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Thought Leader, Online Innovator & Former Chief Scientist of Amazon.com

Andreas S. Weigend is one of the world’s leading innovators for the implementation of customer needs in the Internet-enabled services. He was the Chief Scientist at Amazon.com, where he specialized in understanding how people behave online, helping Amazon build their customer-centric, measurement-focused culture. An expert in data mining and computational marketing, he advises exciting start-ups and consults for established firms including Alibaba, Best Buy, Lufthansa, MySpace, and Nokia.

“We know nothing, but we can measure it” Andreas S. Weigend

[expand title=”In detail”] Andreas Weigend graduated in physics, electrical engineering and philosophy in Munich, Cambridge and Stanford. As the Chief Scientist of Amazon.com, he developed predictive models for customer behaviour, including situation-based marketing and customer network value, and designed applications for recommendations and cross-selling. Andreas teaches at Stanford (Data Mining), Berkeley (Marketing), and in China (Tsinghua) – his work with students and clients provides him with a precious flow of new ideas constantly enhancing his 15 years of experience. [/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Andreas S. Weigend now helps data-rich organizations base strategic decisions on data and analytics. His career as scientist and innovator enables him to successfully bridge the gap between industry and academia. He helps some of the most brilliant entrepreneurs and executives around the world leverage user data to create innovative products and business models.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Andreas S. Weigend enjoys sharing his fascinating and actionable insights in his highly sought-after presentations. He boils down ideas and trends to their essence, revealing core concepts and strategic implications. An engaging and entertaining speaker, he focuses on important, often hard questions and uses carefully chosen examples from his extensive network and vast expertise to expound on these questions. His goal is to challenge the minds of the audience.[/expand]

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Topics

Why the Social Data Revolution Changes (Almost) Everything

The Implementation of Customer Needs in the Internet-enabled Services

The 4 Myths of E-Commerce

What Every Company Can Learn from Amazon.com

Data Mining

Computational Marketing

Publications

2000
Computational Finance 1999 (with Yaser S. Abu-Mostafa, Blake LeBaron & Andrew W. Lo)

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