JD Long, Vice President of Risk Management & Data Philosophy at the global reinsurer Renaissance Re will share his experience with creating a “Community of Practice” for analytics inside of a global corporation. The theme of “empathy” will be recurring as he discusses how he worked to create a supportive learning environment focused on helping analysts “kick ass” regardless of their tool set. This means creating a community that’s supportive of Excel, SQL, Python, and, of course, R.