Industry Advisory Board

As Director, Madlen Ivanova is currently responsible for the analytics, data science, and engineering functions in the Store organization at Lowe’s. Sitting at the nexus of the technology transformation journey at Lowe’s, her team is driving innovation by building Lowe’s proprietary AI-driven products and smart technologies. In her previous role at Lowe’s, Madlen led the […]

Doug Jennings is a Finance and Analytics Executive with 28 years of experience leading high-performance teams. Currently, he holds the position of Vice President of Corporate Finance at Lowe’s Companies, Inc. Throughout his career, Doug has been a key partner to CEO staff-level executives, driving forward strategy, investments, long-range financial expectations, strategic initiatives, and annual […]

Shikha is the co-founder and CEO of Syntelli Solutions, a leading provider of data and analytics services. Shikha comes from a technical background and has been responsible for clients’ enterprise architecture decisions, technology trends, and building an amazing technology delivery team. Shikha also leads Health Insights, a health analytics company that was launched in January […]

Khalil Khouy is a Data & AI Services Manager at Sia Partners, specializing in AI products, digital banking, and process optimization. He earned a Professional Science Master’s degree in Data Science and Business Analytics from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte School of Data Science.  Currently, Khalil is working towards a Ph.D. in Software […]

Dr. David Olaleye is a Senior Software Development Manager and Principal Research Statistician at SAS Institute, Cary, NC. He is responsible for managing the Analytics R&D team for SAS Episode Analytics and SAS Real World Evidence products. He received his postgraduate training in statistics, demography and clinical epidemiology from the University of Pennsylvania School of […]

Stephen Rohrer is a distinguished professional with a diverse data science and analytics background across multiple industries. Currently serving as the Head of Marketing Data at Equitable, Stephen specializes in utilizing innovation and data science to bridge the gap between people and data. His expertise is particularly focused on the Banking, Logistics, and Government sectors […]

Brian is the SVP and Quantitative Analytics Director in the Risk Modeling Group (RMG). In his role, he is responsible for the development and implementation of models supporting Financial Crimes, Liquidity Risk, Operational Risk, Fair Lending, Deposit, Liquidity, and PPNR forecasting. With over 20 years of experience in financial services and analytics, Brian joined Wells […]

Alex Shenkar is responsible for the validation of a diverse portfolio of models for Consumer, Insurance, Corporate, and Commercial Banking including risk rating, scorecards, valuation, operational risk, and loss forecasting. Before joining SunTrust now Truist in 2013, Alex spent almost 11 years at Bank of America managing the following processes: Model Governance and Risk Management, […]

Zhijun (Zwick) Tang is an experienced professional in the field of data science and advanced analytics, currently serving as the Vice President of Data Science and Advanced Analytics at Universal Music Group. In this influential role, Zwick and his team play a vital role in connecting music artists with their fans worldwide, facilitating deep and […]

Amaresh Tripathy is the Managing Partner at AuxoAI and former Senior Vice President and Global Business Leader of analytics at Genpact. With a passion for leveraging data, AI, and smart software to improve decision-making, he has built and scaled analytics capabilities, driving growth for major consultancies. At Genpact, he led a team of 9,000 AI […]