Randy Bartlett, Ph.D. is among the rising authorities on Business Analytics. He is currently a Senior Principal with Infosys Technologies Limited, where he leads a growing Business Analytics practice. He has 20+ years of experience in delivering BA, several years of leading analytics teams, and nine years of training: Ph.D. & M.S. Department of Statistics, Texas A&M University; B.S. Computer Science & Statistics, Iowa State University. His first-hand experience has been derived from working at Applied Research Associates (ARA), AHQR (Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research), AstraZeneca, Bell South, BMS, Fannie Mae, Infosys, Inspire/Merck, JDA Software, NHA (National Highway Administration), PricewaterhouseCoopers, The Associates/Citigroup, Wells Fargo, etc. He has worked both sides of the desk: consulting and hiring consultants; and he has a great deal of experience reviewing projects and statistical analyses. He has provided a number of novel statistical solutions in business and holds two patents for predictive modeling. His book, 'A Practitioner’s Guide To Business Analytics,' is the foremost reference on how corporations can compete on business analytics in this era of Big Data. He previously contributed to the 'Encyclopedia For Research Design.'