Adam Austin

Director of Data Science at The Hartford

Join us with Adam at The Hartford to chat more about data science as a tool, but relationships as the real driver of business value and success.

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Rachael Dempsey - Host

Community Manager at Posit, PBC

I love connecting people across the data science community to share what they're accomplishing with data and help others do the same through community discussions, industry meetups, and more.

Adam Austin

Director of Data Science at The Hartford

Adam Austin is a data science leader who, over a 10-year career, has been intensely curious about why data science projects fail despite their initial potential. Invariably he has seen that it is not sophisticated models and ideas, but relationships that enable the promise of data and analytics. In addition to advocating for good workflows and development practices, Adam has turned his attention to how data scientists can become better communicators, help business partners articulate their needs, and build bridges to success amidst complex and ambiguous business backdrops -- all while having a little fun. After all, maybe the real data science is the friends we make along the way.