Doug Gray

Walmart Director of Data Science
Douglas A. Gray is an accomplished leader and author with over 30 years of experience in data, analytics, IT, and e-commerce. His teams have delivered over $3.25B in business value, earning multiple industry awards. He's held key roles at Walmart, American Airlines, Travelocity, Southwest Airlines, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City. Doug advises executive leadership through Optima Analytics and teaches business analytics and AI strategy at SMU. He has published numerous articles and authored two books: "Why Data Science Projects Fail" (2024) and "The Art of Data Science" (2025).
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Lessons lived and learned: Project success and failure in decision science

Historian and philosopher Hannah Arendt once said, “Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.” While good stories of operations research and data science can come from practitioners of all kinds, this panel discussion encourages you to put your chin in your hands and elbows on the table and listen to the lessons lived and learned from a pair of industry leaders who have seen much and done much.