John Elderfounded the world’s most experienced data science company, Elder Research, 25 in 1995. He has led teams to solve tough challenges in areas as diverse as timing markets, detecting fraud, revealing insider threats, forecasting events, diagnosing illness, and discovering a new drug. John has co-authored three books – on data mining,text mining, andensembles – two of which won the PROSE “book of the year” in Mathematics or Computer Science. He was a discoverer of the target shuffling and ensemble breakthroughs, chairs international conferences, and is a popular keynote speaker, illuminating complex topics with clarity and humor. Dr. Elder is an (occasional) Adjunct Professor of Engineering at the University of Virginia and a frequent invited lecturer at the Darden Business School. He was honored to serve five years, at the request of President Bush, on a panel to guide technology for national security. On a personal note, John is grateful to be a follower of Christ and the father of five.