Data tells stories – when understood in the right context. However, it often remains just "stuff" that we cannot use meaningfully. Data Engine Thinking aims to change this: It's about developing data solutions that are flexible, robust, and adaptable – just like the requirements that challenge businesses daily.

In this presentation, we'll accompany FastChangeCo on their journey from inflexible and siloed data platforms to a true Data Engine that adapts to changing business requirements. We'll show practical ways to design solutions that not only solve real problems but also evolve with change.

Whether it's automation, contextual understanding, or the integration of modern frameworks: Data Engine Thinking covers the most important building blocks of a future-proof data solution. The approach is practical, adaptable, and designed to get the maximum out of data – so companies can not only keep pace with their data but truly accelerate.

Dirk Lerner is an experienced independent consultant and managing director of TEDAMOH. He is considered a global expert on BI architectures, data modeling and temporal data. Dirk advocates flexible, lean, and easily extendable data warehouse architectures.

Through the TEDAMOH Academy, Dirk mentors, coaches and trains in the areas of data solutions, temporal data, data modeling certification, data modeling in general, and on Data Vault in particular.

As a pioneer for Data Vault and FCO-IM in Germany he wrote various publications, is a highly acclaimed international speaker at conferences and author of the TEDAMOH-blog and Co-Author of the book ‘Data Engine Thinking’.