by CDO Review Staff | Mar 4, 2019 | People, Statistics
Two members of India’s National Statistical Commission resigned in late January over the government’s attempts to hold the release of data to avoid unpalatable news. NSC Acting Chair PC Mohanan and member JV Meenakshi joined several other key Indian officials like...
by CDO Review Staff | Mar 4, 2019 | People, Statistics
Greece’s former statistics chief Andreas Georgiou has been found not guilty for the third time by the Council of Appeals. He has been accused of falsifying his country’s 2009 country data to justify a bailout by the IMF. Georgiou was Greece’s chief statistician from...
by CDO Review Staff | Mar 4, 2019 | People, Statistics
Ivan Fellegi, former chief statistician for Canada, is one of the recipients of this year’s Public Service Awards for Excellence. Fellegi held the top statistician job in Canada for 23 of his 60 years in public service, fiercely guarding his agency’s independence from...
by CDO Review Staff | Feb 26, 2019 | Civic Data & Tech, People
Kevin Davis, formerly of tech companies Splunk and Oracle, is moving to AI and data analytics platform Databricks as its new vice president heading the public sector division. Davis brings more than 25 years of experience to his new job. Here is a report from...
by CDO Review Staff | Feb 21, 2019 | Healthcare, People
Quest Diagnostics, one of the world’s biggest providers of diagnostic information services, has hired Gabrielle Wolfson as their new Senior Vice President and Chief Information and Digital Officer. More on Wolfson in this report from PRNewswire: Ms. Wolfson is...
by CDO Review Staff | Feb 21, 2019 | Healthcare, People
Dr. Leo Grady is the new CEO of Paige. AI, a healthcare analytics startup that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases like cancer. Grady’s appointment was announced in this report from Tech Observer: Grady has more...
