Ep 28: 66 Questions Data Leaders Unplugged: Aaron Wilkerson

The Data Strategy Show has been voted in the top 10 podcasts in 2022 by onlydatajobs and was voted in at number 11 in the top 40 strategy podcasts for 2022 by Feedspot. So, I wanted to say a HUGE BIG thank you to all the listeners out there for your support and I’m hugely excited about where the show will go in the future.

On today's show I'm delighted to have Aaron Wilkerson with me.

Aaron and I connected on LinkedIn approx. 3 years ago and what I loved about him was his curiosity. It’s something that has been with him for a long time ever since he was a child, he would take toys apart and then reassemble them with good and bad results. But what I found in our conversation was a man of faith and deep thinking.

Aaron is currently Sr. Manager Data Strategy & Governance at Carhartt the industrial clothing label that has now become quite the fashion in Europe! He enjoys collaborating with people to find out how he can best use his skills to help them be successful in what they are attempting to achieve. The common theme that is pervasive across his experiences is leveraging technology to drive value. Technology is such a powerful tool to bring about innovation and transform those who are able to interact with it.

He claims to be a professional nerd and lifelong learner and the mantra he believes in is this "If you want to increase your success rate, double your failure rate." A wordle fan and is fiercely competitive with his wife and Aaron I’m still waiting for those dashboards and analysis! Also a collector of T-shirts to remember his life from school, college, university and onwards!

I hope you enjoy this episode please do like, share, and comment, and enjoy listening to Aaron. Behind every data leader there is a person and here is Aaron unplugged.