Doug B LaneyDoug Laney is a best-selling author and recognized authority on data and analytics strategy. He advises senior IT, business and data leaders on data monetization and valuation, data management and governance, external data strategies, analytics best ractices, and establishing data and analytics organizations.Doug's book, Infonomics: How to Monetize, Manage, and Measure Information for Competitive Advantage, was selected by CIO Magazine as the Must-Read Book of the Year and a Top 5 Books for Business Leaders and Tech Innovators.Now the Data & Analytics Strategy Innovation Fellow with the digital services consulting firm West Monroe, previously Doug was a founding member and Distinguished Analyst with Gartner's Chief Data Officer research and advisory team, and is a three-time Gartner annual thought leadership award recipient. In addition, he helped launch and co-manage the Deloitte Analytics Institute, is a Forbes contributing writer and has been published in the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times among other journals.Doug guest-lectures at major business schools around the world and is a visiting professor with the University of Illinois Gies College of Business where he teaches an MBA course on Infonomics and developed its Business Analytics Executive Overview course, both of which are available online via Coursera.Doug also co-chairs the annual MIT CDO/IQ Symposium, is a visiting professor at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College, is a member of the World Economic Forum's data exchange initiative, a member of the American Economic Association, on the Dataversity and TDWI faculty, and sits on various technology company advisory boards. In his spare time Doug enjoys cycling the Chicago lakefront, golfing, Cubs games, cooking and hosting dinner parties, chilling on his rooftop deck, good wine and great whiskey, reading and podcasts, and volunteering at the Lakeview Pantry and teaching Junior Achievement classes at grammar schools. Read More Read Less