Dr. Andrew Banasiewicz is the director of data science and business analytics programs at Merrimack College, a professor of business analytics at Cambridge College, and the founder of Erudite Analytics, a data analytical consultancy focused on risk assessment. Formerly, Dr. Banasiewicz served as a full-time faculty at Boston University, a part-time faculty at Providence College and Harvard University, and a visiting lecturer at universities in Europe and Asia. Before embarking on academic and consulting career, Andrew spent two decades working as a senior-level quantitative risk and marketing analyst; his primary area of expertise encompasses research design and sampling, predictive modeling and general statistical data analyses, text mining, and impact measurement; he has extensive, hands-on data analytical experience in a wide range of industries including energy, utilities, automotive, financial services, pharmaceuticals, consumer packaged goods, gaming and hospitality. He is the author of five analytics-focused books, in addition to multiple methodological journal articles and industry white papers; his most recent book – Evidence-Based Decision-Making: How to Leverage Available Data & Avoid Cognitive Biases – will be published in 2019. A frequent speaker at national and international professional meetings and conferences, Dr. Banasiewicz is a Fellow of the Center for Evidence-Based Management, and of the Australian Academy of Business Leadership; he is also a member of the Board, and the Chair of Professional Practices for the Society of Risk Management Consultants.
