Keynote Speakers

Talithia Williams
Big Data Expert, Professor of Mathematics & Host of NOVA Wonders
Invited Speakers
Theodore Allen
Associate Professor
The Ohio State University
The Ohio State University
Miguel Anjos
Chair of O.R. at the School of Mathematics
University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh
Robert Ashford
Co-founder and President
Optimization Direct Inc.
Optimization Direct Inc.
Michael Bentley
Sr. Director, Industry Solutions
DataPrime, Inc.
DataPrime, Inc.
Dom Beveridge
Principal
D2 Demand Solutions
D2 Demand Solutions
Will Bishop
Data Scientist
Amazon
Amazon
Joseph Bostick
Single Variable Calculus Instructor
United States Military Academy
United States Military Academy
Matthew Brady
Founder & CEO
Volley Solutions
Volley Solutions
Braulio Brunaud
Principal Data Scientist
Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson
Aaron Burciaga
Sr. Practice Director
AI Solutions
AI Solutions
Ulas Cakmak
Senior Director, Optimization Science
Infor
Infor
Chris Caplice
Senior Research Scientist
and Cheif Scientist
MIT and DAT Solutions
MIT and DAT Solutions
Lora Cecere
Founder
Supply Chain Insights LLC
Supply Chain Insights LLC
Jeffrey M. Cohen
Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer
INFORMS
INFORMS
John Colias
Senior VP
Decision Analyst
Decision Analyst
Charles Cooper
Chair of Advocacy
Signal
Signal
Jessica Dowches-Wheeler
CEO
Bright Space Coaching
Bright Space Coaching
Damon Edmondson
Chief of Analytics
Flock Specialty Finance
Flock Specialty Finance
Ezgi Eren
Lead Scientist
PROS, Inc.
PROS, Inc.
Kris Ferreira
Assistant Professor, Technology and Operations Management Unit
Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School
Filippo Focacci
Co-founder and CEO
DecisionBrain
DecisionBrain
Christopher Frazier
CEO & Co-founder
BlockScience Labs, Inc.
BlockScience Labs, Inc.
Naman Gandhi
Data Science Manager
ZS
ZS
Douglas Gray
Director, Data Science
Walmart Global Tech
Walmart Global Tech
Funda GĆ¼neÅ
Director of Masterās Program
Duke University
Duke University
Randolph Hall
Professor
University of Southern California
University of Southern California
Arlette Hart
Sr. Cybersecurity Technologist
Leidos
Leidos
Mu Hu
Founder
Revenue Insights Corp
Revenue Insights Corp
David Hunt
Vice President
Oliver Wyman
Oliver Wyman
Cathy Huyghe
Entrepreneur and Journalist
Enolytics LLC
Enolytics LLC
Heather Johnston
Manager, Data Science and AI
IBM Marketing
IBM Marketing
Kyle Jones
Sr. Manager, Solutions Architecture
Amazon Web Services
Amazon Web Services
Shayne Kavanagh
Senior Manager of Research
Government Finance Officers Association
Government Finance Officers Association
Mina Kim
Seoul National University
Alan Kosansky
President
Profit Point, Inc.
Profit Point, Inc.
Ranjit Kumble
VP, Data Science & Advanced Analytics
Pfizer
Pfizer
Haitao Li
Professor
University of Missouri – St. Louis
University of Missouri – St. Louis
Bacel Maddah
Professor
American University of Beirut
American University of Beirut
James Mansfield
Senior VP
DataPrime Artificial Intelligence
DataPrime Artificial Intelligence
Colleen McCue
Principal Data Scientist
CACI
CACI
Emily McIntosh
Manager
Ernst & Young
Ernst & Young
Adam McElhinney
Chief Data Science Officer, VP of Data Insights
Paylocity
Paylocity
Anthony Meyers
Managing Director
Aon Reinsurance Analytics
Aon Reinsurance Analytics
Pratik Mital
Research Science Manager
Amazon
Amazon
Layne Morrison
Data Scientist and Lead
Department of Education
Department of Education
Rami Musa
Director, Supply Chain Modeling & Analytics
Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson
Paul Nicholas
Chief Scientist
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab
Emery Niemiec
Director, Partners & Alliance
HealthVerity
HealthVerity
Karen O'Brien
Division Chief
U.S. Army Material Command Analysis Group
U.S. Army Material Command Analysis Group
Mark Orlando
Co-Founder and CEO
Bionic Cyber
Bionic Cyber
Adrienne Palermo
Senior Director
Procter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble
Paula Payton
PhD Associate Teaching Professor (Adjunct)
Wake Forest University
Wake Forest University
Miles Porter
Lead Data Scientist
Trimble, Inc.
Trimble, Inc.
Brian Putt
Consultant
Self-employed
Self-employed
Ghaith Rabadi
Professor & Entrepreneur
Old Dominion University
Old Dominion University
Somik Raha
Product Decision Intelligence Lead
Apple
Apple
Adam Resnick
Senior Operations Researcher
RAND Corporation
RAND Corporation
Diogo Ribeiro
Head of Implementation Services
N-SIDE
N-SIDE
Anne Robinson
Chief Strategy Officer
Kinaxis
Kinaxis
Moshe Rosenwein
Director, Data Science and Analytics
Bayer Healthcare
Bayer Healthcare
Josh Salmanson
Co-founder
CyberPrime
CyberPrime
Isabella Sanders
Assistant Professor
U.S. Military Academy
U.S. Military Academy
Stacey Schwarcz
Founder and CEO
Ariel Analytics
Ariel Analytics
Inderjeet Singh
Senior Director, Decision Science
Infor
Infor
Larry Snyder
Professor and Director
Lehigh University
Lehigh University
Natalia Summerville
Senior Manager
SAS Institute
SAS Institute
Kendra Taylor
President & CEO
KEYfficiencies, Inc.
KEYfficiencies, Inc.
Wayne Wheeles
Network Security Entrepreneur
Telemetri
Telemetri
Beverly Wright, CAP
Executive – Analytics Thought Leader and Recruiter
Burtch Works
Burtch Works
Anthony Zech
Data and AI Community of Excellence Director
ECS
ECS
Chi Zhang
Senior Data Scientist
DoorDash
DoorDash
Lili Zhang
Research Engineer
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Luis Zuluaga
Associate Professor
Lehigh University
Lehigh University