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Richard Benjamins is the data and artificial intelligence ambassador at Telefonica. Richard was named as one of the 100 most influential people in data-driven business (DataIQ 100). He is a frequent speaker at big data & analytics events and strategic advisor to BigML. He has held a number of big data management positions across Telefonica, working tirelessly to provide people with the ability to communicate using secure, state of the art technology. Richard is a scholar as well as a leader. He has published more than 100 scientific papers on artificial intelligence, knowledge-based systems, and the semantic web. A gifted communicator, he makes complex concepts easy to digest. He uses these skills in this episode to dissect the difficult ongoing challenges in the data sector.     [invitations_for_slack] Show Notes: 0.29 Background and career progression.   2.27 The evolution of data. 9.24 Are we ‘running before we can walk’ in regards to data? 12.54 Difficulties in determining the ROI of a data team