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Author Doug Gray shares the most important lessons he has learned over the course of his 30+ year career in analytics and technology. Readers will witness the Analytical Sciences profession through the eye of a practitioner who has delivered solutions that generate hundreds of millions of dollars annually in business value.
List of contents
Introduction, 1. Career Summary: On Becoming a Practitioner and Leader, 2. The Dual Challenge of the Analytical Sciences Practitioner, 3. Digital Transformation, 4. Advanced Analytics is Economically Transformational, 5. Airworthy: American Airlines Heavy Maintenance Planning and Scheduling, 6. Consulting Concepts Learned from Airworthy, 7. A Modern Day Project Applying the Same Principles: Advanced Analytics Commodity Case, 8. Right Tool, Right Place, Right Time (with Nader Kabbani), 9. Under Fire: Lessons from the Front - Revenue Management for Manufacturing, 10. Analytics Nontechnical Skills, 11. Top 10 Analytics Leadership Skills (with Tom Davenport), 12. Top 10 Reasons Analytical Sciences Projects Fail, 13. Surrounded by Success, 14. O.R. in 2048
About the author
Douglas A. Gray is a practitioner, leader, and educator with over 30 years of experience leading award-winning teams at industry luminaries in analytics, including INFORMS Prize-winning American Airlines and Walmart. His teams have delivered advanced game-changing solutions in the airline operations, healthcare, and omnichannel retail supply chain domains, which deliver hundreds of millions of dollars in business value and economic impact annually. He teaches Analytics and AI Strategy at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in the Executive MBA, Executive Education, and MS Data Science programs, and has published over a dozen articles and two books on analytics best practices and applications.
Summary
Author Doug Gray shares the most important lessons he has learned over the course of his 30+ year career in analytics and technology. Readers will witness the Analytical Sciences profession through the eye of a practitioner who has delivered solutions that generate hundreds of millions of dollars annually in business value.
