Yves Mulkers

7wData

7wData operates at the intersection of data strategy and digital thought leadership. As founder, I lead our dual-focus approach:

1. Data Strategy & Implementation
   • Data Management & Governance
   • AI Strategy & Deployment
   • Advanced Analytics & Insights
   • Enterprise Data Architecture

2. Digital Thought Leadership
   • Content Strategy for Tech Brands
   • Influencer Marketing in Data & AI
   • Industry Analysis & Trend Forecasting

Our unique position as both practitioners and industry analysts allows us to:
• Deliver vendor-neutral, future-proof strategies
• Provide insights based on hands-on experience and market trends
• Amplify our clients' voices in the crowded tech space

We guide organizations from data assessment to implementation, while simultaneously elevating their market presence. Our clients benefit from:
• Customized data roadmaps and digital marketing strategies
• Expertise in Data Strategy & Integration, Cloud and Digital Transformation
• Recognized thought leadership in tech and sustainability

Partner with 7wData to transform your data practices and digital presence. Let's build your data-driven future and amplify your market voice.
When you work with us, our firm provides exposure and visibility to niche omnichannel audiences and creates company-specific content to better market your brand. All numbers and information is provided so that you know how to best allocate your budget. We pride ourselves on honesty, transparency, and commitment to personal growth.

Founder

Data Strategy GuRu's Podcast

I help companies set up their data strategy and find out where they struggle. 
Struggle on technology level, process level, team set up, best practices, or need help in defining use cases and the vision of how data and technology can help your company become more competitive and the differentiator in your market? 

Typically we define a plan so your company can gradually evolve into THE company driven by data where I bring in more than 20 years expertise as a data management practitioner and a strong network with all major vendors and industry analysts in the data landscape. 

This networks allows me to stay on top of the newest development in dataland. 

We are supported by our tech research partner, with market research, case studies, white papers, workshops, best practices and industry benchmark reports. 
This unique position makes sure we give the best and the most practical advice to make your company more digital and data-driven.

Leading Data Strategist

7wData helps vendors creatively market their products through custom-tailored content creation best suited for each particular brand. 

Services include keynotes, live support, viewership and SEO reports, analytics, and high-frequency organic amplification to niche omnichannel audiences through authenticity and establishing authority and trust.

7wData consistently delivers hard numbers so that clients receive the most accurate information and know how to best allocate their content budget.

CREATIVE THOUGHT LEADER MARKETING AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS for B2B Tech Brands

Avoid the pitfalls you make when you start as a freelance and let us take away a lot of uncertainties when you do take the step.

Our Experience bundled in a practical, actionable plan for your success and earn those top rates!

BECOME THE #1 TECH FREELANCER MASTER CLASS

Data Architect for IDMP implementation

M-team

Business Intelligence Analyst

Colruyt Group

Philips

Data Management, Sector FP&A Healthcare, CoE Cross BMC

Immoweb

Data Expert

Essent

Business Intelligence Consultant

McKinsey New Ventures (part of McKinsey & Company)

Data Modeler & ETL expert

🎯 Who I Am:
I am a Data Strategist and Thought Leader in the realm of data and analytics. With a background in chemistry and operational industrial environments, I've navigated my way through various technical terrains—from the early days of Commodore 64 and database development to object-oriented programming. Today, I'm engrossed in the exciting advancements in data management, analytics, machine learning, Large Language Models and artificial intelligence.

📈 What I Do:
I specialize in helping digital marketers, particularly those working in fast-growing scale-ups, to drive business impact through data. As the Data Strategist at 7wData and host of the Data Strategy Guru's Podcast, I use my deep understanding of vendor and scale-up solutions to provide tailored advice. My holistic approach to architecture ensures that you make future-proof technology choices on your journey to becoming data-driven.

🔥 Why I'm Different:

Tech for Good Advocate: I believe in the power of technology to make the world a better place and am a vocal defender of tech for good.
Dual Proficiency: I excel at both the technical and strategic levels, offering a balanced viewpoint that few can.
Holistic View: I bring a comprehensive understanding of architecture, ensuring all pieces of your data puzzle fit together seamlessly.
Quick Learner: New tech excites me, and I quickly incorporate it into solutions for my clients.

🎙️ Content Creator:
Through my blog, 7wData, Newsletter (220k subscribers) and my podcast, I evangelize what you can do with data and how to do it. I engage in panel discussions, write articles, and amplify your company message, helping you achieve thought leadership, brand awareness, and lead generation.

🎧 Personal Interests:
In my downtime, you'll find me immersed in music or personal development and leadership books. I'm an omnivert, adapting my energy based on the people and situations around me.

🤝 Let's Connect:
If you're a digital marketer striving to make your brand data-driven and future-proof, struggling with budgets, or looking to extend your reach, let's talk. I turn Data Pains into Business Gains!

Feel free to reach out for collaborations, speaking engagements, or just a good ol' fashioned chat about the latest in data and tech.

SEW-EURODRIVE Belux

Digital Transformation Lead

SEW-EURODRIVE is one of the market leaders in electric drive systems in Belgium and Luxembourg. Our family owned parent company, SEW-EURODRIVE Germany, stands for movement, innovation, quality and service and this for more than 80 year!

We ensure the movement of countless conveyor belts, bottling plants, sports stadium roofs, assembly lines, escalators, your luggage at the airport,... Our customers are among the major industries such as machinery, internal logistics and distribution, chemical processes, automotive, steel, food and beverage, paper and wood processing.

Depending on the requirements of the industry, SEW-EURODRIVE offers individual solutions from the comprehensive modular concept with gear motors and frequency inverters to servo drive systems, decentralized drive systems, motion control and industrial gear units.

A broad range of services and offerings complete our portfolio, regardless of whether you require consultation, training, tools or resources.

Technology Leader Smart Factory

Assistancy

Websites, web applications and engineering. We are engineering and IT consultants. Passionate about building websites and web applications.

Owner

Rockwell Automation

Rockwell Automation is the world's largest company dedicated to industrial automation and information. In my role as Commercial Engineer I support the Account Managers with technical knowledge, in order to inform and support both new and existing customers. Area of operation is BeLux, with a close cooperation with the Netherlands. Technical expertise covers the whole range of Rockwell Automation products and services, and is applicable to OEM, SI and End User customers.

Commercial Engineer

Nedschroef

Nedschroef Machinery is specialist in the engineering of cold and warm metal forming machines for mass production of fasteners and parts, mainly for the automotive industry worldwide. In the role of R&D Project Manager I take lead in the design and validation of new, innovative machine concepts. We focus on servo driven systems combining high speed and accuracy that extend machine functionality by improved intelligence.

R&D Project Manager

KU Leuven

In the fascinating world of robotics and automation research, I worked with aerial manipulators for force-controlled manipulation tasks. Within a home-developed task-based framework, I carried out experiments (real and simulated) with a non-holonomic quadrotor helicopter system, allowing the vehicle to safely get in contact with it's environment for e.g. object picking and/or environment exploration. I also carried out numerous side-projects, e.g. time / energy optimal trajectory generation for quadrotors, also with other mobile robot systems, e.g. demonstrating a human - robot co-manipulation setup for object manipulation. All the work is validated through the participation in numerous international conferences.

Robotics Researcher

Driving the world! What does this mean? You can find our applications in countless production facilities, automated warehouses, airports,... and yes, also in amusement parks 😉.
SEW-Eurodrive is a hospitable family business originating in Germany in 1931 with more than 20,000 employees worldwide. 
In Belgium more then 75 experts are ready to find the best solution for your drive applications ⚙. Depending on the requirements of the industry, SEW-Eurodrive offers individual solutions, including automation applications and industrial gearboxes.

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