Russell Walker helps companies develop strategies to manage risk and harness value through AI, analytics, and big data. In 2019, he joined the faculty of the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington, as Director of Experiential Learning in Analytics and Senior Lecturer in Marketing and International Business. He leads numerous programs and classes on digital disruption, data science, marketing, and analytics. He specialized in analytics, data science, risk management, and strategy.

Dr. Walker was Clinical Professor at the Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University, and Associate Director of the Zell Center for Risk Research, where he developed and taught leading and novel executive programs on Big Data and Analytics, Strategic Data-Driven Marketing, Enterprise Risk, Operational Risk, and Global Leadership. While at Kellogg, Russell found and led the Kellogg Executive Education Program for Risk Management. He founded and led the popular Analytical Consulting Lab and Risk Lab, experiential classes, with real-world projects in analytics and risk evaluation. He was awarded the Kellogg Impact award for excellence and impact in teaching.

His is the author of the award-winning book From Big Data to Big Profits: Success with Data and Analytics (Oxford University Press, 2015) which examines data monetization strategies and the development of data-centric business models in the new digital economy. He is also the author of Winning with Risk Management (World Scientific Publishing, 2013), which examines the principles and practice of risk management as a competitive advantage. He authored the chapter Operational Risk in Insurance, as part of Risk Management in Financial Institutions (Euromoney, 2013). He serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Enterprise Risk Management. He has also authored many popular business cases, and the Aspen Institute, Harvard Business School Press, and the Bank of England have recognized his cases for excellence in showcasing lessons in management.

His International Business Strategy research includes a comprehensive study of medical tourism opportunities for Turkey and an analysis for tourism transformation in Mexico by the Secretary of Tourism of Mexico. Russell has led executive programs in Asia, Latin American, the Middle East and Europe. He frequently speaks on the opportunities with the emerging global middle class and demographic shifts driving changes in international markets. He has been invited to speak at various leading international organizations including the US State Department, the World Bank, the SEC, The Bank of England, and the International Finance Corporation.

He serves on the Scientific and Technical Council for the Menus of Change, an initiative led by the Harvard School of Public Health and the Culinary Institute of America, to develop healthier and more environmentally sound food choices. He is a member of the board of the Education and Technology Committee to the Morton Arboretum. He was a board member of the Virginia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, where he developed support programs for Hispanic entrepreneurs and worked with US senators on US Latino matters.

He is often quoted in the Financial Times, Forbes, Bloomberg, the International Herald Tribune, the Washington Post, and CNN among other news media, and has been invited to share his perspective internationally at the IESE Business School in Spain, Oxford University in England, the Amsterdam Institute of Finance in The Netherlands, the Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration at Chulalongkorn University in Thailand, and the Indian School of Business in India.

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