2015 Keynote Speakers
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Colin PowellFormer U.S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
For over fifty years, General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret.) has devoted his life to public service. Having held senior military and diplomatic positions across four presidential administrations, Powell’s deep commitment to democratic values and freedom has been felt throughout the world. He received a commission as an Army second lieutenant upon graduation in 1958 and went on to serve in the United States Army for 35 years, rising to the rank of Four- Star General. Under President George W. Bush, Powell was appointed the 65th Secretary of State and was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate. His autobiography, My American Journey, was a best seller and has been published in more than a dozen different languages.
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Colin MahonySVP and General Manager, HP Software Big Data
Colin Mahony leads the HP Software Big Data business group, which is responsible for the full portfolio of HP Software’s Big Data offerings of Information Analytics including Vertica and Autonomy IDOL, and Information Management & Governance. Prior to leading the Big Data business group, Colin was VP and General Manager of HP Vertica, where he guided the business to significant annual growth and recognized industry leadership. Colin brings a unique combination of technical knowledge, market intelligence, customer relationships, and strategic partnerships to one of the fastest growing and most exciting segments of HP Software. Colin earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a bachelor’s degree in Economics with a minor in Computer Science from Georgetown University. He is an active volunteer with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay and the Joey Fund for Cystic Fibrosis.
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Jill DycheVice President, Best Practices, SAS
Jill is an acknowledged speaker, author, and blogger on the topic of aligning IT with business solutions. As the Vice President of SAS Best Practices, she speaks, writes, and blogs about the business value of analytics and information. Prior to being acquired by SAS in 2011, Jill was a partner and co-founder of Baseline Consulting, where she combined the roles of best-practice expert, industry gadfly, key client advisor, and all-around thought leader. At both firms, she has led client strategies and market analysis in the areas of data governance, business intelligence, master data management, CRM, and big data. Jill has counseled executive teams and boards of directors on the strategic importance of their information investments. Executives from companies including Charles Schwab, Verizon, and Microsoft have relied Jill’s counsel for data strategy planning and execution.
Jill’s first book, e-Data (Addison Wesley), has been published in eight languages. Her book, The CRM Handbook (Addison Wesley), is the bestseller on the topic. With Evan Levy, Customer Data Integration (John Wiley and Sons) was the first book on the topic of master data management and discussed managing data as a strategic asset. Her latest book, The New IT: How Technology Leaders Enable Business Strategy in the Digital Age, profiles executives from companies including Comerica, Brooks Brothers, Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Canadian Tire, Union Bank, Mandalay Resort Group, Men’s Wearhouse, and Toyota Financial Services, highlighting the roles they played in transforming IT and driving strategy. |
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Dave MorganCEO and Founder, Simulmedia
Dave is the CEO and founder of Simulmedia. He previously founded and ran both TACODA, Inc., an online advertising company that pioneered behavioral online marketing and was acquired by AOL in 2007 for $275 million, and Real Media, Inc., one of the world’s first ad serving and online ad network companies and a predecessor to 24/7 Real Media (TFSM), which was later sold to WPP for $649 million. After the sale of TACODA, Dave served as Executive Vice President, Global Advertising Strategy, at AOL, a Time Warner Company (TWX). A lawyer by training, Dave served as General Counsel and Director of New Media Ventures at the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association in the early 1990’s. Mr. Morgan is a Political Science graduate of The Pennsylvania State University and holds a J.D. from the Dickinson School of Law. He is the former chairman and ex-officio member of the board of the International Radio and Television Society (IRTS) and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Advertising Research Foundation. Mr. Morgan, his wife Lorea Canales, and their two daughters live in Manhattan.
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David ShingDigital Prophet at AOL
David Shing is AOL’s Digital Prophet, regularly speaking at conferences worldwide, discussing the latest trends and the future of the web, providing his insight on the evolving digital landscape, and working across the globe to identify new opportunities for the business. Prior to moving to New York, David was based in London as VP Media & Marketing for AOL Europe. He originally joined the company as their European Marketing Director. David has spent more than 15 years helping build successful web technology start-ups and multimedia businesses in the US and Australia and is the holder of several Internet technology related patents. By night he is an accidental songwriter.
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2015 Gold Sponsor Speakers
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Mark BonchekFounder of SHIFT Thinking
Mark Bonchek is the founder of SHIFT Thinking, former research associate at MIT, and recipient of Harvard University's first PhD on the topic of social media. In this provocative session, Mark will describe how data can be used to create customer pull for engagement, loyalty, and advocacy. While most Big Data strategies focus on data-driven insights for the business, a Little Data strategy focuses on data-driven insights for customers. In effect, helping customers know more about themselves. Don't miss this opportunity to rethink the role of data in the digital age.
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Ed SeeCross-Industry Marketing Practice Leader, Deloitte
Ed focuses on integrating analytics into the business process, digital and social marketing and media, behavioral targeting, marketing ROI and optimization, and performance marketing. He has been frequently quoted in the press on converging marketing investments in digital, emerging, and classic media. Ed sat on the board of [x+1], a Forrester leader in the DMP space recently acquired by RocketFuel. Prior to joining Deloitte, Ed served as the President/COO of Marketing Management Analytics and as Executive Vice President and Senior Partner of the Symphony IRI group where he led the Solutions and Consulting groups.
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Mike HayesRetail Customer Strategy Leader, Deloitte
Mike has over 25 years experience in marketing, sales, and consulting with some of the world’s largest retailers and brands. Mike’s expertise is in Customer Insights and Relationship Management, Loyalty Marketing, and Marketing Effectiveness. Mike helps companies improve their sales performance by identifying and building capabilities to gain a deep understanding of their customers, open up a 1:1 dialogue with them, provide more relevant offers and communications, and foster longer term relationships.
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Chad GreenleafSenior Consulting Manager, Media, DOMO
Chad Greenleaf is a seasoned technology and marketing leader with extensive experience in advertising and media. Chad has spent the past eight years of his career consulting with Fortune 100 companies and also leading strategic consulting teams in digital marketing, business intelligence, and technology.
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William VambenepeSenior Product Manager, Cloud Platform, Google
William Vambenepe is a senior product manager for Google Cloud Platform and leads the PM team focused on data processing services. Before joining Google, he was an Architect at Oracle (working on IT management and Cloud Computing) and before that a Distinguished Technologist at HP (working on IT management software).
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Jamie EngesserVP, Worldwide Solutions Engineering, Hortonworks
As Vice President of Worldwide Solutions Engineering, Jamie is responsible for guiding organizations - from startups to the Fortune 10 - helping them to identify their opportunity around Hadoop and guiding that interest from Business Case, to Proof of Concept, and ultimately to successful Project Delivery. Jamie has extensive experience in Open Source, Java, Platform as a Service (PAAS), Middleware, Business Process Management (BPM), Content Management, Big Data, Fast Data, and SOA. Jamie has been integral to the success of many Silicon Valley early-stage companies such as Documentum, Vitria, Savvion, Springsource, VMware, and Hortonworks.
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Neil IsfordGeneral Manager, Client Success, Analytics Solutions & Services, IBM
Neil Isford is the Vice President of Industry Solutions for North America. In this role, he leads a team of industry solution subject matter experts who are missioned to provide clients with integrated solutions that address business outcomes. These Smarter Planet Industry Solutions can include IBM software, services, and hardware, and incorporate IBM’s Big Data & Analytics, Smarter Commerce, Smarter Cities, Mobility, Cloud and Social Business capabilities. Neil also has responsibility for leading IBM’s Big Data & Analytics growth initiative for North America across all IBM Brands and Industries. Previously, Neil spent two years as the worldwide VP of Sales for the software products that are part of IBM’s Information Management, Business Analytics, and Enterprise Content Management portfolios. This included Data Management, Information Integration, Data Warehousing, Advanced Case Management, Business Intelligence & Performance Management, and Predictive Analytics software. Neil also helped lead IBM’s successful acquisition of Cognos.
In 2006 and 2007 Neil managed IBM’s software business for Asia Pacific. He also led Business Partner Sales for the IBM Software Group and in 2005 created the industry leading Software Value Incentive (SVI) Program. Neil spent 9 years in various Professional Services roles, including CEO of Plural, a private consulting/SI firm based on Wall Street, and as the leader of IBM’s e-business services practice in IBM Global Services. Neil grew up in Toronto, Canada, and went to Wilfrid Laurier University. He started with IBM in 1980 and held various sales and sales management roles in Edmonton, Vancouver, Southwestern Ontario, and Toronto before moving to the United States in 1994. |
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Keith FleetVice President, Professional Services, Informatica
Kevin Fleet is Vice President of Strategic Services within the Professional Services organization (IPS) at Informatica. In this role, Kevin has global service delivery responsibility for Technical Architecture, Enterprise Information Management, Data Governance, and Business Transformation solutions. In addition, his responsibilities include leading the Program Management Office, which provides management and oversight of client engagements for Informatica Professional Services. Kevin’s team is dedicated to ensuring the success of Informatica’s most strategic customers, which is achieved by leveraging the group’s unparalleled experience, utilizing industry leading best practices, and ensuring consistent project delivery. Prior to joining Informatica in 2011, Kevin was Executive Director of Global Data Management at Pfizer. In this role Kevin was the global lead for data management, with responsibility for developing and delivering shared technology, solutions and support services for data warehousing, data integration, business intelligence, and master data. Kevin also chaired the Pfizer Data Governance Council, and was responsible for driving alignment of data management strategies across the Pfizer organization. Kevin began his technology career in 1995 and has experience working in a number of capacities across various industries including Manufacturing, Technology Services, Life Sciences, and Healthcare. He has a broad and deep technology background as well, ranging from ERP implementation to database administration and application development. Kevin holds a BA in Economics from the University of California, San Diego.
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Rob GattoSVP of Sales, Neustar
Mr. Gatto is the senior vice president of Sales, overseeing all strategic sales and channel initiatives for Neustar. Rob brings more than 25 years of experience in the technology industry, managing marketing, sales, distribution channels, and new market development. Before ascending to run the Sales organization, he served as Neustar’s Senior Vice President of Media and Advertising, overseeing the company’s efforts in media and advertising spanning agencies, ad technology, and lead generation companies. Prior to joining Neustar, he served as President of media analytics firm Aggregate Knowledge, which was acquired by Neustar in October 2013. He has also held various executive positions with companies like PointRoll, ShopLocal, Hyperion Solutions, and SPSS Inc. Mr. Gatto received a Bachelor of Sciences from Northern Illinois University.
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David AlgranatiSenior VP, TV Product Innovation and Custom Research, Rentrak
David Algranati, Ph.D., is dedicated to helping Rentrak clients meet their business goals through the design of custom solutions that address specific questions or problems clients face. In his role as Senior Vice President, Television Product Innovation and Custom Research, David leads the Product Innovation and Analytical Solutions teams in creating custom reports for agency, advertising, and network clients using Rentrak’s viewing insights combined with consumer behavior and demographic information. David is passionate about working with Rentrak’s wealth of viewership information and sees the company as a cutting edge force in the media measurement frontier. David holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from The George Washington University, a Master of Science in Statistics, a Master of Philosophy in Public Policy, and a Ph.D. in Statistics and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University. Before joining the Rentrak team, David held executive research positions at Experian Simmons including Director of Integrated Marketing Solutions. While at Simmons, David also led the statistics and research teams, overseeing all statistical responsibilities for the company including custom research projects.
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Carol DavidsenVP, Political Technology, Rentrak
Carol Davidsen is passionate about creating cutting edge technology to help the political space identify the best places to find their audience on TV in the most cost effective manner.
As VP, Political Technology, Carol works to bridge the gap between what political campaigns, super PACs, and lobbyists need today and the technology they will need in the future as TV evolves. “Rentrak’s advanced abilities allow our political clients to reach a more nuanced definition of their target audience,” Carol says. “Before Rentrak, political ad buying was a blind game where people decided what to buy based on total hunches. The efficiencies gained from set-top box data has transformed everything.” Before joining the Rentrak team, Carol served as the Director of Integration and Media Targeting for the 2012 Obama for America reelection campaign, where she led the development of "The Optimizer," an analytics tool that combined campaign data with set-top box viewership data, and “Narwhal,” the integrated campaign API platform that unified political data available to every arm of the campaign. Carol has also spent more than 16 years in the tech world, building technical CRM, billing, and set-top box audience measurement platforms for the cable, satellite, and telecom industries. When Carol is not strategizing new and groundbreaking ways to help political campaigns bring their message to the right audience, she can be found container gardening and running Cir.cl, a peer-to-peer classified website she developed to connect like-minded buyers and sellers within their existing community. |
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Jeff CannSenior Director of Client Experience, Sysomos
Since joining Sysomos as a start up in 2009, Jeff has experienced the impact and spread social has had across several industries and job functions. With 14 years of client service and client management experience, and with seven years spent exclusively in web analytics and social intelligence, Jeff brings a unique data and consumer-focused lens to Sysomos. In his current role as the Senior Director of Client Experience, Jeff manages a team of Social Media Specialists who are responsible for client usage, adoption, and success of all Sysomos applications.
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Mike AkeroydManaging Consultant, Management Science and Integration, Walt Disney Parks & Resorts
Mike's role at the Walt Disney Company is to lead the creation of analytics solutions that provide demand-based pricing recommendations for Walt Disney Parks & Resorts. Prior to working for Disney, he was a Corporate Strategy Director for USAA and was responsible for building the analytics strategy for the investment and life insurance companies. While at USAA, he also worked in a variety of quantitative roles where he led the development of the firm’s banking, insurance, and investment customer lifetime value models as well as behavioral models supporting targeted digital offers, life event forecasting, and sales lead identification. Previously, he co-founded and managed a long-short equity hedge fund and worked for Goldman Sachs in the Hedge Fund Strategies Group. He also served as an officer in the United States Army and is a combat veteran of the Iraq War.
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Chris BartonAssociate Director, Advertiser Analytics, ESPN
Chris Barton is the Associate Director of Advertiser Analytics at ESPN. Chris’ team evaluates advertising effectiveness across all of ESPN’s platforms including TV, Desktop, Mobile, Radio, and Print. Due to the constantly changing media landscape, Chris’ role requires him to continuously evaluate new and existing methodologies with the goal of optimal campaign measurement design. The end result is often an intersection of data, emerging technologies, and traditional applied research. Prior to joining ESPN, Chris was the director of research at Golf Digest Properties. Chris holds a Bachelor’s degree from Trinity College in Hartford, CT, and a Master’s degree from New York University.
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Emily BockinoDirector, Advertiser Insights, ESPN
Emily Bockino is the Director of Advertiser Insights at ESPN. Emily’s team develops custom solutions to answer questions from clients across a variety of topics including advertising effectiveness, multi-platform campaign effectiveness, consumer insights, and industry trends. Emily’s team focuses on innovative, custom solutions at scale. Emily has been a member of the ESPN Research and Analytics department for the last 11 years and is a graduate of Muhlenberg College.
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Nathalie BordesSenior Director, Emerging Channels Research, ESPN
Nathalie Bordes is leading the client service as well as sports and emerging channels research team within ESPN’s Research + Analytics department. The primary function of her group is to provide digital strategy, ad sales, and sports management teams with research and analytics findings to achieve revenue goals. The team supports TV, online, mobile, OTT, and social media groups across the sales organization. Nathalie is a member of the MRC Digital Committee, IAB Research Council, and Market Research Council. Her focus lies on investigating the impact of new digital media metrics and measurements on ESPN’s revenue goals and future product strategies.
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Einav BrentSenior Manager, Software Engineering, Walt Disney Parks & Resorts
Einav joined Disney Interactive over four years ago and currently manages a team of software engineers leading the charge on the Activity Stream product strategy and platform development. Her emphasis on strong core architecture, high performance and scalability, and big data has helped propel the overall success of the Activity Stream platform. Einav’s interests continue to focus on building a product that provides our business with real-time content strategies that align with customer engagement, distribution, and growth. Einav holds a B.Sc. in computer science and engineering from UCLA (2004).
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Andrew BrownBusiness Technology Manager, Walt Disney Parks & Resorts
Andrew Brown is a Business Technology Manager with Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. His team is responsible for software applications that deliver business value through advanced analytics. He serves as the Delivery Manager for the Online Personalization project. Andrew has a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, and a Master of Science in Analytics degree from North Carolina State University.
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Christine ChungSenior Manager, Analytics, Walt Disney Parks & Resorts
Christine Chung leads the Mobile Marketing Insights team from Disney Interactive Games. Her team works with the Mobile Marketing and User Acquisition, Mobile Network, and App Development teams to answer questions such as “what is the lifetime value of users in my app" and “which users should we cross promote between apps". Christine has been with Disney for 4 years, all of those with Disney Interactive.
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Kris FerreiraAssistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Kris Ferreira received her Ph.D. from MIT, where she was a student at the Operations Research Center. She recently joined the faculty of Harvard Business School as an Assistant Professor in the Technology and Operations Management Unit. Her professional experience and research interests are in supply chain and operations management. Currently, her research focuses on operations management in retail, particularly in helping online retailers use data to make smarter pricing and assortment decisions. Her work with collaborators at MIT and at the online retailer Rue La La won the 2014 Practice Award of the INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing Section.
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Guillermo GallegoLiu Family Professor, Department of IE & OR, Columbia University
Guillermo Gallego received his Ph.D. in operations research and industrial engineering from Cornell University. Since 1988, he has been a member of the faculty of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at Columbia University. He has consulted extensively in the areas of manufacturing, supply chain, revenue management, and distance learning. He has published over seventy papers in major journals of operations research, management science, and pricing. In 2012, he was named a fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) in recognition of his contributions to inventory theory and revenue management.
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Inna GiguereSenior Manager, Analytics Development, The Walt Disney Company
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Juan GorrichoVP, Chief Data & Analytics Officer, Partners Federal Credit Union
Juan F. Gorricho is currently the Chief Data & Analytics Officer for Partners Federal Credit Union. In this role, Juan leads the data and analytics strategy development and execution for Partners, one of the top credit unions in the country, exclusively serving the more than 100,000 cast members of The Walt Disney Company. Juan has more than 20 years of experience in the data and analytics space including multiple speaking engagements. In his prior roles with Disney, Juan led multiple multimillion dollar projects to implement business intelligence and analytical solutions for key lines of business such as Labor Operations and Merchandise. Juan has an Industrial Engineering degree from Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia, and an MBA from the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia. Juan is married and lives with his wife and two children in Orlando, Florida.
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Mu JingLead Software Engineer, Walt Disney Parks & Resorts
Mu Jing is the lead software engineer for the Activity Stream team at Disney Interactive. As the primary integration and solutions engineer, he works hand-in-hand with clients from across The Walt Disney Company to help them understand the value of sharing data and how to fully leverage the complete suite of Activity Stream services and offerings. A Bay Area native, he graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in Computer Science, and is completing his MBA at Berkeley-Haas School of Business. His claim to fame is that the esteemed World Cube Association once ranked him as the 39th fastest Rubik's cube solver in the world, a spot he occupied for a full week before his career was tragically derailed by a fingernail injury.
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Michael LisinSenior Information Architect, ABC
Michael Lisin is a Senior Information Architect with DATG Consumer Data & Analytics and focuses on effective and efficient use of data to support the unit’s strategic goals, including: customer and business partner satisfaction, social impact, and profitability. He is always looking for small changes that can deliver big results. Michael has more than 15 years of experience delivering analytics and data science solutions to Fortune 100 companies and nonprofit customers. Before joining Disney, Michael worked on a project to improve fan’s experience at Seattle’s sport venues. Michael holds an MBA and is a published author.
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Laurel LongCustomer Insight Analyst, Walt Disney Parks & Resorts
Laurel Long is a Business Insights Analyst for Disney Interactive Games. She works with App Development teams to optimize product performance and the Marketing team to shape network strategy. Projects she worked on include quantifying the impact of game features and evaluating the success of cross-app promotions.
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Jocelyn McDowellDirector, Multi-Platform Research and Strategy at Disney Channels Worldwide
Jocelyn McDowell is Director, Multi-platform Research and Strategy at Disney Channels Worldwide. She leads the division’s efforts to find innovative and forward-thinking measurement solutions that will help evaluate the impact of new and growing digital platforms (Mobile, Broadband, SVOD, OTT) on traditional linear business and viewership, and works with executives to build non-linear distribution and content strategies. Prior to joining The Walt Disney Company, Ms. McDowell led multi-platform research efforts for Turner Sports. She holds a Master’s Degree in Communication Studies from the University of Windsor, and an Undergraduate Degree in Communication Studies and Psychology from York University in Toronto, Canada.
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Mary MetcalfDigital Marketing Director, Walt Disney Parks & Resorts
Mary Metcalf is a digital marketing director for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. In her role, Mary is responsible for social media listening and measurement of social content performance across the Destinations. The insights from Mary’s team are used to inform content production, understand marketing campaign performance in social media and track the trajectory of social conversation. Prior to joining Disney, she held various roles within digital agencies.
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Colleen MonacoDigital Experience Director, Traffic & Optimization, Walt Disney Parks & Resorts
Colleen Monaco is the Digital Experience Director, Traffic & Optimization for Disney Parks and Resorts Digital. Her team leads traffic management, A/B testing and optimization, and personalization efforts across the parks & resorts digital properties and apps. Colleen holds a BS in Business Administration and a BS in Environmental Economics & Policy from the University of California, Berkeley.
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Marc NormandVice President of Research, Disney Channel
Marc Normand is Vice President of Research at Disney Media Sales & Marketing. He is responsible for providing thought leadership in the areas of kids’ consumer behavior, media trends, and the kids/family advertising marketplace. He is also responsible for creating custom research solutions that measure advertising and sponsorship effectiveness across linear, digital and social platforms. Prior to Disney, Marc was Vice President of Ad Sales Research at NBC Universal – iVillage. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations and a Master’s degree in International Marketing from St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia.
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Matt OlsenDevelopment Operations Lead, The Walt Disney Company
Bio coming soon.
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Wayne PeacockVP, Analytics Insights and Business Intelligence, Walt Disney Studios
K. Wayne Peacock is Vice President, Analytic Insights and Business Intelligence for The Walt Disney Studios. In his role he is responsible for supporting each of the four Studio segments: Theatrical, Home Entertainment, Music, and Stage. Prior to joining Disney, he held various executive roles with Visa, Netflix, Gaikai, and Capital One. Mr. Peacock has over 25 years of business intelligence, software development, architecture, and design experience.
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BJ PriceAnalytics & Optimization Manager, Walt Disney Parks & Resorts
As a Cast Member at the Walt Disney Company, BJ has held roles in Entertainment, Operations, Engineering, Revenue Management and Marketing. Finding actionable business insights through data visualization has been a common thread throughout her career.
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Amy RaskExecutive Vice President, MediaScience
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Patricia RodriguezManager of Guest Data and Decisioning, Walt Disney Parks & Resorts
Patricia Rodriguez is the Manager of Guest Data and Decisioning within Disney’s Global Customer Managed Relationships department. Her team leads the strategic planning, integration and enablement of the omni-channel Guest relationship across Parks and Resorts. Patricia holds a BS in Marketing and an MBA from the University of Florida.
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Nate VadeboncoeurManager, Advanced Analytics & Optimization, Walt Disney Parks & Resorts
Nate Vadeboncoeur is Manager, Advanced Analytics and Optimization within Walt Disney Parks & Resorts’ Consumer Insight, Measurement, and Analytics organization. In this role, Nate leads all aspects of AAO’s data and visualization environment. In addition, he leads marketing mix modeling initiatives in support of Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, Disneyland Paris, and Aulani businesses. Previously, he has held analytical and leadership roles in CRM within Parks and Resorts, and prior to Disney, he held various positions in corporate finance & treasury, mergers and acquisitions, and marketing analytics for one of the largest retailers in the US.
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Jonathan YedidiaSenior Research Scientist, Disney Research
Jonathan Yedidia is a senior research scientist at Disney Research Boston. He holds a Ph.D. in theoretical statistical physics from Princeton (1990). He transitioned to computer science, working at the web start-up Viaweb, where he helped develop the search engine that became Yahoo! Shopping. In 1998, he joined Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs (MERL), where he researched probabilistic inference algorithms such as the belief propagation and generalized belief propagation algorithms, and their applications in a variety of fields, including communications, signal processing, and artificial intelligence. Since 2011, he has been at Disney Research, leading a team that works on algorithms for artificial intelligence, optimization, computer vision, and machine learning.
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Haining YuManager, Decision Science, Walt Disney Parks & Resorts
Haining Yu has been with Walt Disney Parks & Resorts since 2008 and is the Manager of Decision Science at the Department of Revenue Management & Analytics. He holds a Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from Boston University. His interests include revenue management and pricing, media analytics, and machine learning.
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