Fireside Chat with Rick Bauerly, Granite Partners
In this fireside chat, Mohammed Aaser, Chief Strategy Officer of Domo, interviews Rick Bauerly, CEO of Granite Partners, about his company's unique long-term investment approach, where they buy and hold private companies indefinitely to foster sustainable growth and innovation. Granite emphasizes well-being for all stakeholders and has achieved impressive growth, outperforming the S&P 500 over 24 years. Their digital transformation, powered by tools like Domo and NetSuite, enables data-driven improvements in manufacturing, including demand forecasting, pricing, and production scheduling. Rick also highlights the importance of developing data skills among employees to sustain their data-driven culture and growth.
Mohammed Aaser is Domo's chief strategy officer, where he helps Domo and its customers build innovative data apps and modern data experiences that accelerate key business processes and optimize strategic outcomes. He also works closely with the company's data and technology partners to extend the power of Domo's robust ecosystem of integrations. Prior to Domo, Mohammed was CDO at McKinsey and Company, where he championed the strategic use of data across thousands of client initiatives in all industries. He led the firm's data innovation capabilities, accelerating development of data apps by combining deep industry knowledge with cutting-edge data sets, data management technology and data engineering. He also helped launch and build McKinsey's analytics practice - focused on helping companies scale their data and AI initiatives - and served as the practice's head of operations and strategy. Prior to McKinsey, Mohammed held leadership roles at Ameriprise Financial, where he led the organization's marketing strategy and analytics transformation. Mohammed received his bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota and an MBA from Harvard University.
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