenges he had personally faced doing the job
Raising $50m to build Harbr
The three key use cases that people use the platform for
The challenges of data sharing and the implication on data democratisation
Why the consumer user journey is often missing
The importance of scalability and reusability
The lack of empathy between the people creating data assets and the people using them
The balancing act of value and control
The journey of data products, data as a product, product management and data mesh
Why data isn’t special - product management should be applied
Why language is important!
Why the number one challenge for CDO’s is complexity
Why you have to cross boundaries to get value from data
Why democratisation requires diversity, flexibility and choice
Why value comes from the user and the use case

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Driven by Data: The Podcast

S4 | Ep 20 | Data Sharing: Improving the Data Consumer Experience with Anthony Cosgrove, Co-Founder at Harbr

Episode guests

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Deep dives

Flexibility in Data Platform Usage

Starting with User-Centric Approach

Adapting to Cloud Transition

Empowering Product Teams with Collaboration

Starting at the End for Value Creation

Customized Data Commerce Platform

Bridging the Gap for Data Value Realization

Value of Data Officers Lies in Simplifying Complex Data Diversity

Starting with the end in mind for data products

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts