Daniela is a data professional with 10+ years hands-on experience in all things Data from Data Science, Analytics & BI to Data Strategy, Data / Metadata Management, Data Governance and Privacy. Beyond the technical skillset, she boasts a track record as a successful change agent leading change management initiatives, achieving stakeholder buy-in, and conducting training, communication, as well as process & role adoption for data transformation. Daniela is currently a Data Governance Manager at Zalando, where she drives efforts to achieve data governance-at-scale. Previously, Daniela led company-wide data governance and data science initiatives for industry leaders in the automotive, insurance and manufacturing sectors (Daimler, MetLife, Saint-Gobain).

Founded in 2008 in Berlin, Zalando SE today is a leading European online platform for fashion and lifestyle. Zalando connects customers, brands and partners in 25 countries. What started as a Berlin-based online shoe store in 2008 has transformed into a leading European online platform for fashion and lifestyle in just a few years. This achievement was enabled through great passion and the strong business sense of our team of around 16,000 talents from 140 countries.