Optimize Your Greatest Asset -- Your People: How to Apply Analytics to Big Data to Improve Your Human Capital Investments

My father, Gene A. Pease Sr., was the most influential person in my life, both professionally and personally. He was a World War II veteran, and upon returning from the war started a company in his partner's mother's garage while pursuing a college degree at night. He successfully ran his company for over 30 years while juggling being a terrific husband and helping to raise four children. He taught me the virtue of hard work and the value of ethics, and he showed me how entrepreneurs persevere in spite of the odds. Although he passed away too young, I use the lessons I learned from him every day. I love and miss you, Dad.

When you are an entrepreneur, you will experience many, and I mean many, ups and downs in attempting to take a dream and turn it into a reality. You will also understand how important support from your family assists you getting through those many down days. The commitment to be an entrepreneur is stressful for all involved. My partner, Pamela Pease, has supported my career for many years. She is my lifelong confidant, psychiatrist, and mentor. My two daughters, Tiffany and Heather, have wisdom beyond their years and consistently give me advice and perspective that surprises me. Thank you for your love and support. You make me strive to be the man our dog Bailey thinks I am.

I have been very fortunate to have grown up in a close-knit family that practices unconditional love. My mother, Deanne, the matriarch of the family, has taught us too many lessons for one ...