Randy Bartlett, Ph.D. CAP® PSTAT® is a statistician/statistical data scientist with 20+ years of practice experience analyzing and reviewing data analysis; and leading business analytics teams.  He is currently a Business Analytics Leader at Blue Sigma Analytics.  He provides services for everything from strategic consulting for business analytics to data analysis and data management.  His services are reflected by his book, workshops, and presentations. He designed 'A Practitioner’s Guide to Business Analytics' (McGraw-Hill, 2013) (https://tinyurl.com/jx8rcru) to be the foremost reference on how corporations can better implement business analytics and in this era of Big Data and the Internet of Things.  He discusses strategic topics, including culture, organization, planning, and leadership for business analytics, in Chapters 1-6 and in Day I of his workshop.  For tactics, he discusses Statistical Qualifications, Diagnostics, and Review; and Data Collection, Software, and Management in Chapters 7-12 and during Day II of his workshop.  He previously contributed to the Encyclopedia for Research Design and writes blogs (including a series on Statistical Denial), case studies (AIG, AstraZeneca, big pharma, Google Flu Trends, et al.), and articles (two in Analytics Magazine).  Specialties: Leading quants; addressing Big Data; making and supporting analytics-based decisions; performing statistical review; evaluating datasets and software needs;and re-organizing analytics teams.