Introducing Sentient Safety: A New Venture from First Analytics
We issued this press release today, May 13, 2025. CARY, NC, May 13, 2025: First Analytics, a leader in applying advanced analytic and AI solutions is pleased to announce a new company: Sentient Safety. Sentient Safety is focused on helping organizations improve workplace and public safety through advanced analytics. Drawing on work we’ve been doing since 2011 with high-risk industries—like…
Live at Gurobi Days Digital: “AI Tools in Your Toolkit: What You’ll Want to Know”
We are have been invited by Gurobi to conduct a virtual training session at Gurobi Days Digital, May 6-7, 2025. You can view the two-day event agenda and register for free at this page. Though the audience will largely be comprised of optimization experts and industrial engineers, the content is valuable for everyone. Here is a description of the session:…
First Analytics at the Foresight Practitioner Conference
We are pleased to announce that First Analytics will be participating in the Foresight Practitioner’s Conference 2025, hosted by the Foresight: The International Journal of Applied Forecasting. This year’s event will take place on March 3-4, 2025, at the University of North Carolina Charlotte. A representative from First Analytics will serve as a panelist in a discussion on Forecast Value…
First Analytics Welcomes Rob Stevens and Todd Gustafson as Managing Partners
First Analytics announces the appointment of Rob Stevens and Todd Gustafson, Ph.D., as Managing Partners, strengthening the company's leadership in advanced analytics and AI consulting. Rob and Todd each bring 30+ years of experience consulting to fortune 500 firms globally in supply chain, demand forecasting, safety, legal, marketing, pricing, operations among others. Together, they will help First Analytics’ broaden and…
First Analytics in the Media
In the fourth quarter of 2024 First Analytics, contributed to a number of events and publications. In the spirit of sharing insights with industry professionals and practitioners, we point to some of them here. Forecasting We published an article in the Journal of Business Forecasting: The Promise of Generative AI in Forecast Value Added Analysis. Our forecasting work with Boddie-Noell…
All Hands on Tech: Tom Davenport’s New Book
Tom Davenport, Chairman of First Analytics and distinguished author on business analytics, has co-authored a new book, All Hands on Tech: The AI-Powered Citizen Revolution. Published on October 22, 2024, the book explores the emerging role of “citizen developers”—non-IT professionals harnessing technology to drive innovation within their organizations. As businesses seek ways to unlock the full potential of their workforce,…
