Previous Speakers
We bring some the nation’s top experts in business analytics and operations research to our campus each year to speak at the forum. Below you can find a sampling of our speakers from the last several forums or you can see our most recent agenda here. To get a more full picture of the level of discussions at our business analytics forum, you can review our company members list as well.
- Fall 2022
- Fall 2019
- Fall 2015
- Spring 2018
- Spring 2014
- Fall 2017
- Fall 2014
- Fall 2016
- Spring 2013
- Spring 2015
- Fall 2013
Fall 2022
Fall 2019
Noah Gift, UC Davis, Northwestern, UC Berkeley
Spring 2018
Elizabeth Hardman Ricks, Storytelling with Data
Shawndra Hill, Microsoft Research NYC
Missie Bowers, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Audris Mockus, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Austin Solomon, Pilot Flying J
Fall 2017
Sam Ransbotham, PhD Boston College
Sean Willems, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Michel Ballings, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Michael Carillon, Pilot Flying J
Joan Cronan, Author and Former Director of UT Women’s Athletics
Ryan McClurkin, Jewelry Television
Bob Muenchen, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Chuck Noon, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Fall 2016
New Data Sources and the Internet of Things
How to Take Your Organization from ‘Connected’ to ‘Smart’
Bill Schmarzo – Chief Technology Officer, EMC Global Services Big Data
Case Study
Jeff Huckaby – Market Segment Director, Retail and Consumer Goods at Tableau Software
Evidence Engineering
Aduris Mockus –
The added value of auxilary data in sentiment analysis of Facebook posts
Michel Ballings –
Keeping up with Data and the Competition
Alicia Caputo –
Greg Jordan – Founder & CEO of Graph Story
Two Birds with One Stone: How Big Data Can Help Businesses Innovate While Fighting Extremism
Khuram Zaman – CEO, Fifth Tribe
Fall 2015
Combining Analytics and Maturity Model Concepts to Enhance Effectiveness
*Best Practices for Completing a Maturity Model Assessment
Aaron Burciaga – Analytics Applications Platform North America Lead, Global Defense Analytics Lead, Accenture; IAMM Chair (INFORMS Analytics Maturity Model), INFORMS
Analytics & Innovation at Caterpillar
Craig Brabec – Chief Analytics Officer, Caterpillar Inc.
Alumni and Forum Member Experiences in Analytics Maturity
John Hart – Scripps Networks Interactive – Infrastructure
Mark Ewing – Eastman – Analytics Capability
Essam AlShreafi – St. Onge Company
Jennifer Golek – Capital One
An Interview: Experiences in Managing Increasing Levels of Organizational Maturity
Eric Johnson, Vice President Information Services – Jewelry Television
Interviewer: Howard Kirkland, Vice President – Stowers CAT
Live Maturity Model Assessment
Aaron Burciaga and Randy Bradley
How to Effectively Implement Changes in Your Analytics Culture
Sean Willems – Haslam Chair, Supply Chain Analytics
Spring 2015
Digital Analytics
Panel: Bringing it All Together for a Relevant Customer Experience: Event Analytics
Paul Forester – VP of ecommerce & Digital Media at Teradata
James Semenak – Principal Consultant at Teradata
David Hastings – Head of Product Analytics at Netflix
Measuring the Digital World
Gary Angel – EY – Partner, Digital Analytics Center of Excellence
Connecting the Power of Social Networks with Node XL
Marc Smith – Executive Director, Social Media Foundation
Social Media and Transactional Data for Predictive Analytics
Michel Ballings – Assistant Professor, Haslam College of Business
How can CPGs Bridge the Divide for Online Versus Offline Data?
Ellen Vargas – Customer Insights & Category Management, Bush Brothers
Brand Buzz in the Echoverse
Kelly Hewett – Assistant Professor, Haslam College of Business
Cloud Data Warehousing Implication
Josh Eldridge – Director Business Intelligence, Scripps Networks Interactive
Digital Analytics for Your Corporate Intranet
Thomas Berg – Director, Technology Development Consolidated Nuclear Security
A Framework for Turning Data into Value: Case Studies in ROPO (Research Online Purchase Offline) and LTV (Lifetime Value)
David Booth – Senior Partner, Cardinal Path
Building Your Digital Analytics Team: How DAA is leading the way!
Mike Levin – Executive Director, Digital Analytics Association
The Joint Institute for Computational Sciences: Opportunities for Collaboration in Business Analytics
Tony Mezzacappaa – Director, Joint Institute for Computational Sciences and Newton W. and Wilma C. Thomas Endowed Chair
Fall 2014
So Much Data, So Little Understanding
How to Effectively Present and Analyze Quantitative Business Data
Stephen Few – Perceptual Edge
Analytics Process Management: From Hypothesis Identification to Organizational Learning
Tim Wilson – Web Analytics Demystified
Implementing Analytics – An Applied Discussion of Educational Offerings
Allen Pannell – University of Tennessee
Forum Member Presentation – Visualization Examples at CapitalOne
Andy Drake – CapitalOne
Spring 2014
Analytics As a Growth Strategy
Building A Data Driven Culture At Amazon
Dan Joy – Amazon
Analytics for the SMB
Eric Johnson – Jewelry Television
Building an Analytics Organization
Craig Brabec – Caterpillar
Navigating the Politics of Analytics
Randy Bradley – University of Tennessee
Supply Chain Transformation – A Case Study in the Innovative Use of Analytics
Donnie Haye – IBM Corporation
Executive Panel: How Business Analytics Professionals Can Contribute to Making Their Companies More Strategic
Hosted by Ken Gilbert – University of Tennessee
Craig Brabec – Caterpillar
Donnie Haye – IBM Corporation
Dan Joy – Amazon
Ken Gilbert will lead a question and answer session around how Business Analytics professionals can contribute to making their companies more strategic. Some of the focus will be on how Business Analyst assist with shaping the organization’s competitive strategy and in shaping the organization structure as opposed to being the people who answer questions provided them by crunching the numbers.
Competing on Analytics: How Fact-Based Decisions & Business Intelligence Drive Performance
Tom Davenport
Fall 2013
Corporate Governance of Data & East Tennessee as a Business Analytics Corridor
Thanks for putting all your corporate data in one place…LulzSec
Joe Gipson – Cisco Systems Inc., Senior Operations Manager
The Value Proposition of Marketing Data Governance – A Roadmap to Competitive Advantage and Customer Insight
Peg Kuman – Relevate, Vice Chairman
Creating a Data Governance Strategy for Scripps Network Interactive
Fred Krimmelbein – Scripps Networks Interactive, Information Architect, Enterprise Architecture
A Brief History of High Performance Computing and Data Analysis from the Trenches
Blair Christian – PYA Analytics
If Data is the New “Asset”, is Your Data Inventory or Cash?
Allen Pannell Jr. – Haslam Graduate & Executive Education
Does Your Business Address Matter? The Biggest Asset Concern: Human Capital
Daniel Cosey – CareerBuilder, Senior Director of Intelligence
LaunchTN, A Public-Private Accelerator for High-Growth Companies Jason Dennenberg – Launch TN, Director of Entrepreneurship
Ivan Dregeov – HutGrip, CEO
Jian Huang – Survature
Spring 2013
Big Data
IBM Tech Trends Executive Perspective
Jerry Haan – IBM, Relationship Manager, Academic Initiative
Big Data as Part of a Competitive Business Strategy
Jeff Wade – Market Street Solutions, CEO & President
Measuring the ROI of Your Business Analytics Initiatives
Randy Bradley – University of Tennessee, Knoxville – Supply Chain Management
Creating a Culture of Testing and Experimentation
Andy Pulkstenis – State Farm Insurance, Program Director Analytics
Presentation and Open Discussion: Building Analytic Skills for a Smarter Planet
Kendrick Heath – IBM, Business Analytics Solutions Architect
Big Picture Thinking
Mandyam Srinivasan – Pilot Corporation Chair of Excellence, Haslam College of Business