Anita Hyde has over 25 years of extensive data, analytics, and consulting experience in banking, insurance, life science, retail, and telecommunications. She specializes in visualizing, presenting, educating, and utilizing data to influence and persuade the C-Suite to take informed action. Anita effectively utilizes data, analytics, and artificial intelligence to bridge the gap between business and IT.

In her current role, Anita is accountable for 40 associates that provide advisory consulting services for Generative Enterprise and Data Intelligence offerings. She is experienced in developing and growing talented business and technology teams to deliver quality data and solve complex business problems. As a trusted advisor, she leads and orchestrates global transformative programs to achieve value realization across people, process, technology, data, and culture. She is committed to a culture of driving innovation through continuous client engagement.

Anita is also an adjunct professor in Data Science and Business Intelligence. She lectures on big data, advanced analytics, and business strategy. She is a featured speaker and panelist at industry conferences and universities on multiple topics, ranging from data strategy, innovation, governance, artificial intelligence, to digital transformation. She was recognized as an executive women in analytics leadership in 2017. Anita has her graduate degrees from Baker and Rockhurst University.

Prior to joining Cognizant, Anita consulted clients like Pfizer, GSK, Boehringer Ingelheim, Edwards Life Sciences, Merck, Zoetis, and Elanco. She created data strategies and operating models to elevate client’s decision-making outcomes, strengthened relationships by fostering a deeper partnership through collaboration, and launched a client scorecard that effectively quantified leading capabilities and opportunities for improvement in client relations.

Before her consulting roles, she served as the US Head of Insights and Analytics for Boehringer Ingelheim where she directed a team of data analysts, architects, modelers, and scientists to render reliable analytical services and actionable insights. Anita enabled the business to exceed financial targets, increase market share, and become more profitable by providing “the right data, at the right time, to the right audience,” allowing executives to act and make informed decisions. She was recognized by the CEO as the catalyst for record sales during pre-acquisition.

She is experienced in data science people development and growing incredibly talented teams to deliver actionable insights for better decisions and to solve complex business problems. She specializes in leading and orchestrating transformative programs to execute business strategies, improve performance, optimize processes, and treat data as an asset. Anita is a persuasive change champion and expert innovator, specializing in bridging the gap between information and actions that best serve customers. My journey has brought me to a strategic role where I execute strategies to develop advanced capabilities, transform digital experiences, and leverage data as a value-based asset for success.