--- title: "How VMO2 built a data product flywheel for 16,000 employees" url: "https://atlan.com/regovern-watch-center/vmo2-data-product-flywheel/" description: "Mauro Flores, EVP at VMO2, explains how they're democratizing data for 16,000 people by creating trusted products people actually engage with repeatedly." keywords: "atlan, data governance, regovern 2025, regovern watch center" --- > Atlan is hosting Context Conference, bringing together the leaders and builders at the frontier of giving AI the context it needs to understand their business. It runs online on October 28, 2026, from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM ET. Atlan co-founder Prukalpa Sankar opens and closes the day. Leaders from AstraZeneca, BNY and Verizon share why they invest in context and what they get from it. Registrants get early access to The AI Context Gap, a new study from MIT Technology Review Insights. Register: https://atlan.com/context-conference/ Re:Govern 2025 highlight from Atlan's [Re:Govern watch center](https://atlan.com/regovern-watch-center/): **How VMO2 Built a Data Product Flywheel for 16,000 Employees**. Mauro Flores, EVP at VMO2, explains how they're democratizing data for 16,000 people by creating trusted products people actually engage with repeatedly. Speakers: Mauro Flores (EVP, Data Democratisation, Virgin Media O2). Watch: the recording plays on the page, and continuing past the preview requires an email - [watch at https://atlan.com/regovern-watch-center/vmo2-data-product-flywheel/](https://atlan.com/regovern-watch-center/vmo2-data-product-flywheel/). ## Speakers - **Mauro Flores**, EVP, Data Democratisation, Virgin Media O2. Mauro leads Virgin Media O2's mission to turn one of the UK's largest connectivity providers into an AI-ready, data-driven enterprise. Previously, he led global data strategies at Salesforce and Mulesoft, helping some of the world's largest companies scale governed, self-service analytics. ## Companies - **Virgin Media O2**: Virgin Media O2 is not only one of the Europe's most recognized telecom brands, but also one of its most ambitious data and AI enterprises - powering national infrastructure, customer experience, and innovation through governed, context-rich data from one of the richest data platforms in Europe with 45M+ connections. ## What's inside VMO2 set out to democratize data across their entire organization, but quickly learned that access alone doesn't drive adoption. The real recipe for success: great products people trust, onboarding that teaches them how to use those products, and a platform that makes self-service feel natural - all wrapped in governance that scales without bottlenecking. Key takeaways: - Data democratization isn't about giving people dashboards - it's about building products they trust and engage with repeatedly - Scaling to thousands of users requires structured onboarding and learning paths, not just license distribution - Self-service creates new challenges: how do you maintain quality and governance when you lose one-to-one control? - Context, ownership, and governance must be embedded in every data product from the start - Success metrics shift from access to engagement: 6,000 users generating 1M views in one year shows real adoption ## More from Re:Govern 2025 - [Virgin Media O2: Context for All](https://atlan.com/regovern-watch-center/virgin-media-o2-context-for-all/) (session recording) - [DigiKey: Context Readiness](https://atlan.com/regovern-watch-center/digikey-context-readiness/) (session recording) - [CME Group: Context at Speed](https://atlan.com/regovern-watch-center/cme-group-context-at-speed/) (session recording) - [Mastercard: Context by Design](https://atlan.com/regovern-watch-center/mastercard-context-by-design/) (session recording) - 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