The Wolfcast really enjoyed the company of Dr. Renu Ann Joseph, the Founder, and CEO at Luminant Analytics and the Head of Virtido Center for Data Science & AI.  Luminant was founded to challenge the way insurance pricing is done and enable insurers to adopt a new approach to that pricing.  Virtido makes Data Science accessible and actionable for industries not traditionally driven by data.
Some of the topics that Renu and I discussed:

At 12 years old thought she wanted to be an archaeologist but figured there was not much money in it
Determined at 14 years old that she wanted to be an economist
followed the dream to become an economist and focused her Master's Degree studies on Developmental Economics
Studied for her Ph.D. under Dr. Frank J. Chaloupka
Did her  post-doctoral studies with The Gates Foundation in Toronto
Switching gears and working for Moody's in West Chester, PA
Moving to Zurich, Switzerland, and taking a cool job at a re-insurer
The launching of Luminant Analytics
The siloing of data in insurance companies
The significance of step changes for startups
Starting her second venture - Virtido Center for Data Science & AI

Other titles we considered for this episode:

The Use of Tobacco In Poorer Countries Is Nuanced
The Academics Are Very Grumpy :-)
I Always Need To Know a Little Bit More
Data In Insurers are Siloed to Heaven and Back
That Process Is Very Painful
Making Someone Pay for What You Produce Is Hard
Analytics Is Real Behavioral Change Within an Organization

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