Culverhouse Analytics Summit

October 8-10, 2025

Schedule and Session Info

The Business Analytics Summit, presented by the Institute of Data & Analytics, serves as a dynamic intersection between industry and academia.

This premier event brings together professionals from both areas to create a collaborative environment where knowledge and expertise are shared. The symposium showcases current analytic practices used in various industries and highlights the latest methodological advances developed within academic research.

See below for the schedule for the Symposium on Friday, October 10 and go here for the broader Summit agenda.

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SYMPOSIUM Schedule for Friday, OCtober 10

All activities are in the Sellers Auditorium unless otherwise noted.

7:15 – 8:00 AM | Registration and Light Breakfast

8:00 – 8:15 AM | Welcome

8:15 – 9:00 AM | Juan Gorricho

9:00 – 9:15 AM | transition

9:15 – 10:00 AM | Dr. Frances Boykin – AT&T

10:00 – 11:00 AM | Poster Session — Rast

11:00 – 11:45 AM | Brooks Bourland - TransUnion

11:45 AM – 1:00 PM | Lunch — Sellers Lobby

1:00 – 1:45 PM | Koba Khitalishvili - NBA

1:45 – 2:00 PM | transition

2:00 – 2:45 PM | Frank Phillips and Dan Scruggs – Snorkel AI

2:45 – 3:00 PM | transition

3:00 – 3:45 PM | Panel Discussion: Industry & Academic Applications of Generative AI

  • Charley Irons, Assistant Professor at Texas Christian University
  • Steven Elseroad, Senior Manager at KPMG
  • Nick Ramos, Lead Data Scientist at 84.51˚
  • Jon Fahrner, Shipt, Vice President of Sales Development, Innovation and Growth

3:45 – 4:15 PM | Awards AND Closing Remarks

Schedule subject to change

Brooks Bourland

Head of Global Digital Fraud Data Science

TransUnion

Operationalizing ML/AI in the Fraud Mitigation Space

Dr. Frances Boykin

Director of Advanced Analytics

AT&T

From Data to Impact: How Analytics Drives Innovation and Opportunity in the Modern South

Juan Gorricho

Former Executive Product Owner and Data Strategy

Toronto-Dominion Bank

Beyond the Hype: The Real Work of Scaling Data and AI Solutions

Koba Khitalishvili

Senior Data Scientist and AI Engineer

NBA

Analytics, ML, AI in Sports and Entertainment: From Courtside to the Cloud

Frank Phillips

Applied AI Engineer

Snorkel AI

Winning with Data-Centric AI

Dan Scruggs

Applied AI Engineer

Snorkel AI

Winning with Data-Centric AI