Dan Barlow

Group CEO at Kagool - Everything SAP and AI for complex Enterprises

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

About

Experienced leader in Data Delivery for global organisations providing direction and expertise in the full life-cycle from Strategy & Governance, Data Design, Migration/Integration/MDM through to Reporting/Analytics and Big Data Services including AI & Machine Learning. Most orgsanisations are not green field sites, therefore retrofitting the latest tech into an existing landscape can be extremely challenging...it cannot be denied that more enterprise projects fail than what succeed! - Dan & his team provide the experience and pragmatism to help shape realistically achievable outcomes for programme success.

Experience

  • Kagool (22 yrs 7 mos)
    • CEO
      Apr 2004 - Present · 22 yrs 6 mos

    • Director
      Mar 2004 - Oct 2021 · 17 yrs 8 mos

      Providing IT Consultancy to enterprise clients across the United Kingdom on some of the largest IT projects in Europe: -> Jaguar LandRover - SAP P2P, MM, O2C, PM, PP, MP&L, EWM, QM, SRM, MDM, FICO, SCN, APO, HCM, SDS -> Kraft Foods - Cadbury Olympic Sponsorship -> Capita - SAP CRM, MDM, EPM, BODI,SDS, SCR implementation -> Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank -> The Legal Complaints Service -> The Law Society -> The Inland Revenue

  • Director at Experience Technologies Group
    Feb 2015 - Present · 11 yrs 8 mos

    Providing leading edge customer engagement and management solutions for enterprise organisations. Helping organisations understand where their quality failings are by developing innovative solutions increasing consumer participation through engagement, feedback & surveys. From mobile app development to social media data integration with your sCRM systems and Insight databases. Identifying Facebook, Twitter and Youtube users that interact with Campaign content, and then matching them with sCRM systems, SMS and other campaign management systems creating a holistic Single Consumer View across digital channels. Helping organisations gain actionable Insight through opportunities identified across digital channels and more!

  • Data Capability Lead - Global SAP Portfolio at Jaguar Land Rover
    Mar 2013 - Sep 2018 · 5 yrs 7 mos

    Responsible for leading the Data Strategy & Delivery covering the Global SAP portfolio Programmes including: - Global Warranty Solution 3billion record migration - Global New Manufacturing Site Implementations - Global Master Data Management Solution - Developed & Rolled Out of Master Data Management/Enrichment Status Dashboard solutions (ECC,SRM,EWM,MES (SAP/GE),APO,SDS) - Developed & Rolled Out Landscape Data Quality Profiling Dashboard Solution for Master & Transactional Data Issue Status Reporting (Full SAP system landscape & non-SAP) - Managing the Data Migration of >1bn records into the SAP Estate from legacy - Rolled out an interactive BOM validation solution utilising BODS - Developed & Rolled out an E2E Supply Chain Scheduling & Logistics health status dashboard for complex customised scenarios (eg Brazil) - Supported, Controlled and turned around failing data activities on multiple complex, distressed programmes. - Migrated into and out of most SAP Modules/Systems: FICO, P2P, O2C, HCM, OM, PP, MES, SD, EWM, APO, Leading a team of 25 very talented technical data resources pushing the Data Management capabilities of SDS/BODS to the limits and achieving unrivalled results across the industry to support the challenging growth aspirations of the client.

  • Director at Experience Kiosks Ltd
    Jul 2009 - Sep 2018 · 9 yrs 3 mos

  • Data Manager at Kraft Foods
    Jun 2011 - Oct 2012 · 1 yr 5 mos

    Supporting the data challenges of the Cadbury sponsorship of the London 2012 Olympics. Managed the creation of a Digital Consumer Insights Big Data solution aggregating data from multiple campaign sources, sCRM, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Agencies and others. - Created a Single Consumer Record (SCR) across all digital channels by aggregating the digital traces left behind after interaction, enabling behavioural analysis to take place ie: -> what are consumers doing; -> through which channels; -> when are they doing it; -> where they are interacting (Geographic); -> who they are (Demographics); and -> and what drove them to engage initially (Call to Action) - Designed & managed the creation of an integrated landscape of 7 disparate systems developed by several third party suppliers. - Generated large amounts of Insights on the behaviour of consumers that engage directly and indirectly with campaigns, influencing how brand managers engage with their consumer base. - Implemented a Qlikview visualisation layer to represent the consumer/campaign Insights data