Meet our Executive Leadership

Joel Sokol

Joel Sokol

MSA Founding Director

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Polo Chau

Polo Chau

MSA Associate Director

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Xiaoming Huo

Xiaoming Huo

MSA Associate Director

Lizhen Xu

Lizhen Xu

MSA Associate Director

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MSA Leadership

Ann Blasick
Ann Blasick
Director of Career Services
Candice McLemore
Candice McLemore
Director of MSA Program Operations
Joel Sokol
Director
Duen Horng Chau
Associate Director
Xiaoming Huo
Associate Director
Lizhen Xu
Associate Director
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Richard Fujimoto
Faculty Committee
Sridhar Narasimhan
Faculty Committee
Jianjun Shi
Faculty Committee

Faculty

Christos Alexopoulos
Industrial and Systems Engineering
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Srinivas Aluru
Computational Science and Engineering
Sigrun Andradottir
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Turgay Ayer
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Sudheer Chava
Scheller College of Business
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Edmond Chow
Computational Science and Engineering
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Mathieu Dahan
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Santanu Dey
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Alan Erera
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Irfan Essa
Irfan Essa
Computer Science
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Robert Foley
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Nagi Gebraeel
Industrial and Systems Engineering
David Goldsman
Industrial and Systems Engineering
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Timothy Halloran
Scheller College of Business
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James Hays
Interactive Computng
Pinar Keskinocak
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Seong-Hee Kim
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Anton Kleywegt
Industrial and Systems Engineering
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George Lan
Industrial and Systems Engineering
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Mingfeng Lin
Scheller College of Business
JC Lu
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Yajun Mei
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Renato Monteiro
Industrial and Systems Engineering
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James "Robbie" Moon
Scheller College of Business
Charles Mulford
Scheller College of Business
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Shamkant Navathe
Computer Science
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Ashwin Pananjady-Martin
Industrial and Systems Engineering
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Haesun Park
Computational Science and Engineering
Kamran Paynabar
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Spiridon Reveliotis
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Mohammad Roozbahani
Mohammad Roozbahani
Computational Science and Engineering
Nicoleta Serban
Industrial and Systems Engineering
John Stasko
Interactive Computng
Peter Swire
Scheller College of Business
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Gamze Tokol-Goldsman
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Craig Tovey
Industrial and Systems Engineering
John Vande Vate
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Roshan Vengazhiyil
Industrial and Systems Engineering
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Richard Vuduc
Computational Science and Engineering
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Daniel Weagley
Scheller College of Business
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Keith Werle
Scheller College of Business
Chelsea White
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Jeff Wu
Industrial and Systems Engineering
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Anqi Wu
Computational Science and Engineering
Yao Xie
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Danfei Xu
Danfei Xu
Computer Science
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Tuo Zhao
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Joel Sokol
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Duen Horng Chau
Computational Science and Engineering
Xiaoming Huo
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Yu Hu
Scheller College of Business
Lizhen Xu
Scheller College of Business
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Richard Fujimoto
Computational Science and Engineering
Sridhar Narasimhan
Scheller College of Business
Jianjun Shi
Industrial and Systems Engineering

Staff

Candice McLemore
Candice McLemore
Director of MSA Program Operations
Ann Blasick
Ann Blasick
Director of Career Services
Ashley Marshall
Ashley Marshall
Corporate Relations Manager
Lauren Silver
Lauren Silver
Corporate Relations Manager
Rachael Smith
Rachael Smith
Corporate Relations Manager
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Shirmenia Nunes
Program Manager
Harry Sharp
Harry Sharp
Academic Program Coordinator

Advisory Board

Mr. Ivan Alvarez

VP Enterprise Data and Advanced Analytics

Ms. Mansi Arora

YouTube
Data Scientist
GT MSA 2018

Mr. Brian Burns

Nordstrom
Manager - Data Science & Analytics – Personalization
GT MSA 2016

Mr. Michael Carpenter

The Home Depot
Director of Finance-Decision Analytics

Dr. Manoj Chari

Elon University
Assistant Professor -Business Analytics

Mr. Evan Charles

The Coca-Cola Company
Group Director - Revenue Growth Management

Mr. Jean-Luc Chatelain

Accenture Applied Intelligence
Retired - Managing Director, CTO Applied Intelligence

Mr. Nirmit Chetwani

Amazon
Manager, Science
GT MSA 2018

Mr. Prasanna Dhoré

Fiserv
President, Data Ventures

Dr. Warren Hearnes

Best Buy
Vice President, Head of Data Science

Mr. Keith Jackson

AT&T Services
Chief Human Resources Officer

Dr. Ahmet Keha

ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
Senior Principal Engineer - Production Planning

Ms. Shannon Kehoe

Cleverbridge
Director of Artificial Intelligence
GT MSA 2019

Dr. Radhika Kulkarni

SAS Institute
Retired - Vice President, Advanced Analytics R&D

Mr. Sundar Kuppuswamy

Asurion
Sr. Director, Chief Data Scientist

Dr. Sofus Macskassy

LinkedIn
Director of Engineering Data Science

Mr. Paul Stroup

Shopify
Director Data Science

Mr. Prahalad Thota

Facebook
VP of Data Science

Dr. Michael Watson

Northwestern University
Faculty, Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences (IEMS)

Gail Wetzel

Equifax
Vice President, Data & Analytics

Dr. Beverly Wright

Wavicle Data Solutions
Vice President, Data Science & AI / CAIO