A Data-Driven Company

Richard Benjamins is Chief AI & Data Strategist at Telefonica. He was named one of the 100 most influential people in data-driven business (DataIQ 100, 2018). He is also co-founder and Vice President of the Spanish Observatory for Ethical and Social Impacts of AI (OdiseIA). He was Group Chief Data Officer at AXA, and before that spent a decade in big data and analytics executive positions at Telefonica. He is an expert to the European Parliament's AI Observatory (EPAIO), a frequent speaker at AI events, and strategic advisor to several start-ups. He also was a member of the European Commission's B2G data-sharing Expert Group and founder of Telefonica's Big Data for Social Good department. He holds a PhD in Cognitive Science, published over 100 scientific articles, and is author of the books The Myth of the Algorithm: Tales and Truths of Artificial Intelligence (Spanish) and A Data-Driven Company. He is Dutch and resides in Madrid, Spain.