Kenneth Sanford, Ph.D.

Kenneth Sanford, Ph.D. has extensive experience in the field of data science and analytics. Kenneth has worked as a Consultant for Archetype Consulting, where they provided insights and customized services to help clients achieve success with their Business Intelligence and Enterprise Performance Management solutions. Kenneth also served as the Principal Consultant & CEO of Distill Data Science, LLC, a consulting company specializing in analytics and data science. In this role, they helped companies build teams, choose technologies, and create processes to improve business outcomes.

As the Chief Sales Officer (CSO) & Co-founder of OpenBlender, Kenneth played a key role in developing the ML Enrichment platform, which enables data science teams to generate and blend contextual ML-ready features for improved model performance. Kenneth also founded and led Datagrom, an analyst organization focused on new Machine Learning, AI, and data analytics technologies.

In addition to their consulting and entrepreneurial endeavors, Kenneth has been actively involved in academia. Kenneth served as an Adjunct Professor of Business Analytics at Gatton College of Business and Economics, teaching executives about corporate analytics and the necessary skills and technologies. Kenneth also held the role of Adjunct Professor at Boston College, where they taught courses on applied stress testing for economists using computational methods and tools like Stata and R.

Throughout their career, Kenneth has worked with various companies in the data science and analytics space, including Gigantum, StataCorp, Dataiku, and H2O.ai. Kenneth has held positions such as Chief Revenue Officer, Strategic Advisor, Analytics Architect, Evangelist, Sales Engineer, and Lead Analytics Architect, where they leveraged their expertise to drive sales, provide technical expertise, and deliver solutions to clients.

Overall, Kenneth Sanford, Ph.D. has a diverse and comprehensive background in data science, analytics, consulting, and academia, making him a valuable asset in the field.

Kenneth Sanford, Ph.D. obtained their Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Finance and Economics from Florida Southern College between 1998 and 2002. Kenneth then attended the University of Kentucky, where they earned their Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Economics from 2004 to 2006. Continuing their education at the University of Kentucky, Kenneth completed their Ph.D. in Economics between 2004 and 2009.