Haroon Kanth

country head of Teradata

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Haroon Kanth is the Country Head of Teradata. He has said he has been involved with the tech sector for about 20 years. He has described a Teradata graduate program that invested in fresh graduates for a year, and has called himself a big advocate of enablement.

Career

Haroon Kanth is Country Head of Teradata. He has said he has been involved with the tech sector for about 20 years. [1]

Teradata

Kanth has said Teradata ran a graduate program that invested in fresh graduates for a year. He has said he is a big advocate of enablement. [1]

Work with government and industry

Kanth has said his side was engaged with a part of the organization of the Government of Pakistan. He has said an organization within the Government of Pakistan was set up to leapfrog the government and its organizations into a technology era. He has also said an IT department is an enabler of the other departments, and that Turkey learned from Pakistan's tax system. [1]

Kanth has said his side analysed phone behaviour data from a Pakistani telco. [1]

Data analysis

Kanth has said his side took up an infectious lung disease. He has said his side took information from the World Bank, the WHO or the CDC. He has described measuring the number of deaths per 100,000 or per million of population, and has said a ratio is what should be measured, rather than a raw figure such as 1 lakh. He has said the number of people identified as positive is directly proportional to the number of tests that were done. [1]

Kanth has said that where the median age group was under 30, in fact under 28, the spread and the mortality rate were comparatively lower. He has said his side strongly recommended against a lockdown. He has said he was glad the government chose not to impose lockdowns, and that he is not in favour of the mini lockdowns the government introduced. [1]

Kanth has said his side could not make the work public because the company was not projecting it and it was their own individual effort. He has said machine learning and AI were not needed, because it was basic information. [1]

Views on data and technology

Kanth has said data systems and the information they produce become an enabler for humans to make the right decisions. He has described artificial intelligence as arising once a system begins to take action on its own on that basis. He has said he has sat in a Tesla cruising on a highway with no hands on the wheel. He has said the United Arab Emirates is one of the most advanced nations in using data, and that all of this requires a global partnership. [1]

Kanth has said the use of data needs proper responsibility, which he calls data governance. He has said analysts should rely on globally accepted industry KPIs. He has described a direction toward technology being one of the key enablers, using data and analytics to make smart decisions. [1]

Views on Pakistan

Kanth has said that even if that did not achieve anything, it mainstreamed the idea of a Digital Pakistan. [1]

Kanth has said grooming an individual starts between the ages of 5 and 15. He has said his side did not want to focus on one university and wanted to build an ecosystem of all universities and individuals. He has said the companies that existed also did not invest with those universities. He has said there is an option to become a citizen of another country while keeping the citizenship of one's own country, and that there is a huge market out there for Pakistani talent. [1]

Kanth has said Pakistan's data privacy act is under consideration. He has said he is looking at a huge push that is coming from the industry itself. He has said IT is now an industry in its own right, no longer part of ICT or telecom. He has said that technology zones, policies and privacy acts should be in place. [1]

Appearances

DateTitleWhere
2020-12-11 Information is the real currency in a data-driven world Thought Behind Things

Frequently asked questions

Who is Haroon Kanth?

Haroon Kanth is the Country Head of Teradata. He has said he has been involved with the tech sector for about 20 years.[1]

What does Haroon Kanth do?

Haroon Kanth is Country Head of Teradata. He has said he is a big advocate of enablement.[1]

How long has Haroon Kanth worked in technology?

Haroon Kanth has said he has been involved with the tech sector for about 20 years. He is currently Country Head of Teradata.[1]

What is Haroon Kanth's view on data governance?

Haroon Kanth has said the use of data needs proper responsibility, which he calls data governance. He has also said analysts should rely on globally accepted industry KPIs.[1]

What has Haroon Kanth said about the Teradata graduate program?

Haroon Kanth has said Teradata ran a graduate program that invested in fresh graduates for a year. He has said he is a big advocate of enablement.[1]

What has Haroon Kanth said about Pakistan's data privacy act?

Haroon Kanth has said Pakistan's data privacy act is under consideration. He has also said that technology zones, policies and privacy acts should be in place.[1]

What does Haroon Kanth say about Pakistani talent?

Haroon Kanth has said there is a huge market out there for Pakistani talent. He has also said there is an option to become a citizen of another country while keeping the citizenship of one's own country.[1]

References

  1. Information is the real currency in a data-driven world . Thought Behind Things , 2020-12-11.
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  1. Haroon Kanth is Country Head of Teradata. In conversation with Haroon Kanth, Country Head of Teradata
  2. Haroon has said he has been involved with the tech sector for about 20 years. as a person who's been involved with tech sector for the last 20 years
  3. Haroon has said he has sat in a Tesla cruising on a highway with no hands on the wheel. I have sat in a car in Tesla where we were cruising on a highway and no hands on the wheel.
  4. Haroon has said data systems and the information they produce become an enabler for humans to make the right decisions. these systems and this information that comes becomes an enabler. And it becomes an enabler for the humans to make the right decisions.
  5. Haroon has described artificial intelligence as arising once a system begins to take action on its own on that basis. Ab uski basis ke upar woh khud action lena shuru ho gaya, toh hum kehte hain ji artificial intelligence ban gayi hai.
  6. Haroon has said the United Arab Emirates is one of the most advanced nations in using data. Look at UAE, one of the most advanced nations when it comes to using data again.
  7. Haroon has said Pakistan has not been able to launch itself onto the data platform journey. Pakistan jo hai unfortunately has not been able to launch itself onto that platform, onto that journey.
  8. Haroon has said he is not the right person to comment on Pakistan's bureaucratic and political structure. since I'm not too much into the bureaucratic and the political structure of Pakistan so I I'm not the right person to comment on it.
  9. Haroon has said Nadra was way ahead of its time. Nadra was way ahead of its time at that time.
  10. Haroon has said all of this requires a global partnership. all of this requires a global partnership
  11. Haroon has said his side was engaged with a part of the organization of the Government of Pakistan. we were engaged with a very interesting part of the organization of the Government of Pakistan which was called the Electronic Government Directorate.
  12. Haroon has said an organization within the Government of Pakistan was set up to leapfrog the government and its organizations into a technology era. Electronic Government Directorate was an organization set up to leapfrog the Government of Pakistan and its organizations into a technology era.
  13. Haroon has said an IT department is an enabler of the other departments. IT department is an enabler of the rest of the departments.
  14. Haroon has said Turkey learned from Pakistan's tax system. Turkey was one of those countries which actually learned from the Pakistan's uh tax system.
  15. Haroon has said that even if it did not achieve anything, it mainstreamed the idea of a Digital Pakistan. even if that didn't achieve anything, it mainstreamed the idea of a Digital Pakistan
  16. Haroon has said his side took up an infectious lung disease. Humne lungs ki bimari uthayi jo ki infectious bimari hai.
  17. Haroon has said his side took information from the World Bank, the WHO or the CDC. Ya humne World Bank ke information se uthaya, ya humne WHO se uthaya, ya humne yeh uh jo CDC hai
  18. Haroon has described measuring the number of deaths per 100,000 or per million of population. number of deaths per either 100,000 of population Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. and number of deaths per either a million of population.
  19. Haroon has said the number of people identified as positive is directly proportional to the number of tests that were done. Because the number of people who were identified as positive is directly proportional to the number of tests that were done.
  20. Haroon has said that where the median age group was under 30, in fact under 28, the spread and the mortality rate were comparatively lower. Jahan par median age group under 30 tha, in fact under 28 tha, wahan pe iska phailao, wahan pe mortality rate jo tha, woh comparatively kam tha
  21. Haroon has said his side strongly recommended against a lockdown. us waqt hum ne bada strongly uh recommend kiya tha ki lockdown nahi hona chahiye
  22. Haroon has said he was glad the government chose not to impose lockdowns. I was glad that the government uh took the right decision of not doing a lockdowns.
  23. Haroon has said he is not in favour of the mini lockdowns the government introduced. They did introduce mini lockdowns which to be honest, I am not in favor of
  24. Haroon has said his side could not make the work public because the company was not projecting it and it was their own individual effort. we could not make it public because it was our company wasn't projecting it, it was our own individual efforts.
  25. Haroon has said machine learning and AI were not needed, because it was basic information. Machine learning, AI nahi lag rahi. Yeh toh basic information hai.
  26. Haroon has said a ratio is what should be measured, rather than a raw figure such as 1 lakh. That is a ratio that you would measure. Not that ki ji 1 lakh ho gaya.
  27. Haroon has said analysts should rely on globally accepted industry KPIs. jo jo globally accepted industry uh KPIs hote hain, hamesha unke upar jana chahiye
  28. Haroon has said the use of data needs proper responsibility, which he calls data governance. the use of data has to be through a proper responsibility. Right. Aur isko hum kehte hain data governance
  29. Haroon has said his side analysed phone behaviour data from a Pakistani telco. with one of the companies in Pakistan, uh, telco companies in Pakistan. We analyzed their phone behaviors.
  30. Haroon has said Pakistan's security profile was so negative that few wanted to bring business into the country. So the country's security profile was so negative Right. that uh nobody wanted to bring business into Pakistan.
  31. Haroon has said grooming an individual starts between the ages of 5 and 15. The age between 5 and 15, that's where you start grooming an individual
  32. Haroon has said there is an option to become a citizen of another country while keeping the citizenship of one's own country. an option Hmm. to become a citizen of some other country while having a citizenship of your own country.
  33. Haroon has said there is a huge market out there for Pakistani talent. And there is a huge market out there for Pakistani talent.
  34. Haroon has said the companies that existed also did not invest with those universities. Aur jo hamare paas companies thin, un companies ne bhi nahi invest kiya un universities ke sath.
  35. Haroon has said Teradata ran a graduate program that invested in fresh graduates for a year. we had this graduate program. Absolutely. Which was all about enabling uh our fresh grads. So we invest on those people for a year
  36. Haroon has said his side did not want to focus on one university and wanted to build an ecosystem of all universities and individuals. We said we don't want to focus on one university. We want to build up a, you know, ecosystem of all universities and individuals.
  37. Haroon has said he is a big advocate of enablement. Aur main I am a big advocate of enablement.
  38. Haroon has said Pakistan's data privacy act is under consideration. government of Pakistan ke paas ek data privacy act hai uh jo ke is waqt under consideration hai.
  39. Haroon has said he is looking at a huge push that is coming from the industry itself. I am looking at a huge push that is coming from the industry itself.
  40. Haroon has said IT is now an industry in its own right, no longer part of ICT or telecom. Technology, IT is now an industry. It is no longer a part of ICT uh or or part of telecom and stuff.
  41. Haroon has said that technology zones, policies and privacy acts should be in place. aapke paas technology zones hone chahiye, aapke paas woh policies honi chahiye, aapke paas uh privacy acts hone chahiye.
  42. Haroon has described a direction toward technology being one of the key enablers, using data and analytics to make smart decisions. towards technology being one of the key enablers, using data and analytics to make smart decisions.