Ott Velsberg

Ott Velsberg

Chief Data Officer, Government of Estonia

Ott Velsberg is the current Chief Data Officer of Estonian Government with experience in coordinating data governance and data science, including domains of artificial intelligence, open data, citizen-centric data governance, data privacy and regulation, once-only principle, and much more. Strong experience with innovation management, strategic thinking, data management, data science and digital transformation. Leading Estonia to a trendsetter status in data governance, open data and artificial intelligence. He also serves as a board member for various boards, such as board of Statistics, board of Estonian Language technology, IT Academy AI and machine Learning advisory board. He holds a PhD in Informatics at Umea University.