PRASHANTH SOUTHEKAL, PHD, is a data, analytics, and AI consultant, author, and professor. He has worked and consulted for over 80 organizations including P&G, GE, Shell, Apple, FedEx, and SAP. Dr. Southekal is the author of Data for Business Performance and Analytics Best Practices (ranked #1 analytics books of all time by BookAuthority) and writes regularly on data, analytics, and AI in Forbes and CFO.University. He serves on the Editorial Board of MIT CDOIQ Symposium and is an advisory board member at BGV (Benhamou Global Ventures) a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm. Apart from his consulting and advisory pursuits, he has trained over 3,000 professionals worldwide in data and analytics. Dr. Southekal is also an adjunct professor of data and analytics at IE Business School (Madrid, Spain). CDO Magazine included him in the top 75 global academic data leaders of 2022. He holds a PhD from ESC Lille (FR), an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management (US), and holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors (Canada).