Council Post: The Four Pillars Of Data And Analytics Strategy

Dr. Velkoski serves as Director, Data Science at the National Association of REALTORS and Adjunct Professor at DePaul University. It has been nearly eight years since data scientist was declared the sexiest job of the 21st century. As senior professionals demonstrating the talent and creativity necessary to transform raw data into deep, intuitive knowledge, data scientists were poised to revolutionize decision-making and strengthen organizational performance. According to PwC's 22nd Annual Global CEO Survey, organizations continue to struggle to extract actionable intelligence from data. Those that participated in the survey highlighted a lack of analytical talent, data silos and poor data reliability as the main causes for the absence of progress.