#data #analytics

Estée Lauder’s Chief Analytics Officer, Sol Rashidi, believes in the power of data. She is responsible for leveraging analytics to drive digital transformation at a global beauty company and transforming the role of analytics from one of support to one of strategy.

On episode #710 of CXOTalk, I asked Sol for practical advice on building and managing data and analytics teams.

The conversation covers these topics:

What does a chief analytics officer do?
Data acquisition and data gathering
How to align data science and analytics with Finance?
Data and analytics vs. opinion and intuition
How to reduce bias in data science?
What are critical aspects of organizational maturity in data science and analytics?
How to encourage organizational cooperation?
Advice for business leaders

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Sol Rashidi currently holds 7 patents, with 21 filed in the Data & Analytics space and is a keynote speaker at several technology conferences speaking on various topics such as Machine Learning, Data & Analytics, and Emerging Operating Models for organizations taking on transformations in the D&A space. Prior to joining Estee Lauder as their Chief Analytics Officer, Sol was the Chief Data & Analytics Officer for Merck, EVP and CDO for Sony Music, and Chief Data & Cognitive officer for Royal Caribbean.