Speakers

Desiree Abbott

Data Visualization Consultant, Founder
CallMeDeeray

Daniela Aguilera

Director
River Rock Advisors

Hina Arora

Clinical Associate Professor
Arizona State University

Ralph Asher

Founder
Data Driven Supply Chain LLC

Zahir Balaporia

MatchBack Systems
Director, Data Management & Decision Sciences

Jim Bander

Lead Product Manager
Experian

Hanxi Bao

Data Science Director
NBCUniversal Media LLC

Carrie Beam

Director, MSBA Analytics Projects
University of California

Nipun Bhanot

Senior Scientist
Infor

Andrew Blake

Managing Director at Opening Bell Ventures
Opening Bell Ventures

Melanie Collins

Advanced Analytics & Automation, Digital Transformation & Technology
Chick-fil-A

Alison Cozad

Americas Gurobi Export Team
Gurobi Optimization

Caroline Daugherty

Data Translator
Pfizer

Satish Desai

Senior Data Scientist
Best Buy

Anusha Dwivedula

Director of Product, Calculation Services—Data and Analytics
Morningstar

Duncan Ellis

Principal Data Scientist
Ford Performance & Active Decision Support

Jay Feng

Interview Query
Founder & CEO

Jason Ford, CAP

Senior Operations Researcher
JDSAT, Inc.

Bill Franks

Director, Center for Data and Analytics
Kennesaw State University

Heather Frase

Founder
VerAItech

Sebastian Gould

Manager of Data Science
Arrow Electronics

Genetha Gray

Senior Manager Data Analytics
Edward Jones

Leonidas Guadalupe, CAP

Director of People Analytics and Data Governance
Children's Health

Surya Gundavarapu

Technical Analyst
Meta Platforms, Inc.

Gourav Gupta

Lead Data Scientist
ABC Supply Co. Inc

Hamit Hamutcu

Co-Founder
Initiative for Analytics and Data Science Standards, Elements

Shannon Harlow

Scott Harmon

AVP of Business Transformation, Data & Analytics
Church & Dwight

Kaylee Herrington

Workday Services Strategy and Planning Manager, Early Careers Americas Program Manager
Kainos

Suzannah Hicks

AI Program Architect
Hummingbird Healthcare

Gregory Higgins

Former O.R. Analyst
USCG HR Analytics

Yash Kalyani

Data Scientist, Walmart
Walmart

Vishal Kamalakannan

Operational Analyst
Netjets

Helmut Katzgraber

Principal Research manager of Quantum Solutions
Amazon Web Services

Ehsan Khodabandeh

Principal Operations Research Scientist
Decision Spot

Aparna Komarla

Redo.io

Kevin Larrabee

Head of Product
DataShapes AI

Tom Lash

Chief Executive Officer
Vibrant

Hanzhang Liu

Data Scientist
Johnson & Johnson’s

Louis Luangkesorn

Lead Data Scientist
Highmark Health

Preetika Madan

Dr. Bill McGann

CEO
Quantum Computing Inc. (QCi)

Cassandra McZeal

Modeling, Optimization & Data Science Supervisor
ExxonMobil Upstream Company

Konstantina Mellou

Principal Researcher
Microsoft Research

Michele Meyers

Marriott

Carolyn Mooney

CEO
NextMV

Julia Morrison

Vice President of Data and Analytics Technology
Marriott International

Priyanshu Mutreja

Senior Principal Engineer
Toyota

E.G Nadhan

Quantum Senior Ambassador
IBM

David E. Bernal Neira

Assistant Professor
Davidson School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University

Karen O’Brien

Senior Principal Data Scientist
Modern Technology Solutions, Inc

Kasi Rajeev Oduri

Director of Data Science, Media Science & Experimentation
Fortune 50

Thor Osborn, CAP

Principal Systems Research Analyst
Sandia National Laboratories

Paula Payton

Senior Manager Center for Machine and Data Science
Deloitte Services LLP

Rajiv Phougat

Principal/Partner and CTO of Data & Analytics
KPMG US

Yash Puranik

Director of Decision Sciences
Aimpoint Digital, LP

Anne Robinson

Creative Destruction Lab

Steve Roemerman

Chairman and CEO
Lone Star Analysis

Khaled Salah

Professor Computer and Information Engineering
Khalifa University, UAE

Malarvizhi Sankaranarayanasamy

Hitachi America R&D

Thiago Serra

Assistant Professor of Business Analytics
University of Iowa

Shannon Shang

Manager of Data Analytics
Global Holdings LLC

Karthik Shashidhar

CoFounder and CEO
Babbage Insight

Tucker Shouse

Data Science and Engineering Manager
Amazon Web Services

David Simchi-Levi

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Chris Smithhisler

Managing Director
Tobias Leadership Center

Eric Starks

Chairman
FTR Transportation Intelligence

Sandy Steiger

Sr. Director of Advanced Analytics
Total Quality Logistics

Brett Stewart

AI Solution Director
C3 AI

Franz Stoll

5th-year Ph.D. candidate
Purdue University

Zohar Strinka, CAP

Analytics and Lean Processes Consultant

Lisa Targonski

Director, Commercial Services
Elder Research

Holger Teichgraeber

Software Engineer
Door Dash

Jeremy TerBush

Management Consultant
TerBush Analytics

Nilanjan Mitra Thakur

Co-Founder @ Bluspark | Head of Technology
Bluspark

Alex Tschan

Research and development manager
ALDI SÜD Germany

Nick Ulmer, CAP

Principal OR Analyst
CANA LLC

Sandeep Vellanki

Manager, Data Science Team
Deloitte Services LLP

Daniel Whitenack

Founder & CEO
Prediction Guard

Erick D. Wikum

Analytics Consultant
Wikalytics, LLC

Joseph Wilck

Associate Professor of Practice in Analytics & Operations Management
Bucknell University

Beverly Wright, CAP

Vice President
Data Science & AI at Wavicle Data Solutions

Willow Yang

Assistant Professor
Sam Houston State University

Monica Anderson Young

Head of Organizational Effectiveness, Co-Founder
Allianz Technology of America, SHORT the Squirrel

Sitao Zhang

Lead Data Scientist, AI
Johnson & Johnson

Jessica Zhu

PhD Student
University of Maryland