Data Consulting & Advisory
Data Architecture, Governance, Meaning. Solved.
I help enterprise data leaders cut through complexity - designing data models, governance frameworks, and information architectures that actually work at scale.
What I Offer
Services
Practical, business-first expertise across consulting, advisory, and training.
Consulting & Advisory
Data Modeling
Every data solution has a Data Model, whether it is documented or not. My approach is a lightweight, technology-agnostic, business-first methodology, focusing on capturing your key semantics with Conceptual models.
Data Product Management
The larger the organization, the more important it becomes to design & manage your data according to Data-as-a-Product practices. Based on Domain-Driven Design & Data Mesh principles, it ensures discoverable, accessible, and trustworthy data to everyone.
Data Governance
Data Governance success is often determined more by the long-term feasibility of its Operating Model than the details of its rules and policies. Planning a sensible and non-invasive Governance model requires understanding not just "who" and "how", but the very basic "what" of your data assets.
Information Architecture
The Big Picture of your Data Asset can be elusive. Large organizations get easily lost in the weeds of individual systems. With simple high-level Data Modeling practices, the Information Architecture of the enterprise can be understood and documented to support Governance and implementation needs.
Training
Data Modeling
A lightweight, fast, business-focused approach to Data Modeling with a strong emphasis on technology-agnostic Conceptual and Logical modeling. Skills that every data professional needs!
Data Products & Domains
Basics of Data-as-a-Product thinking and Domain-Driven approach of organizing your data landscape. Learn how to utilize the best parts of Data Mesh methodology — even if you might not be implementing Data Mesh.
On Stage
International Speaker
Regular speaker and host at data conferences and events across Europe and beyond - bringing practical insights to the global data community.
Helsinki Data Week 2025
Data Day Texas 2024In Writing
Publications
Common Sense Data
Juha Korpela
Writings on data that (should) make sense. Tackling the difficult non-technical problems relating to data modeling, data governance, data team operating models, and many more!
Modeling Business Concepts
Juha Korpela & Shane Gibson
A practical guide for modeling business concepts co-written by Juha and Shane Gibson - follow the book's development here!
About
Juha Korpela
I am an independent data consultant with 15+ years of experience helping organizations make sense of their data assets. My focus is on practical, business-first approaches to Data Modeling, Information Architecture, and Data Governance — cutting through complexity to deliver clarity. I’m an experienced data leader, and in my core skill, data modeling, one of the leading names in the Nordics. Speaker at multiple international events & advisor to many large enterprises around the world.
Get in touch →Core Expertise
Data Modeling
A business-driven approach to discovering and documenting the core semantics and structures of your data to support governance & implementation.
Information Architecture
Understanding and mapping your data assets and their relation to your systems and business domains — a Big Picture of your data, at enterprise level.
Data Product Thinking
Designing reusable and accessible Data Products based on real business needs.
Data Governance
Defining operating models, roles and responsibilities, and feasible implementation strategies for impactful Data Governance.
Experience
Founder & Independent Consultant
Datakor Consulting Oy
- •High-profile consulting and advisory work on Information Architecture, Domains & Data Products, and Data Modeling
- •Tools in use incl. Ellie for data modeling, Collibra for data cataloguing
Chief Product Officer
Ellie Technologies Inc.
- •Leading the product development of Ellie, a business-focused, cloud-native metadata management & data modeling tool
- •Helped the company grow from one employee to twenty, hitting seven-figure ARR from global customers
- •Consulting, sales support, and customer success management with large enterprises around the world, focusing on Data Modeling at scale
Data Architect / Head of Data Platform
UPM-Kymmene Oyj
- •Leading the development of an enterprise-wide cloud data platform
- •Helped to set up the organization's new Data Management Office
- •Responsible for Data Governance program and Data Modeling practices across multiple business units in a global organization
- •Data Catalog design & implementation
BI Consultant
Aureolis Oy
- •High-profile consulting and team leadership in various industries on Data Architecture and Data Modeling projects
- •Developing internal practices on Data Modeling, Agile Methodologies, and Testing practices
Senior Statistician / Project Manager
Statistics Finland
- •Data Warehousing & Software Development project management
- •Agile Methodologies
Get in Touch
Let's talk about your data
Whether you're looking for consulting, advisory, or training - let's talk. Reach out directly or connect on LinkedIn.