Beyond Dashboards: Building Systems That Actually Work

Most data investments go toward making information visible — dashboards, reports, visualizations. That work matters. But it is not the same as building a system that actually changes how decisions get made.

Tilmann Gruber spent 20 years inside Warner Bros., Sony Pictures, and Fox watching that gap play out in real time. There was plenty of data. The real question was whether the organization was designed to use it.

• Who actually sees the information.
• When they see it.
• And whether it changes anything.

In many cases, the output was not insight. It was confirmation of what people already believed.

On May 19, Tilmann will dig into what separates a data system that looks impressive from one that’s actually load-bearing in a real business. Not the tools. The design.

If you’re a data leader frustrated that “nobody uses the dashboard,” an analyst tired of one-off requests, or an engineer wondering why your beautiful pipeline isn’t moving the needle — this one’s for you.

About Tilmann

Tilmann Gruber is Principal Consulting Advisor at Truth in Data – AI. He spent the last two decades in senior strategy and operations roles across Fox Entertainment (most recently SVP Strategy & Operations), Sony Pictures Entertainment (VP, Worldwide Content Strategy & Acquisitions), Warner Bros., and New Line Cinema — driving $1B+ in content partnerships and $100M+ in operational efficiencies along the way. He holds an MBA from USC Marshall and is a graduate of Harvard’s Advanced Management Program. Outside of work he serves on the board of the Wende Museum, where he chairs the committee leading its $40M expansion.

Agenda

• 6:00 PM — Doors open, networking, food + drinks
• 6:45 PM — Talk + Q&A with Tilmann
• 7:45 PM — Open networking
• 8:00 PM — Event ends

Tickets are free. Huge thanks to Zefr for hosting us, and to Tilmann for donating his time. If you’d like to chip in, donations cover the food and drinks at the meetup and support Data Con LA’s ongoing mission as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit building Southern California’s data community.

Hosted at Zefr in Playa Vista. Free street parking nearby; ADA accessible.