Industry Advisory Boards
Working in collaboration with faculty, advisory board members bring industry perspectives to the Information & Decision Sciences Department. Three different boards advise department leaders on strategy, programs, and various initiatives.
IDSC Department Advisory Board
- Pat Bajari, Chief Economist and VP, Amazon
- Doug Bond, Managing Director, PwC
- Prashant Gandhi, Managing Director Head of Digital Payments, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
- Dan Johnson, EVP Healthcare Strategy, Experian
- Justin Kershaw, Corporate VP & CIO, Cargill
- Mike Martiny, CIO, General Mills
- Steven Penn, VP & CFO, UHG Optum Technology
- D. Steve Boland, Managing Director, Bank of America
MSBA Program Advisory Board
- Collin Cook, Practice Area Lead, Slalom Consulting
- Tyler Deutsch, Global Data Science Leader, Cargill
- Rajeev Duggirala, Vice President, Ameriprise
- Hamza Farooq, Senior Statistician/Analyist, Walmart
- Bonnie Holub, VP Talent Analytics, Korn Ferry
- Monika Khandelwal, Data Scientist, Thomson Reuters
- Gray Knowlton, CIO, Upsher-Smith
- Maribet McCarty, Lead Health Info Data Analyst, Fairview Health Services
- Sarah Peterson, Senior Director of Cartwheel, Target
- Ben Schein, Senior Director BI & Analytics, Target
- Prasoon Sharma, Director of Analytics, McKinsey Digital
- Janette Smrcka, IT Director, Mall of America
- William Stentz, Director of Analytics, Carmichael Lynch
- Nick Stuber, Associate Director, Optum
- John Tong, Director of Digital Marketing Strategy & Analytics, Sears
- Veronika Torarp, Director Strategy, PwC
- Eric Weber, Senior Data Scientist, LinkedIn
- Abe Weston, Associate Principal, Google
- Matt Wharton, Director Finance, Regis
- Jim Willenbring, Director of Strategy and Marketing, Medtronic
Executive Advisory Board on Curriculum
- Ben Amel, Vice President of Information Technology, Boston Scientific
- Tim Boos, Sr. IT Manager SAP QA and Testing Services Enterprise Applications Service Delivery, Medtronic
- Chris Bretoi, Compliance Lead, Information Security, Risk & Compliance, 3M
- Jessica Bottensek, Lead Scrum Master, Target
- Alex Carlon, Senior Consultant, Deloitte
- Martin Caride, Project Manager, Ag Tech, Land O'Lakes
- Pat Keran, Vice President, Innovation, Research and Development, UHG/Optum
- Rob Kehr, Director, Infrastructure Services, Information Technology, Securian Financial Group
- Todd Loncorich, Sr. Manager, Enterprise Data Warehouse and Reporting/Analytics Platforms, General Mills
- Brent Murray, Worldwide Solutions Executive, IBM Customer Engagement, IBM
- Mike McFarlane, Regional Infrastructure Outsourcer Capacity and Demand Lead, Cargill
- Matt Schmidt, Information Security Oversight Manager, Wells Fargo
- Kate Siegrist, Partner, Lurie LLP
- Zachary Silverman, Manager Consultant, Capgemini
- Mary Texer, Manager, Documentation and Training Readiness, Questar Assessment Inc.
