Randy Bean has been an advisor to Fortune 1000 organizations on data leadership for 3+ decades. He is a Founder, CEO, Thought Leader, Author, and Speaker in the field of data-driven business leadership. Randy is the bestselling author of Fail Fast, Learn Faster: Lessons in Data-Driven Leadership in an Age of Disruption, Big Data, and AI. He is a contributing author for Forbes, Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, and The Wall Street Journal. Randy was founder and CEO of NewVantage Partners, a data and analytics strategic advisory firm which he founded in 2001. The firm was acquired by Wavestone, a Paris-based global consultancy which is listed on the Euronext exchange, in December 2021. He currently is Innovation Fellow, Data Strategy for Wavestone.