Maris Sekar is a professional computer engineer, Certified Information Systems Auditor (ISACA), and Senior Data Scientist (Data Science Council of America). He has a passion for using storytelling to communicate on high-risk items within an organization to enable better decision making and drive operational efficiencies. He has cross-functional work experience in various domains such as risk management, data analysis and strategy, and has functioned as a subject matter expert in organizations such as PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Shell Canada Ltd., and TC Energy. Maris’ love for data has motivated him to win awards, write LinkedIn articles, and publish two papers with IEEE on applied machine learning and data science.