Rick Chambers

Rick Chambers has a diverse work experience spanning over 30 years. Rick started their career in the United States Air Force as a Captain from 1989 to 1993. After that, they worked in various roles related to quality engineering and knowledge management at Fujitsu Network Communications and Nortel Networks. In 2000, they joined Fujitsu Network Services as a Senior Director, responsible for business analytics and strategic resource management. Rick then had a brief tenure at RAPP as a Senior Director, Analytics, where they built an online analytics platform. From 2002 to 2007, they worked at Javelin Direct in different positions, including Senior Director of Marketing Science and Senior Director of Business Process. At Zale Corporation, from 2007 to 2014, they served as Vice President of Customer Intelligence & Analytics. Rick then joined Signet as Vice President of Customer Intelligence & Analytics for a year before joining Cinemark in 2016 in the role of VP, Consumer Intelligence & Analytics. Currently, they hold the role of Vice President, Data & Decision Support at Cinemark, where they oversee the architecture and build-out of business intelligence data services and leads advanced analytics operations.

Rick Chambers holds a Master of Science (MS) degree in Management & Ops Research, obtained from The University of Texas at Dallas between 1995 and 1998. Prior to that, they pursued Mathematics at the University of Nebraska at Omaha from 1990 to 1991. Rick completed their Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M University from 1984 to 1988. Additionally, Rick obtained a certification in Qlik Data Literacy from Qlik in 2019.