Advisory Board
The School of Data Science and Analytics (SDSA) advisory board is a group of industry leaders who offer their time and expertise to help us ensure that we are focused on graduating students who match the needs of the marketplace. This is especially important as we go through a period of rapid growth with the chartering of School of Data Science and Analytics and the brand new Bachelor of Science in Data Science and Analytics. Board members provide strategic counsel, help support our programs and events, promote hiring of our graduates, and assist in fundraising activities.
David Arasmith
Head of Model Risk
Regions Bank
Colin Coleman
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Inspire Brands
Jimmy Hendricks
Senior Director, Data Science
Best Buy
Omar Kitosi
Manager, Data Analytics & Reporting
Southern Company
Girish Modgil
Senior VP, Data Science, Automation, and Artificial Intelligence
Travelers
Divyes Patel
Director, Innovation, Research & Development
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
Mike Stefanick
Managing Director - Leader AI & ML Platforms - Generative AI Prototypes for Risk/Legal/Banking
EY
Alex Vayner
Managing Director, Data Science & AI
KPMG
Gail Wetzel
Vice President, Data & Analytics
Equifax
Tim Berryman
Vice President of Decision Analytics
Georgia Pacific
Nathan Ghadirifard
Director, Strategic Market Analytics
WellStar Health System
Tim Jarrell
Vice President of Power Supply, Rates and DER Strategy
Cobb EMC
Barbara Liesenfelt
Head of Data and Analytics
InterContinental Hotels Group
Mustafa Nisar
Director, Exploratory Data Science and Analytics
The Home Depot
David Sommers
Senior Vice President of Analytics
Epsilon
Bob Vanderheyden
Principal Data Scientist - Manager
Microsoft
Ying Wang
Senior Director, Data Science
Cox Automotive
