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Sudhi Ranjan Sinha
Sudhi Ranjan Sinha
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Sudhi Ranjan Sinha

Sudhi Sinha is a business leader with over 17 years of global experience in technology and general management. He started his career designing and developing database management systems and business intelligence systems. Currently, he is the Vice President for product development and engineering for Building Technology and Services in Johnson Controls. He is also responsible for several Big Data initiatives. He has worked in technology consulting, engineering, sales, strategy, operations, and P&L roles across US, Asia, and Europe. He has written extensively on various technical and management topics including applying Big Data to different aspects of business. Sudhi holds a degree in Production Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. He resides in Mumbai with his wife, Sohini who is an entrepreneur and a fashion designer.
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The Gold Coin approach


Gold Coin is a contained project that leverages the power of advanced analytics to create tangible value from data that may not have been tapped previously. A Gold Coin is usually an easily manageable sized project that has small but measurable value that grows over a period of time. The growth in economic value of a Gold Coin happens because of the higher appreciation of the benefits of the outcome from the project and/or greater adoption across your business. I was first introduced to the concept of Gold Coins by Mr. Howard is currently Senior Vice President of Innovation and Development at Allstate Insurance in US. Howard has spent decades in his career across various companies and industries identifying these small nuggets of value from data and analytics while striving for the larger benefits.

Gold Coins are a great way to rally organizational excitement and energy for a broader pursuit of data and analytics programs. There are a number of reasons for this:

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Sudhi Ranjan Sinha

Sudhi Sinha is a business leader with over 17 years of global experience in technology and general management. He started his career designing and developing database management systems and business intelligence systems. Currently, he is the Vice President for product development and engineering for Building Technology and Services in Johnson Controls. He is also responsible for several Big Data initiatives. He has worked in technology consulting, engineering, sales, strategy, operations, and P&L roles across US, Asia, and Europe. He has written extensively on various technical and management topics including applying Big Data to different aspects of business. Sudhi holds a degree in Production Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. He resides in Mumbai with his wife, Sohini who is an entrepreneur and a fashion designer.
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