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Extract from OR/MS Today (Joseph Byrum)
How analytics can play a major role in ensuring a growing world population will have enough food to eat for generations to come.
Analytics and Internet of Things (IoT) devices promise to deliver massive returns on innovation in agriculture. When it comes to smart devices, most attention immediately turns to the home where phones and tablets communicate with lights, thermostats and other appliances to enhance the convenience of our living environments. That’s certainly a welcomed advance, but analytics and IoT can achieve even more, perhaps playing a major role in ensuring a growing world population will have enough food to eat for generations to come.
Joseph Byrum is an accomplished executive leader, innovator, and cross-domain strategist with a proven track record of success across multiple industries. With a diverse background spanning biotech, finance, and data science, he has earned over 50 patents that have collectively generated more than $1 billion in revenue. Dr. Byrum’s groundbreaking contributions have been recognized with prestigious honors, including the INFORMS Franz Edelman Prize and the ANA Genius Award. His vision of the “intelligent enterprise” blends his scientific expertise with business acumen to help Fortune 500 companies transform their operations through his signature approach: “Unlearn, Transform, Reinvent.” Dr. Byrum earned a PhD in genetics from Iowa State University and an MBA from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan.
