2016

Mirsad has over thirty years of information technology experience combining business and academic environments. Dr. Hadzikadic joined the UNC Charlotte faculty in 1987 after receiving his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Southern Methodist University where he was a Fulbright Scholar. In addition to publishing his scholarship, he has made presentations at national and international conferences, […]

Dr. Hansen is Associate Professor of Marketing at University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He has published articles in the areas of business analytics and data science, innovation and firm strategy, supply chain/logistics/B2B management, survey research techniques, forecasting models and pricing strategy, business ethics and CSR. He has provided consulting, research, motivational speaking, and executive […]

Ahmer Inam is currently the head of advanced analytics for North America at Nike where he draws from over sixteen years of experience in the analytics domain to build data-products that elevate actionable insights and enable Nike’s strategic growth agenda. Prior to Nike, Ahmer was in the analytics advisory practice at PwC focused on Retail […]

In 2012, Daniel Janies joined the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte as The Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Professor of Bioinformatics and Genomics, Director of Bioinformatics Research, and Director of Graduate Global Research and Educational Programs. Dr. Janies received a Bachelor of Sciences degree in Biology from the University of Michigan in […]

Jeanne Johnson is a Principal in KPMG’s U.S. Advisory practice. Her experience and areas of focus include financial planning and performance management, program portfolio management, business and technology architecture, and deploying new operating models. Her experience over the last 20 has been helping clients navigate significant change events including mergers, regulatory mandates, disruptive technologies, and […]

Maryalicia Johnson is the Executive Director of External Relations who leads the UNC Charlotte’s CCI/DSI Industry Solutions Partnerships for the Data Science Initiative. She is Responsible for the partnerships of 50 corporate IT leaders and scholarship donors. Johnson has been involved in partnerships, public speaking, communications training and strategic business development from behind the camera […]

David Kiron is the executive editor of MIT Sloan Management Review where he directs The Big Ideas Initiative research program, which examines cross-industry, macro-trends that are transforming the practice of management. Dr. Kiron has co-edited two books on economics, co-authored 20+ journal articles and research reports on management issues related to analytics, sustainability and digital […]

Dr. Lorden is the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. She earned her PhD in Psychology from Yale University. Prior to coming to UNC Charlotte, she served as Associate Provost for Research and Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), where she was Professor of Psychology. She has […]

Madhuri is a Data Science and Business Analytics graduate student and Research Assistant at UNC Charlotte. During her Masters in 2015, she presented her research work on Hospital Readmissions and Sentiment Analysis at international analytics conferences in California and Chile. She comes with more than four years of prior industry work experience as a Data […]

Sullivan “Sully” McConnell is Vice President of Business Intelligence and Information Management at Time Warner Cable, where he has responsibility for the Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, and Big Data applications and infrastructure that support the Residential, Commercial, and Media business units. Mr. McConnell has 20 years of experience directing IT organizations and consulting teams in […]