{"id":1665,"date":"2022-02-17T20:19:28","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T20:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2022\/speakers\/naman-gandhi-copy\/"},"modified":"2022-03-29T14:22:20","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T14:22:20","slug":"somik-raha","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2022\/speakers\/somik-raha\/","title":{"rendered":"Somik Raha"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1665\" data-postid=\"1665\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1665 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row dropPadding-bottom tb_vgsu706 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-1 tb_vwif706 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_v884707 image-top  track decisionRisk tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/analytics2022\/files\/2022\/02\/somikRaha.jpg\" title=\"Somik Raha\" alt=\"Somik Raha headshot\">    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <div class=\"image-content\">\n                    <h3 class=\"image-title\">\n                                    Somik Raha                            <\/h3>\n                    <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-content -->\n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-3 tb_zqni708 last\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_zgjo708   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h1>Somik Raha<\/h1>\n<h5>Product Decision Intelligence Lead at Apple<\/h5>\n<p>Somik Raha leads Product Decision Intelligence for Apple\u2019s Commerce platform. Somik\u2019s Product leadership journey has passed through startups, enterprise software, and venture capital. He has served on the board of the Society of Decision Professionals. He holds a PhD in Decision Analysis from Stanford University with a dissertation titled \u201cAchieving Clarity on Value.\u201d He is committed to an inquiry on values through an engagement with metrics. 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