Adjunct Professor
Lake Forest Graduate School of Management
September 27, 2022
Currently, I create and teach classes on AI/ML and advanced analytics at Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. I have been teaching classes in both the degree base program and the Executive Education based program. Classes have included students who work at - GrubHub, Abbott, State Farm, Allstate, and numerous other enterprise class organizations.
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Adjunct Professor
Illinois Institute of Technology
September 30, 2008
I taught in the undergraduate Engineering School. The classes were focused on teaching Engineering students interdisciplinary collaboration and decision making. One semester, the team wrote business plans and in another semester the teams built early stage Virtual Reality prototypes
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Advisory Board Member - Masters & Undergraduate Programs in Business Analytics
University of Texas - Austin
September 30, 2022
My role is to act as an advisor and consultant to the university administration, faculty, and staff about the Masters in Business Analytics program. We discuss curriculum, classes, engagement with companies and other ways to continually improve the business analytics program for the students, university and the companies that hire and interact with the students and the university.
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Advisory Board Member - Masters in Data Science Program
Oklahoma State University
September 30, 2022
I am a member of the analytics advisory board. The mission of this board is to foster and support excellence in marketing analytics and data mining education at Oklahoma State University. The board serves as an advisory resource for the marketing analytics and data mining programs regarding such matters as mission, strategy, curriculum, external activities, student recruiting, student placement, internships, fundraising and new initiatives.
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Data for All
Manning
December 27, 2022
Data for All, will be published in the Fall of 2022. Written for the general public, the book is an outline of how the world of data works today and how it will work in the near future. Described as a “Revolutionary Manifesto for Data”, the book instructs people in how to protect and manage their data and the data of their loved ones. Data for All communicates how to do this in applied and practical terms.
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Tags: Big Data, Social, Leadership
Building Analytics Teams: Harnessing analytics and artificial intelligence for business improvement
Packt Publishing
June 30, 2022
John is the author of the bestselling book – Building Analytics Teams: Leveraging analytics and artificial intelligence for business improvement. The book was published in June 2020 and outlines how to hire and manage high performance advanced analytics teams. The book outlines how to engage with executives and senior managers. How to select and undertake analytics projects that change and improve how a business operates.
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Tags: Analytics, Leadership, Business Strategy
Analytics: How to win with Intelligence
Technics
March 31, 2017
John is co-author of the bestselling book – Analytics: How to win with Intelligence, which debuted on Amazon as the #1 new book in Analytics in 2017. Analytics is a book that guides non-technical executives through the journey of creating an analytics function, funding initiatives, and driving change in business operations through data and applied analytical applications.
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Data for All with John K. Thompson
Practical AI
October 18, 2022
People are starting to wake up to the fact that they have control and ownership over their data, and governments are moving quickly to legislate these rights. John K. Thomson has written a new book on the topic that is a must read! We talk about the new book in this episode along with how practitioners should be thinking about data exchanges, privacy, trust, and synthetic data.
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Tags: Big Data, Privacy, Data Center
VIDEO | CSL Behring Global Head, AI and Rapid Data Lab: We Bring in Younger People
CDO Magazine
September 22, 2022
John Thompson, CSL Behring’s Global Head, AI, and Rapid Data Lab, speaks with Salema Rice, Global Managing Director, Applied Intelligence, Accenture (and CDO Magazine Editorial Board Member), about the challenges facing analytics leaders, the need for including younger minds on teams, and AI’s real-world application.
Thompson says that the biggest challenge for him as an analytics leader is getting the message across and understood by C-level executives. This is mainly because many C-suite executives did not start their careers with computers, analytics, or data, he adds.
He stresses that organizations must do whatever it takes to become entirely data-driven. Thompson reveals that CSL Behring has been working with multiple educational institutions to bring in interns as young as first-year students and other undergraduates to work with them on capstone projects, co-op projects, and internships.
According to Thompson, CSL Behring puts in a lot of effort to bring in younger people. He has been working with the Mark Cuban Foundation on AI boot camps, and is reaching out to participants as young as high school students. He hopes to get into elementary schools to get kids to understand the value of data, AI, and STEM.
Thompson goes on to share examples of AI use cases where technology helps make the world a better place. He points toward an application developed while he was at Dell with the University of Iowa Hospitals. The team built an AI environment that monitored patients in the operating room. It gave surgeons feedback about the heat, humidity, procedure, patient, and vitals. And, it predicted if a patient had a higher probability of developing post-surgical sepsis. Over the three years of using the system, it reduced the incidence of sepsis by 74%, saving many lives.
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Analytics in Pharma - Patients, Productivity & Price
DATAcated
May 02, 2022
The DATAcated Conference is a free, virtual ‘data party’ hosted by Kate Strachnyi. This is the third DATAcated Conference – it has an industry focus and covers financial services, healthcare, energy, retail, sports, and food & beverage. In this interview, Kate and John talk about analytics in the Pharmaceutical industry.
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The Future of Data
Lights on Data Show
April 04, 2022
John Thompson is a 2 x Best Selling Author, Keynote Speaker, and Innovator in AI, Data & Advanced Analytics. As a senior technology executive leading Data Science & Product teams is the best one out there to reveal to us what the future of data holds.
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How to Build a Data Science Culture
The Artists of Data Science
June 04, 2021
In this interview, Harpreet Sahota and John talk about how to start, build, manage and grow a data science team and culture.
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Empowering data scientists to find creative solutions
Alteryx
April 06, 2021
How can leaders encourage data scientists to experiment? Best selling author John K. Thompson joins us to share tips, including the importance of having a psychological understanding of what drives data scientists.
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Building Analytics Teams
Ternary Data: Data Engineering Consulting
January 05, 2021
In this interview, Joe Reis and John talk about how to start, build, manage and grow a data science team and culture.
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Building Successful Analytics Teams - with author John K. Thompson
Bernard Marr
September 04, 2020
Bernard Marr's Future of Business & Technology Podcast
In this conversation with author and technology executive John K. Thompson we will explore how to build successful analytics teams in companies. We will explore what makes a high-performing analytics team, the key mistakes to avoid and the important steps to create and grow a team that will successfully deliver your data and analytics projects.
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How to Build Effective Analytics Teams
Story by Data
September 01, 2020
Join the LinkedIn live session on how to create an effective business analytics team and develop a production environment that delivers ongoing operational improvements for your organization. In today’ session you’ll hear from John Thompson, author of Building Analytics Teams. You’ll also have a chance to win a copy of the book! We are giving away 3 books at the end of the session for Best Questions Asked
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Executive Advisory Board - AI, Data Science & Computer Science
Oakland University
September 30, 2022
I serve on the Executive Advisory Board (EAB) for the Computer Science department. I work with other members of the EAB, and the administration and faculty members at Oakland University to:
1. Review proposed curriculum additions, and revisions
2. Suggest improvements and changes in classes and offerings
3. Discuss areas of focus for classes and research to improve the relevancy to students and industry
The EAB is an external group that helps refine and improve the offerings and educational experience for students while they are at Oakland and to help in attracting students from a global population.
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Board Of Advisors - Data Analytics Programs & Curriculum
Ferris State University
September 30, 2022
My involvement includes working with professors, administration, and students to ensure that the Analytics programs, including - Data Analytics, Business Data Analytics, Data Science and Analytics, and Advanced Studies in Data Analytics are constantly improving and tracking with the needs of employers, industries, governments and other organizations that want and need to employ data science, data engineering and analytics professionals.
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