Bio
Taku is a frequent author and speaker, presenting often on topics ranging from advanced analytics to analytics transformations. Until recently, he led the global data science innovation practice at a global management-consulting and professional-services firm. Prior to that, he held leadership positions at a number of US municipalities/institutions, where he led statistics and data-analysis teams as well as product development and public policy design for the under-served communities. His recent work includes helping clients improve their data science programs, launch digital banks, payment service, high-tech media and retail media businesses, and create centralized machine learning environments.