About the Authors

Lutz Finger is head of Social and Unstructured Data Analytics at LinkedIn. Lutz is co-founder and former CEO of Fisheye Analytics, a media data mining company. As an expert for data analytics he has supported various industries, from Brands such as Telefonica or the Daily Mail Group to the governments and NGO ’s such as the World Economic Forum and the Olympic Committee .

Before building up Fisheye Analytics, Lutz led Dell’s online merchandizing business in Europe. Lutz is an Intra/Entrepreneur by heart. He has successfully built up several businesses such as a new sales center for Dell in Germany, an incubator for mobile applications for Ericsson and a start up selling online individualized Cards.

Lutz has a Masters in Quantum Physics and an MBA from INSEAD. Currently he is writing a book on how to use data analytics within a business together with Soumitra Dutta.

Soumitra Dutta is the Roland Berger Chaired Professor of Business and Technology at INSEAD and the founding director of INSEAD eLab, a center of excellence in the digital economy. From 1 July 2012, he will join the Samuel Curtis Graduate School of Management at Cornell University as its 11th Dean. Professor Dutta obtained his Ph.D. in computer science and his M.Sc. in business administration from the University of California at Berkeley. His current research is on technology strategy and innovation at both corporate and national policy levels. Professor Dutta has authored and co-authored several books, ...

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