2016

Robert Cox is currently an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UNC Charlotte. His research is focused upon modeling, control, and diagnostics problems that arise within energy conversion. Much of his present work is focused upon minimizing building energy consumption. He is currently the Director of the NSF Industry / University Cooperative Research […]

Tom Davenport is the President’s Distinguished Professor of Information Technology and Management at Babson College, the co-founder of the International Institute for Analytics, a Fellow of the MIT Center for Digital Business, and a Senior Advisor to Deloitte Analytics. He teaches analytics and big data in executive programs at Babson, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan […]

Dr. Yi Deng is the Dean and Professor of the College of Computing and Informatics at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, a position he has held since July 2009. He had been the Dean and Professor of the School of Computing and Information Sciences at Florida International University (FIU). DR. Deng has authored […]

Mr. Glenn Devitt is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer for Delitor Inc. Delitor is a SDVOSB headquartered on the campus of UNC Charlotte that has established a Child Exploitation Targeting Center of Excellence. Delitor’s main mission is to support law enforcement agencies and child rescue organizations in child exploitation investigations. Additionally, Delitor conducts research […]

Wenwen Dou is an assistant professor in the department of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her research interests include Visual Analytics, Information Visualization, and Text Mining. Her research lies at the intersection of interactive visualization and text mining, with the specific area referred to as Visual Text Analytics. She has […]

J.D. Elliott is the Director of Strategy & Execution for TIAA’s Enterprise Data Delivery & Analytics Team. A proven technology leader, he is responsible for ensuring the successful execution of TIAA’s data integration, business intelligence and analytics strategies. Mr. Elliott has over 14 years of experience in various technology, business management and leadership roles primarily […]

Dr. Erevelles is Chair, Department of Marketing at the Belk College of Business at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. Prior to that, he was on the faculty of marketing and the Marketing Area Coordinator at the Anderson School of Management, University of California, Riverside. His areas of specialty are the Future of Innovation, and […]

Neva Espinoza is a Director in the Generation Sector at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). She is responsible for the Cross Sector Technologies and Major Component Reliability program areas, including Operations, Maintenance, Instrumentation and Controls, Materials, Chemistry, Boilers, Steam Turbines and Generators and Combined Cycle units. These area focus on research and development of […]

Dr. Nancy Fey-Yensan serves as the Dean of The College of Health and Human Services at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. A nutrition scientist by training, she received her Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut and maintains her credential as a Registered Dietitian. Dr. Fey-Yensan has been a practicing community nutritionist for over […]

Bill Franks is Chief Analytics Officer for Teradata, where he provides insight on trends in the analytics & big data space and helps clients understand how Teradata and its analytic partners can support their efforts. In addition, Franks is a faculty member of the International Institute for Analytics and the author of the books Taming […]