About the Author
Rachel Alt-Simmons is an analytics and technology professional with 20 years of experience developing and integrating business analytic and technology strategies. Having worked across North and South America, she's helped Fortune 500 organizations build and continuously improve their analytic competencies.
She started her career in the mutual fund industry and moved into business intelligence and analytics leadership roles at The Hartford, where she built out an analytic competency center within the Global Wealth Management division.
Following that, she spent two years as research director for the Life and Annuity practice at the industry analyst firm TowerGroup before returning to the insurance industry. Rachel joined Travelers Insurance as part of a strategic leadership team to transform business intelligence and analytic capabilities within the Small Commercial division, and went on to create an enterprise analytic center of excellence.
In her role at SAS, Rachel works with customers across industry verticals to create customer-centric analytic processes, driving alignment between business and technology strategies.
In addition to her work at SAS, Rachel is an adjunct professor and agile coach at Boston University in the Computer Sciences department, teaching Agile Software Development, IT Strategy, and IT Project Management. Rachel is a Certified Lean Master, Six Sigma Black Belt, PMI Agile Certified Practitioner, and Project Management Professional.
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