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India Is Our Data Science Hub
Businessworld
|August 19, 2017
Guillaume Bacuvier, chief executive officer (global), dunnhumby, the world’s largest customer science company, tells Ashish Sinha that the India office was a key enabler for its global business. Excerpts of the conversation:
Q: What is dunnhumby’s current role in India?
Our India team is a key enabler for a global dunnhumby. India is our data science hub with strong talent pipeline in data engineering, science and development coupled with innovation, agility and flexibility. The team is playing a vital role for numerous clients across the world at different stages of their journey. India is the only dunnhumby office that serves all our retail partners around the world.
Q: How do you see India as a business destination for analytics and data science?
This story is from the August 19, 2017 edition of Businessworld.
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