Dr. Ryan Ries is the Chief Data Science Strategist at leading cloud services provider and AWS Premier Tier Partner, Mission Cloud. Ryan holds over 12 years of experience working with AI. In his previous role at Mission Cloud as Practice Lead/GM for Data, Analytics, and Machine Learning, Dr. Ries built and led a highly successful team of Data Engineers, Data Architects, ML Engineers, AI Architects and Data Scientists. As Chief Data Science Strategist, Dr. Ries serves as Mission Cloud's subject matter expert for Data, Analytics, AI, and ML. He provides technical leadership and vision for innovative solutions, identify opportunities to apply emerging technologies and shape Mission Cloud's Data Science strategy.