Background
Fayyad, Usama M. was born on January 7, 1963 in Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia.
information technology executive
Fayyad, Usama M. was born on January 7, 1963 in Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical & Computer Engineering, University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1984. Master of Science in Computer Engineering, University Michigan, 1986. Master of Science in Mathematics, University Michigan, 1989.
Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science & Engineering, University Michigan, 1991.
Research positions General Motors Research Labs, Warren, Michigan, 1987—1988. Technical group supervisor, Jet Propulsion Laboratory National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Pasadena, California, 1989—1996. Senior research manager Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington, 1996—2000.
President, ceo digiMine (Revenue Science) Inc., Bellevue, 2000—2003, DMX Group, Bellevue, 2003—2006. Chief data officer, executive vice president, research & strategic data solutions Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, California, 2006—2008. Chief Executive Officer Open Insights, LLC, since 2008.
Adjunct professor University Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 1993—1996. Distinguished visiting scientist Jet Propulsion Laboratory National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Pasadena, California, 1996—1997. Director & chairman of board digiMine (Revenue Science Inc.), Bellevue, 2000—2004.
Adjunct professor Hong Kong Polytechnic University, since 2003. Adjunct professor, computer science Monash University, since 2005.
Chairman digiMine, Inc (Revenue Science), Bellevue. Fellow: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) SIGKDD (director 1998—2004). Member: Young President's Organization (life).