INFORMS Open Forum

Thank you to Nirmit Chetwani, Manager of Data Science at Amazon, who was our July speaker in the INFORMS Insights webinar series.

He shares the following points:

1. Cross-cutting data science and analytics concepts as applied to e-commerce industry (what you need to land a job in e-commerce/tech companies).
2. Pros and cons of working as an analytics professional in a startup and tech giants (helpful for shortlisting what roles could suit you).
3. Difference between identifying what your stakeholders want vs. what they need (in the context of science/analytics problems), which is critical to success in any role.

INFORMS Insights are held on the third Thursday of the month, you can see upcoming webinars at https://info.informs.org/informs-insights. Free for members, $19 for non-members.

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Mary Leszczynski
Director, Marketing
INFORMS
Catonsville MD
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This is a fantastic video that covers critical issues and questions for current folks in data science, analytics, optimization, etc.  My preferred term remains analytics without borders (AWB) - pick and choose the right decision and information science tool that works for the problem.  I would add look where the "agents of change" team is located and how much support do they have.  See writing by John Milne on agents of change.

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Ken Fordyce
director analytics without borders
Arkieva
Wilmington DE
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