John K. Thompson is an international technology executive with over 35 years of experience in the fields of data, advanced analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI). He was an executive partner at Gartner, and he was responsible for the advanced analytics business unit of the Dell Software Group. John is the author of Analytics Teams: Harnessing analytics and artificial intelligence for business improvement and co-author of Analytics: How to win with Intelligence. He holds a bachelor of science degree in computer science from Ferris State University and an MBA in marketing from DePaul University.