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
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
Wall St. Tech, NY Fashion, and now University Prof
2x TEDx Speaker
Wall St. Tech, NY Fashion, and now University Prof
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 National University of Singapore (NUS) School of Computing, Department of Information Systems and Analytics. He is Director of the NUS Ripple FinTech Lab an experiential education lab and Co-Director of the Crystal Centre a deep-tech FinTech thinktank of cryptocurrency, security, technology and algorithms. He also teaches business leaders in the Advanced Computing for Executives and the Lee Kwan Yew School of Public Policy. He is a member of the Singapore CyberSecurity Consortium and member of the NUS AI Lab
He is the author of Amazon Bestseller "Actionable Intelligence: A guide to delivering Business Results with Big Data, Fast!" Wiley, New York 2014. Reached top 100 books in Amazon and Top 3 books for Competitive Intelligence by Cipher Systems.
He is a contributing author to the book "Leading with IT: Lessons from Singapore's First CIO" by Professor Alex Siow published by Wiley 2021.
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 is an Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore (NUS) School of Computing, Department of Information Systems and Analytics. He is Director of the NUS Ripple FinTech Lab an experiential education lab and Co-Director of the Crystal Centre a deep-tech FinTech thinktank of cryptocurrency, security, technology and algorithms. He also teaches business leaders in the Advanced Computing for Executives and the Lee Kwan Yew School of Public Policy. He is a member of the Singapore CyberSecurity Consortium and member of the NUS AI Lab. He advises startups and public-listed companies on strategic use of data to deliver results people, process and technology. He advises governments on FinTech policy, talent development, and data driven constituency communications.
His passion is teaching design thinking, data driven decision making (DDDM), robotic process automation, algorithmic trading and actionable intelligence (right information, in the right person's hands, at the right time to improve outcomes).
Keith's experience gives him a unique blend of business, academic, and entrepreneurship which results in realistic futurist views that delight audiences. He is invited to speak around the world including prestigious venues such as TEDx, Gartner (USA), IBM (Japan), UBS, Financial Times, The Economist, SM Retail (Philippines), ANZ Bank (India), Singapore FinTech Festival, Bank of New York Mellon, Google, GUCCI, Estee Lauder and more.
He is the author of Amazon Bestseller "Actionable Intelligence: A guide to delivering Business Results with Big Data, Fast!" Wiley, New York 2014. Reached top 100 books in Amazon and Top 3 books for Competitive Intelligence by Cipher Systems.
He is a contributing author to the book " Singapore's First CIO" by Professor Alex Siow published by Wiley 2021.
He believes:
- data is the new cash and cites the tremendous increase in market capitalization that data-driven companies have vs. traditional firms.
- we are at a time of faster job creation than ever in human history.
- companies have tremendous talent, they need to do the right job with the right training
- digitalizing the customer touchpoints is the first step in the long journey to gaining value from AI
- end to end supply chain visibility delivers dramatically improved business performance
- privacy is fake news
Prior to becoming a professor at National University of Singapore Keith worked for the Estee Lauder Companies, Global Supply Chain Center of Excellence, tasked to lead the strategic changes to supply chain to improve the overall performance of the company. Keith established and led Global Supply Chain initiatives: Supply Chain Intelligence, Knowledge Management, Transformation Governance, and Data Management. All to achieve end-to-end supply chain visibility.
Keith Carter worked as a consultant for Andersen Consulting in New York, now Accenture. His clients included: Goldman Sachs, St Paul Reinsurance, NY State, and Smith Barney.
Keith received his MBA from Cornell University and Bachelors in Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute(RPI). He is certified in procurement by the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply and certified in counter-terrorism.
Selected Industry Credentials
Consulting to Consultants: Accenture • KPMG • Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy • IDC
Financial Services: ANZ • Citibank • China Construction Bank • Goldman Sachs • Techcombank • JP Morgan Bank of New York Mellon • UBS
Supply Chain, Retail, Fashion: Estee Lauder • Gucci • DSM • P&G • Rio Tinto • SM Retail • Bollore
Technology: SAP • Qlik • Panasonic • Google • WhatsApp(Facebook)
Services
Take Your Company to the Next Level
Key Note Speaker to Delight Audiences and Thought Leadership
Keith Carter is a keynote speaker with two ted talks and the Amazon Bestseller Actionable Intelligence: A guide to delivering Business Results with Big Data, Fast! Wiley, New York 2014.
FinTech * Supply Chain Teaching
Chief Digital Officer, Transformation Lead
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Actionable Intelligence Consulting
Head of AI / Data Science
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Startup and Venture
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