Andy is the President of Liaison’s AI & Data Science Solutions. Liaison is a higher education technology company that helps colleges and universities achieve their enrollment and student success goals. In 2014, Andy co-founded Othot (the core of Liaison’s AI solutions) with the mission of applying AI to the student lifecycle. Andy is also the Founder and Executive Director of 1486 Labs. Its mission is to democratize access to high quality and right-priced external data for use in high impact use cases. The Lab is building Blue Street Data - a digital community for professionals who purchase and manage external data to enrich their understanding of the power of external data.
Andy was recently appointed chairperson of the Responsible Data Science Advisory Board at the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) — a university-wide initiative that focuses on the application of responsible data science in curriculum, research, and workforce development. He is also a Senior Advisor to the CEO of the International Institute of Analytics. Andy has been an Adjunct Professor of Business Analytics and an Entrepreneur-In-Residence at the University of Pittsburgh since 2014. In this role, he is developing and delivering curriculum/student experiences at the intersection of analytics and entrepreneurship that develop skills for graduates to be leaders in business analytics. In December 2023, Andy was recognized with the Alexander Family Award for Teaching Excellence. He is also a member of the Business School’s Board of Visitors and on the Board of Advisors of the Masters of Quantitative Economics program. Andy’s research projects include “The Formation of Centralized Markets for Data” (on-going), “Futureproofing Institutions Against the Demographic Cliff” (with Patty Beeson, Provost Emeritus at Pitt, 2021) and “The Acceleration of Company Growth from Idea to S&P 500” (2021). He is a frequent speaker on the topics of responsible data, data science, and AI. Recent talks include: “Adoption of AI and How Organizations are Enabling Workforce Upskilling and Change Management”, “What is Responsible AI?”, “Maximize the Value of the External Data that Powers AI/Analytics Engine”, “Balance Innovation & Ethics: How Responsible AI is Transforming Enrollment Strategy”, and “How to bring price, quality and governance transparency to purchased data”. Andy’s vision is to chart pathways for organizations to have access to the external data it needs to fuel their analytics engines in a responsible way. In higher education, Andy looks to apply AI and machine learning to help institutions identify individuals who wish to pursue additional education to complete their degrees, gain graduate degrees, and/or upskill to further their career aspirations and passions. Andy has been an entrepreneur since 1995 and has played leading C-Level roles at six high-tech start-ups over the past three decades. The resulting perspectives, learnings, and expertise are the cornerstones of his endeavors.