Luke Gerdes

Luke Gerdes is a partner at Wayfinders Consulting by Fujitsu, where they focus on artificial intelligence, data science, and transformation at the intersection of technology and operations. They have held key roles as a Data Science Expert and Expert Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company from 2017 to 2021 and served as a Minerva Fellow at the Network Science Center from 2012 to 2015. Luke was also a Visiting Researcher at the Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College from 2010 to 2011, and worked as a Data Analyst at the Center for Computational Analysis of Social and Organizational Systems from 2008 to 2009. They are currently pursuing a BA in American Studies, History, and Literature at Yale University, and a PhD in Foreign Policy, National Security, and International Development, as well as an MPIA in Security and Intelligence Studies at the University of Pittsburgh.