Speaker Profile

Nils RudiProfessor, INSEADFounder and CEO, analy7ics Nils Rudi does research and teach in the field of analytics at INSEAD and he is the founder of analy7ics, specializing in sports analytics. He has done research in Supply Chain Management, Sports, Decision Theory and Technology. Journals where his research has appeared include Decision Analysis, Interfaces, Journal of Management Information Systems, Management Science, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Operations Research and Production and Operations Management. After high school, Nils worked for three years as a computer programmer of ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems at Movex. At age 21 he founded Minard, specializing in decision support systems for forecasting and inventory management. Minard did an IPO and went public on the Oslo Stock Exchange SMB (Norway) in 1996. Other work experience ranges from consulting for firms in a wide variety of industries to negotiating professional football contracts. Before joining INSEAD, Nils worked at the University of Rochester for six years. Nils studied part time for an undergraduate degree in computer science at Molde College (Norway), and holds a Ph. D. in operations management from Wharton.