James Guszcza
Chief Data Scientist, Deloitte Consulting

James Guszcza is chief data scientist at Deloitte and a pioneering member of Deloitte’s original data science practice, where he has applied statistical and machine learning methods to such diverse business problems as healthcare utilization, customer and employee retention, talent management, customer segmentation, insurance pricing and underwriting, credit scoring, child support enforcement, patient safety, claims management, and fraud detection. He also spearheaded Deloitte’s use of behavioral nudge tactics to more effectively act on model indications. A frequent author and conference speaker, Jim designs and teaches hands-on business analytics training seminars for both the Society of Actuaries and the Casualty Actuarial Society, of which he is a fellow and a member of its board of directors. Jim is a former professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison business school. He holds a PhD in the philosophy of science from the University of Chicago.