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Listen "Transforming the Tire Industry with Armin Kakas, VP of Advanced Analytics Commercialization at American Tire Distributors and Head of AI Commercialization at Torqata Data and Analytics"
Episode Synopsis
In this episode of the Roadmap to Revenue podcast, your host Greg Silverman sits down with Armin Kakas VP of Advanced Analytics Commercialization at American Tire Distributors and Head of AI Commercialization at Torqata Data and Analytics.
Armin started his career with an MBA and then fell in love with analytics. He has broad experience working in different industries, from financial services (GE) to consumer products (Walmart and Best Buy), and now the tire industry.
The CEO of Armin’s current company has a vision of transforming the tire industry through data and analytics. He talks about how they’re helping to relieve over $1 billion of inefficiencies through better data analytics.
He shares the solutions they’re providing to their retail partners, addressing pricing, inventory, and profitability challenges—all through better data and analytics.
As far as the future goes, Armin believes that blockchain is going to become more relevant, along with an emphasis on the bifurcation of data scientists. He sees “full-stack data scientists” skilled beyond traditional analytics responsibilities and democratization of analytics for the masses being two significant shifts.
Armin ends the episode with advice to younger analytics professionals. He says to focus more on the actionable impact and business results you’re driving, and way less on the analytics sophistication or the tools you use.
Resources Mentioned:
Lotus
Excel
Tableau
Oracle Crystal Ball
SPSS
Minitab
Sas
Python
R
Sponsored by Concentric
This episode is brought to you by Concentric. We enable businesses to find their maximum revenue through prescriptive analytics.
Our platform builds a mathematical twin of your market to understand the past, forecast how plans will work in the future, and search for opportunities to improve that forecast. This gives you the foresight and optimization capability that delivers revenue and a return on investment.
Ready to experience market simulation just like our other clients Gillette, Toyota, Ford, Coca-Cola, KPMG, Whirlpool, Universal, and more? Contact us today at ConcentricMarket.com.
Armin started his career with an MBA and then fell in love with analytics. He has broad experience working in different industries, from financial services (GE) to consumer products (Walmart and Best Buy), and now the tire industry.
The CEO of Armin’s current company has a vision of transforming the tire industry through data and analytics. He talks about how they’re helping to relieve over $1 billion of inefficiencies through better data analytics.
He shares the solutions they’re providing to their retail partners, addressing pricing, inventory, and profitability challenges—all through better data and analytics.
As far as the future goes, Armin believes that blockchain is going to become more relevant, along with an emphasis on the bifurcation of data scientists. He sees “full-stack data scientists” skilled beyond traditional analytics responsibilities and democratization of analytics for the masses being two significant shifts.
Armin ends the episode with advice to younger analytics professionals. He says to focus more on the actionable impact and business results you’re driving, and way less on the analytics sophistication or the tools you use.
Resources Mentioned:
Lotus
Excel
Tableau
Oracle Crystal Ball
SPSS
Minitab
Sas
Python
R
Sponsored by Concentric
This episode is brought to you by Concentric. We enable businesses to find their maximum revenue through prescriptive analytics.
Our platform builds a mathematical twin of your market to understand the past, forecast how plans will work in the future, and search for opportunities to improve that forecast. This gives you the foresight and optimization capability that delivers revenue and a return on investment.
Ready to experience market simulation just like our other clients Gillette, Toyota, Ford, Coca-Cola, KPMG, Whirlpool, Universal, and more? Contact us today at ConcentricMarket.com.
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