Informs Business Analytics Conference 2018 | The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences | 15 April 2018 | Baltimore Marriott Waterfront, 700 Aliceanna Street, Baltimore, MD 21202

Featuring over 150 data-based talks led by the field’s leading experts, combined with real-world based competitions and a variety of networking events, the INFORMS Analytics Conference delivers three days of intensive learning about the latest innovations in analytics. The annual Analytics Career Fair optimizes how employers find the best and brightest analytics talent, and the 47th Edelman Gala will honor the very best advanced analytics projects have improved organizational efficiency, increased profits, brought better products to consumers, helped foster peace negotiations, and saved lives.

2018 Speakers

Bill Schmarzo
Dell EMC Global Services, Kleinmuntz Associates and University of Notre Dame

Don Kleinmuntz
Kleinmuntz Associates and University of Notre Dame

Bahadir Aral
SAS Institute Inc

Cody Baldwin
Assistant Professor of Business Management, Brigham Young University-Hawaii

Jim Bander
National Manager for Decision Science, Risk Management Department, Toyota Financial Service

Michael Bentley
Partner, Revenue Analytics

Anuradha Bhamidipaty

Barnali Bhattacharjee
Data Scientist and Deployment Lead, The Dow Chemical Company

Dr. Charles T. Brandon, III
Director for Continuous Process Improvement, Headquarters Department of the Army

Brooks ‘Jon’ Breece
Geospatial Analyst,National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Melissa Bowers
Associate Professor and the Beaman Professor of Business in the Haslam College of Business, University of Tennessee

Muge Capan, PhD

Cavan Capps
United States Census Bureau

James Cochran
Professor of Applied Statistics and the Rogers-Spivey Faculty Fellow in the Department of Information Systems, Statistics, and Management Science

China National Petroleum Corporation

John Cuffe
Researcher in the Center for Big Data Research and Applications, U.S. Bureau of the Census

Bill Danker
Head of Seeds Research and Product Development Domain, Syngenta

Joseph Dery
PhD student and Adjunct Lecturer, Bentley University

Ameya Dhaygude
Data Scientist, Dow Chemical Company

Ciro Donalek
CTO & Co-Founder, Virtualitics

Ray Ernenwein
Director, e-Commerce Supply Chain Strategy & Analytics, Walmart Inc.

Martin Ellingsworth
XR, Exploratory Research, for Property & Casualty Insurance, USAA

Michael Feindt
Blue Yonder

Anthony Fung
Deputy Secretary of Technology, Commonwealth of Virginia

Yael Grushka-Cockayne
Associate Professor, Darden School of Business

Steven Hamlen
Managing Director, KROMITE consulting

Kristian Hammond
Co-Founder, Narrative Science

Warren Hearnes
VP of Analytics & Data Science, Cardlytics

Mary Helander
IBM TJ Watson Research Center

Dan Iliescu
Senior Director of Operations Research, Revenue Analytics

Noyan Ilk
Assistant Professor of Business Analytics in the College of Business, Florida State University

Christopher Jerde
Senior Associate Senior Portfolio Analyst and Data Scientist, Gensler

Anssi Käki
Manager, Advanced Analytics,UPM-Kymmene Corp.

Ity Kanoria
Data Scientist, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Nick Kastango
Analytics Manager, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Pavan Korada
Data Science & Analytics, Zeta Global

Ahmet Kuyumcu
Cofounder and CEO,Prorize

Marcial Lapp
Director of Operations Research in Revenue Management, American Airlines

Simon Lee
Vice President of Analytics, Homer Logistics

Jay Liebowitz
Distinguished Chair of Applied Business and Finance, Harrisburg University of Science and Technology

Bing Liu
TPD Modeling & Analytics Lead, Monsanto

Marco Lübbecke
Professor and Chair of Operations Research, RWTH Aachen University

Captain Richard McGrath
United States Naval Academy

Lieutenant Commander Connor McLemore
United States Navy

Polly Mitchell-Guthrie
System Director, Analytical Consulting Services, UNC Health Care System

Robert Moakler
Quantitative Researcher, Facebook

Wendy Moe
Professor of Marketing and Director of the Masters of Science in Marketing Analytics

Mike Morello
Director Governor’s Office of Performance Improvement, State of Maryland

David Morrison
Software Engineer,Yelp

Anna Nagurney
John F. Smith Memorial Professor at the Isenberg School of Management University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Scott Nestler, PhD, CAP
Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of IT, Analytics and Operations, at the Mendoza College of Business University of Notre Dame

Arne Owens
Health Care Policy Advisor for U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tennessee) and Global Health Policy Advisor for the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

Randy Paffenroth
Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences, Associate Professor of Computer Science, and Associate Professor of Data Science

Gregory Parnell
Research Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Arkansas

Lea Pica
Founder, LeaPica.com

Christina Phillips
University of Leeds

Robert Phillips
Director of Marketplace Optimization Data Science, Uber

Jennifer Priestley
Associate Dean of The Graduate College and the Director of the Analytics and Data Science Institute, Kennesaw State University

Stuart Price
Data Scientist, Elder Research

Brian Pujanauski
Vice President of Client Services, Applied Predictive Technologies

Nancy Pyron
Director of Operations Research and Revenue Management, Starwood Hotels

Shanshan Qiu
Analytics Scientist, Ford Motor Company

Anu Raman
Monsanto

Eva Regnier
Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Business and Public Policy, Naval Postgraduate School

Bill Roberts
Managing Director, Deloitte Consulting LLP

Michael Schuldenfrei
Senior Member of Executive Management Team, Optimal+

Bhavna Sharma
Post-doctoral Research Associate in the Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National La

Mona Siddiqui
Chief Data Officer, Department of Health and Human Services

Manjeet Singh
DHL Supply Chain

Giridhar Tatavarty
Director of Data Science, 84.51°

Douglas Thomas
Research Economist for the Engineering Laboratory’s Applied Economics Office, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Luke Thompson
VP of Politics and Advocacy, Applecart

Cenk Tunasar
Principal in Data & Analytics focused on Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Optimization and Simulation, KPMG

Sridhar Vaithianathan
Associate Professor and Heads the Business Analytics Department, Institute of Management Technology (IMT)

Lilat Wadhwa
Vice President of Advanced Analytics, Avnet

Vijay Wadhwa
Sr Manager of Advanced Analytics & Data Science, Southwest Airlines

Tim Wilson
Senior Director of Analytics, Search Discovery

Tauhid Zaman
KDD Career Development Professor in Communications and Technology , MIT Sloan School of Management

Michael Zargham
Founder, BlockScience

Tasha Inniss, PhD
Director of Education and Industry Outreach, INFORMS

Bill Griffin
Continuing Education Program Manager, INFORMS

Freeman Marvin
Executive Principal, Innovative Decisions, Inc.

James Cochran
Professor of Applied Statistics and the Rogers-Spivey Faculty Fellow in the Department of Information Systems, Statistics, and Management Science

Moderator
Zahir Balaporia, CAP

Alan Briggs, CAP
Director of Machine Intelligence

Polly Mitchell-Guthrie
System Director, Analytical Consulting Services, UNC Health Care System

Sallamar “Sally” Worrell, CAP
Operations Research Analyst, US Food and Drug Administration

Nick Wzientek, CAP
Data Scientist, Independent Pet Partners

Noha Tohamy
Vice President & Distinguished Analyst, Gartner

Polly Mitchell-Guthrie
System Director, Analytical Consulting Services, UNC Health Care System

Mei Zhang
American Airlines

Nancy Pyron
Director of Operations Research and Revenue Management, Starwood Hotels

2018 Sponsors

PLATINUM:
• Aimms
• Gurobi Optimation
• Booz, Allen, Hamilton
• Fico
• JD.com
• IBM
• Tauber Institute For Global Operations

GOLD:
• AMPL
• The Any Logic Company
• SAS
• Webmason Analytics

SILVER:
• The Home Depot
• IDI
• Monsanto

EDELMAN EXECUTIVE:
• Fed ex
• Metron
• P&G
• Principal
• Prorize
• Spinnaker
• Syngenta
• United
• Univesity of Cincinnati

EDELMAN CHAMPION:
• BNSF Railway
• Monsanto
• Ups