About the Author

VELJKO KRUNIC is an independent consultant and trainer specializing in data science, big data, and helping his clients get actionable business results from AI.

He holds a PhD in computer science from the University of Colorado at Boulder and an additional MS in engineering management from the same institution. His MS degree in engineering management focused on applied statistics, strategic planning, and the use of advanced statistical methods to improve organizational efficiency. He is also a Six Sigma Master Black Belt.

Veljko has consulted with or taught courses for five of the Fortune 10 companies (as listed in September 2019), many of the Fortune 500 companies, and a number of smaller companies, in the areas of enterprise computing, data science, AI, and big data. Before consulting independently, he worked in the professional services organizations (PSOs) of Hortonworks, the SpringSource division of VMware, and the JBoss division of Red Hat. In those positions, he was the main technical consultant on highly visible projects for the top clients of those PSOs.