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Associate Professor Keith B. Carter
Director NUS Ripple FinTech Lab, Co-Director CRYSTAL Centre
Information Systems & Analytics Department, School of Computing
National University of Singapore
A Unique Combination of Experience
3 Lives:  Wall St. Tech, NY Fashion, and now University Prof
Plus 2x TEDx Speaker

Keith Carter’s mission is to “Help businesses, governments, and people succeed with Actionable Intelligence”.
Keith asks a few questions:
- Why do people with good facts make bad decisions?
- Why, after spending millions on business intelligence, do we still use Microsoft Excel?
- How much has data driven decision making earned or saved your company?


Brief Bio:
Keith Carter is an Associate Professor at the NUS School of Computing, Director of the NUS Ripple FinTech Lab, and Co-Director of the Crystal Centre, a FinTech think-tank that prepares candidates with skillsets in innovative thinking and data-driven decision-making. He’s the author of the Amazon bestseller, “Actionable Intelligence: A Guide to Delivering Business Results with Big Data, Fast!” published in 2014 by Wiley, New York. 
 
He has an MBA from Cornell University and a Bachelor’s in Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Before joining NUS, he worked at Estee Lauder and Accenture. His mission is to help businesses, governments and people succeed with actionable intelligence.

Longer Bio:
 Keith Carter’s mission is to “Help businesses, governments, and people succeed with Actionable Intelligence”. Keith is an Associate Professor at the NUS School of Computing, a leader of executive education, Director of the NUS FinTech Lab, Co-Director of the CRYSTAL Center, a FinTech think-tank preparing students and workforce with innovative thinking and get them ready for data driven decision making, by maturing from integrating data - to visualization - to prediction.
 
He has advised governments on FinTech policy, consulted to publicly listed bank presidents on operational excellence, and developed data strategies for multinationals. Keith's experience gives him a unique blend of business, academic, and entrepreneurship which results in realistic futurist views that delight audiences around the world.
 
He is the author of Amazon Bestseller Actionable Intelligence: A guide to delivering Business Results with Big Data, Fast! Wiley, New York 2014. 
 
He believes, data is the new cash and cites the tremendous increase in market capitalization that data-driven companies have vs. traditional firms. He also believes we are at a time of faster job creation than ever in human history. 
 
In his previous roles, he has worked with Accenture in the Advanced Systems Group delivering Financial Solutions, KPMG in Management Consulting as a thought leader on Data Driven Decision Making, and Estee Lauder delivering Actionable Intelligence for corporate strategy which contributed to growth in Return On Invested Capital(ROIC). Keith received his MBA from Cornell University and Bachelors in Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. 
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​Selected Industry Credentials
Consulting to Consultants: Accenture • Bollore • KPMG • Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy • Facebook
Financial Services: ANZ • Citibank • China Construction Bank • DBS • Goldman Sachs •  Techcombank
Supply Chain, Retail, Fashion: Estee Lauder • Gucci •  DSM •P&G • Rio Tinto 
Technology: SAP • Qlik  Panasonic •  Google  



Services

Take Your Company to the Next Level

FinTech * Supply Chain Teaching

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Chief Digital Officer, Transformation Lead
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What is digital disruption? 

How do we prioritize initiatives?
What's State-of-the-Art vs. Hype?

Keith teaches courses to professionals, board members, C-suite, government officials and undergrad/masters students with the same goal: Learn, Decide, Act! 

​Enabling students to meet high expectations and deliver real projects!

Actionable Intelligence Consulting

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Head of AI / Data Science
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Data isn't simply new oil...
*Data is an asset:  Actionable Intelligence to delight customers generates new revenue.
*Data is a liability: Hackable, Corruptible
So why isn't it on our balance sheets? 

Keith runs bootcamps on changing mindsets, breaking down silos, automating processes and delighting customers. 
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​Ready?

Startup and Venture
Advising / Funding

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Chief Solutions Architect / Advisor

Sustaining: Providing advisory services and angel capital for startups.

Faster: founders to think different and go to market faster than they expect.

​Delivery: Converting data into new revenue


The Book: "Actionable Intelligence" is Ready to Buy! At your favorite book stores, iTunes, Amazon, and more!
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Copyright 2020 Keith B. Carter, Photos of Keith by Miki Chishaki 
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