October 30, 31, November 1 & 2, 2014 | Boulder, CO
Olivia Parr Rud
Olivia is an Internationally Known Radio Host, Author, Speaker, and Expert in Business Intelligence and Innovative Leadership.
Her popular radio show, Quantum Business Insights, airs every Friday on Voice America Business. She is considered a thought leader in the integration of analytic tools and holistic organizational practices that deliver success through the optimal blending of quantitative and qualitative methodologies and practices.
Her years of research and study in data mining and business intelligence led to the writing of her first book, Data Mining Cookbook, Modeling for Acquisition, Risk and Customer Relationship Management (Wiley 2001), an international best-seller. Seeing a larger need for the blending of analytics with human competencies, she was inspired to conduct research in the areas the communication, collaboration and leadership. This led to the unveiling of links between the global economy, organizational dynamics, and complexity science, highlighted in her second book, Business Intelligence Success Factors, Aligning for Success in a Global Economy (Wiley/SAS, 2009).
In addition to her radio show, Olivia currently lectures and consults with clients in the areas of business intelligence, organizational dynamics, and innovative leadership. She holds a BA in Mathematics, an MS in Statistics and is a certified Holacracy practitioner. Clients include Cisco, Walmart, Wells Fargo, State Farm, Nationwide Insurance, Fleet Bank, Citizen’s Bank, HP, IBM, and Xerox. For more information, please visit www.oliviagroup.com.