Speakers
Keynote Speakers
Cynthia Rudin
Gilbert, Louis, and Edward Lehrman Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering
Duke University
Confirmed Speakers
Temi Ariyo
People Analytics Consultant
Okta
Ralph Asher
Founder and Principal
Data Driven Supply Chain LLC
Deepti Bahel
Senior Data Engineer and AI analytics practitioner
VigourSoft Global Solutions
Jacqueline M. Baker
Founder & Principal Consultant
Scarlet Communications
Adi Banerjee
Applied Scientist
Amazon Web Services
David Bayba
Principal Engineer
Intel Corporation
Jared Benedict
Senior Software Engineer
Integration Innovation, Inc. (i3)
Justin Bergner
Portfolio Manager
Gabelli
Yulia Boozer
Founder & CEO
Iskratek Consulting
Burcin Bozkaya
Sr. Developer Relations Manager
NVIDIA Corporation
Jade Brown
Data Analyst
Humana
Peter Cacioppi
Principal OR Scientist
Decision Spot
Wes Chaar
CEO
WesChaar
Sachin Chaudhary
Vice President of IT
Masterbrand Cabinets
Ananya Ghosh Chowdhury
Senior Cloud Solution Architect
Microsoft
Sandra Davis
Amtrak’s Continuous Improvement team
Amtrak
Ken Dieffenbach
Executive Director
Pandemic Oversight
Jacob Fassler
Sr. Data Scientist
Amazon Web Services
Genetha Gray
Data Science Leader
Edward Jones
Patrick Hall
Assistant Teaching Professor of Decision Sciences, Chief AI Officer,
George Washington University School of Business
Serena H. Huang
Founder
Data With Serena
Hardik Jagda
CEO
Proximity
Stefan E. Karisch
Founder & Principal
Intrinsic Clarity
Ed Klotz
Senior Mathematical Optimization Specialist
Gurobi Optimization
Yanqing Kuang
Senior Data Scientist on the Operational Research and Advanced Analytics team
American Airlines
Sophia R.C Lander
PhD Student
The University of Texas at Austin
Matthew A. Lanham, CAP-X
Assistant Professor of Business Technology and Analytics
Butler University’s Lacy School of Business
Haitao Li
Professor
University of Missouri - St. Louis
Paul Lord
VP Analyst
Gartner
Apoorv Mathur
Product Manager
Siemens Grid Software
Amy McDuffie-Blackett
Career Exploration Strategist
The Career Strategy Group
Heather Moe
Product Engineer
Esri
Mohammad Mohammadisiahroudi
Assistant Professor
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Anna Nagurney
Eugene M. Isenberg Chair in Integrative Studies Director, Virtual Center for Supernetworks Department of Operations and Information Management Isenberg School of Management
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Scott Nestler, CAP-X
Professor of Practice in Sport Management and Director, UF Sports Analytics Lab
University of Florida
Steve Novak
Data Engineering Practice Lead
Definian
Chris Parker
Associate Professor
University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business
Nixalkumar Patel
Senior Product Manager
LG Electronics
Ali Pilehvar
Director of Product Analytics and Data Science
Realtor.com
Marco Pistoia
CEO
IonQ Italia
Warren B. Powell
Professor Emeritus, Princeton University; Chief Innovation Officer,
Optimal Dynamics; Executive-in-Residence, Rutgers Business School
Kevin Raber, CAP-X
Senior Data Scientist on the Responsible AI team
Chevron
Ramesh Rajagopalan
Founder and CEO
SetCONNECT
Karthik Rajpurohit
Senior Director of Data Science & Operations Research
Target
Patricia Randall
Director
Princeton Consultants
Upasana Raval
Operations Research practitioner
American Airlines
Rudy Raymond
Head of Quantum Business Application
JPMorganChase & Co
Saha Rimpa
Director of Data Analytics
Ford Motor Company
Max Rünzel
CEO and Co-Founder
HiveTracks
Animesh Satyam
Senior Data and Product Leader
Amazon Web Services
Sudharsan SM
AI/ML Manager
Ford Motor Company
Emmy Smith
Senior Director of AI Strategy & Architecture
Candela Medical
Vince Stuntebeck
Co-Founder, NavAlytix.AI
Director, Agentic AI, Data & Integrations, Salesforce
Shree Taylor
Executive Director, Data and AI Government Civilian
Elder Research
Tamás Terlaky
Alcoa Foundation Endowed Chair Professor, Lehigh University;
President and Co-Founder, Optamo LLC
Saravanan Venkatachalam
Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Wayne State University
Jessica Weaver, CAP-X
Founder
Mosaic Consulting, LLC
Matthew Zalesak
Senior Operations Research Scientist
Wayfair
Qianqian Zhang
Director of Marketing Decision Science
Walmart Inc
