Randy Bean is a founder, CEO, author, speaker, and thought-leader in the field of data-driven business leadership.  He is the author of Fail Fast, Learn Faster: Lessons in Data-Driven Leadership in an Age of Disruption, Big Data, and AI, which was published on August 31, 2021. He is a contributing author for Forbes, Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, and The Wall Street Journal.  Bean is founder and CEO of NewVantage Partners, a data and analytics strategic advisory firm which he founded in 2001, and which was acquired by Wavestone, a Paris-based global consultancy which is listed on the Euronext exchange, in December 2021.  Randy is a globally recognized leader and noted speaker on the topic of data-driven business leadership, having addressed leadership audiences on 5 continents.  Bean has helped organize and moderate the Chief Data Officer panel for the MIT CDOIQ Symposium for the past 9 years and serves on the MIT event advisory board.  Bean also serves on the editorial advisory board and is a contributor to CDO Magazine.