Diego Kuonen
Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Management
Member of the Board of Directors
Presentation
Professor Dr. ès sc. Diego Kuonen, PhD EPFL in Statistics and CStat PStat, founded Statoo Consulting in 2001 and advises businesses and government bodies in Switzerland and across Europe at the operational, tactical, and strategic levels in the fields of analytics, statistics and data science, including AI and machine learning. With more than 24 years of professional practice, he has developed in-depth expertise and a proven track record in these fields.
In addition, since 2016 he is also Professor of Data Science at the Research Institute for Statistics and Information Science (RISIS) of the Geneva School of Economics and Management (GSEM) at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, and Founding Director of GSEM’s Master of Science in Business Analytics program (started in fall 2017).
From 2016 to the end of 2024 he was also the Principal Scientific and Strategic Data Innovation, Data Science & AI Advisor and Consultant for the Directorate and the Board of Management of the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO) in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Finally, in recognising the need for a data culture in society he co-initiated a call in Switzerland for a national data literacy campaign in 2020. Furthermore, he is Co-Initiator and Co-Author of the Swiss Data Literacy Charter (published by the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences in May 2024) to drive forward a fundamental cultural change in society when handling and using data.
One of his credos with respect to data-driven analytics, data-informed innovation and policy making is the wish to fill the gap between academic research and professional management practice to enable continuous improvement.
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