Bob has been a thought leader in data science and analytics for over 25 years and founded Analytic Strategy Partners LLC in 2016. He is the Managing Partner.

From 2002-2015, he was the Founder and Managing Partner of Open Data Group, which was one of the pioneers scaling predictive analytics to large datasets. In 2016, Open Data Group transitioned to a product company, changed its name to ModelOp. From 1996 to 2001, he was the Founder and CEO of Magnify, which is now part of Lexis-Nexis (RELX Group).

He is also a faculty member at the University of Chicago, where he is the Frederick H. Rawson Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine and Computer Science and the Jim and Karen Frank Director of the Center for Translational Data Science.

Awards and Honors

  • ACM Fellow, 2016 — “For contributions to data science, data intensive computing and data mining.”
  • Chicago Crains Tech 50, 2016
  • AAAS Fellow, 2013 — in the Section on Information, Computing, and Communication
  • Federal 100 Award Winner, 2013

Selected Boards and Advisory Boards

  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Scientific Advisory Board, 2017-2023
  • National Cancer Institute (NCI), Frederick National Laboratory Advisory Committee (FNLAC), 2014-2021
  • Defense Science Board (DSB), Co-Chair, DSB Task Force on Cyber-Security and Reliability in a Digital Cloud, 2011-2013
  • ACM SIGKDD, Board of Directors, 2005-2013