Georgia State University - J. Mack Robinson College of Business
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Cory Ruth
Partner@Mergence Global
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Cory Ruth is an industry leader with +25 years of experience leading global, enterprise-wide critical multi-million-dollar organizations and technology portfolios for large corporations. CEO of Mergence Global, a global boutique management consulting firm deploying teams in five countries with clients in +13 countries, across four continents. Trusted advisor to some of the world’s most innovative cybersecurity and data technology executives including Israeli start-up technologists and fortune 500 CISOs and CIOs. Cory was the longest serving board member of the Georgia Technology Authority, appointed by two consecutive Governors. In this capacity he collaborated on the founding of the Georgia Cyber Center – an unprecedented partnership with the National Security Agency and the Department of Defense US Cyber Command for cybersecurity and data privacy innovation. He was the 2016, honorary chairman of the BDPA National Technology Conference and recognized by James Magazine as one of the most influential Georgians for two years in a row. Cory Ruth is a Georgetown University master’s in technology management graduate and an alum of the TRIUM Executive MBA program, where he attended London School of Economics. He is married to Dr. Kathleen Ruth. They have three kids and reside in Atlanta.More...
Eferhire Aganbi-Okome
Scientist@GSK
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I come from a background of diverse formal education training that includes a masters degree in data science and analytics (graduated: August 2023), and a doctoral degree in microbiology (graduated: April 2008). Starting from my undergraduate training in Biochemistry, and working through three graduate programs of study, a major requirement for successful completion was the ability to use systematic methods for collecting, analyzing, and using data (information) to answer questions that underpin specific project objectives. I will bring to any projects assigned, immediate value to harnessing the power of data-as-an-asset to drive research productivity and delivery on assigned projects. My research experience in biochemistry, industrial microbiology, and data analytics has developed expertise to collect, analyze, translate, and interpret complex data from diverse sources, using appropriate quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods.More...