{"id":1045,"date":"2021-02-01T11:44:46","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T11:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/?p=1045"},"modified":"2023-07-28T15:23:14","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T15:23:14","slug":"spring-2021-iab-initiatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/spring-2021-iab-initiatives\/","title":{"rendered":"IDSC Industry Advisory Board Advances Workforce Development Initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NicholasBuilding the data and analytic skills necessary to succeed in the 21st<\/sup> century workforce is a top priority for the University of Miami Institute for Data Science and Computing (IDSC). To advance that goal, IDSC has recruited leading technology professionals for its Industry Advisory Board.<\/p>\n

“We are committed to making South Florida a hub for the data sciences and integrating leading-edge tools and applications into decision-making processes for all industries,” said Nick Tsinoremas<\/strong>, Founding Director, IDSC, and Vice Provost for Research Computing and Data, University of Miami.\u00a0 “Our valued members of the Industry Advisory Board support help shape our workforce development initiatives.”<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are in the middle of the information and communications technology (ICT) revolution that is transforming society and reshaping the industrial world.”<\/h3>\n

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\"RoyRoy Lowrance<\/strong>, Chief Data Scientist at Autonomous Professional Development<\/strong>, serves as Chairman of IDSC’s Industry Advisory Board. He has designed and developed artificial intelligence (AI) applications that help adult learners achieve their educational objectives, and is also Founder and CEO of Applied Data Science<\/strong>, LLC, in New York.<\/p>\n

“We are in the middle of the information and communications technology (ICT) revolution that is transforming society and reshaping the industrial world,” said Lowrance.\u00a0 “In the past decade, data science has come into its own, as the cost of storing, analyzing, and moving information has plummeted. Now, organizations need to be able to leverage this technology.”<\/p>\n

Recognizing the importance of aligning academic programs with business needs, Lowrance is building an IDSC partnership with the Miami-Dade Beacon Council<\/strong>, the area\u2019s public-private economic development organization.\u00a0 “We plan to contact organizations with data science positions, and ask those professionals what skills and knowledge are needed to do their jobs,” he said. “We will also look at the data science job descriptions and convert them down into specific tasks and look at the skills needed to perform those actions. Then, we will make those insights available to academic institutions in our community, including UM, so that curriculum and course offerings can be aligned with industry needs.”<\/p>\n

Currently, Miami-Dade has hundreds of companies, nonprofits, and governments that employ data science professionals, and the pool of talent continues to grow as the region attracts more technology companies. “This type of workforce development initiative will support the expansion of local businesses, as well as the relocation of newcomers,” Lowrance said. “It will help businesses understand the nature of the ICT talent pool in South Florida, so they can source the right talent locally. It\u2019s a win-win situation for our community.”<\/p>\n

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IDSC Industry Advisory Board<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

The IDSC Industry Advisory board is committed to making South Florida a hub for the integration of data science into the decision-making processes for all industries. Its mission is to support the education of the next generation of data scientists and promote the adoption of data practices by industry and business executives in the Western hemisphere.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Roy<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\"Robert<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chairman<\/strong>
\nRoy Lowrance<\/strong>, PhD
\nFounder + CEO | Applied Data Science, LLC<\/strong><\/td>\n		<\/td>\nVice Chairman<\/strong>
\nRobert Moniz<\/strong>, PEng
\nPresident, GlassHouse Systems<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Eric<\/td>\n\"Matthew<\/td>\n\"Laura<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eric Anderson<\/strong>
\nGlobal Co-Head, Technology and Communications
\nEgonZehnder<\/strong><\/td>\n		Matthew Denesuk<\/strong>
\nSenior Vice President, Data Analytics & AI
\nRoyal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.<\/strong><\/td>\n		Laura Gabrysiak<\/strong>
\nData Science Manager, Visa<\/strong>
\nFounder, R-Ladies Miami<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Louis<\/td>\n\"Jonathan<\/td>\n\"Elly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Louis Gidel<\/strong>, PhD, MD
\nChief Medical Informatics & Quality Officer
\nBaptist Health South Florida<\/strong><\/td>\n		Jonathan Hammond<\/strong>
\nHead of Sales, No. America Commercial Enterprise & Education
\nAdobe <\/strong>Digital Media Platform<\/strong> & Solutions<\/td>\n		Elly Keinan<\/strong>
\nManaging Director, Vista Estrella Consulting, LLC
\nVenture Partner, Pitango<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Pete<\/td>\n\"Kevin<\/td>\n\"Fabio<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pete Martinez<\/strong>
\nManaging Director, Game Changer Tec, LLC<\/strong>
\nCEO, Sivotec Analytics<\/strong><\/td>\n		Kevin McKenzie<\/strong>
\nVice-President, Information Technology
\nChief Information Security Officer (CISO), Dollar Tree<\/strong><\/td>\n		Fabio Ribeiro<\/strong>
\nGeneral Partner, TUZ Ventures<\/strong>
\nCTO, Aura Minerals, Inc.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Yuda<\/td>\n\"Man<\/td>\n\"Ingrid<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yuda Saydun<\/strong>
\nPresident, Cyvent<\/strong><\/td>\n		Man Chon <\/strong>“Kevin” U<\/strong>, PhD
\nVice President, Enterprise Data Architecture and Machine Learning Technology, American Express<\/strong><\/td>\n		Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes<\/strong>, MD MBA
\nDirector, World Business Angels Investment Forum<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Building the data and analytic skills necessary to succeed in the 21st century workforce is a top priority for the University of Miami Institute for Data Science and Computing (IDSC). To advance that goal, IDSC has recruited leading technology professionals for its Industry Advisory Board. “We are committed to making South Florida a hub for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":655,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,227],"tags":[375,376,75,180,378,377],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1045"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2027,"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045\/revisions\/2027"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}