TDWI Chicago

Mark Madsen

President

Third Nature

Mark Madsen works on the use of data, analytics, and AI to augment human decision-making and evolve organizational systems. Mark is president of Third Nature where he advises companies on data science and analytics strategy, product design, and data governance. He is also a Fellow emeritus from the Technology & Innovation Office at Teradata.

Mark spent the past 25 years working in the field of analytics and decision support, starting with AI at the University of Pittsburgh and autonomous robotics at Carnegie Mellon University, winning several international awards. Also, he is involved with emerging technology as a researcher, chairs events, is on several conference committees, is one of the faculty at TDWI, and is a member of the Data Engineering & Science Council.