Chief Analytics Officer: Practical Advice from Sol Rashidi, Estee Lauder - CXOTalk

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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.