Kathy Lange is a member of the Americas Business Analytics practice at Cary, N.C.-based SAS. She has more than 25 years of experience listening, learning, and working with customers to implement business analytics solutions. Kathy currently leads a team of analytical consultants and data scientists that focus on High Performance Analytics and predictive analysis of big data, both structured and unstructured. The team brings expertise across a wide range of mathematical disciplines and industries, focused on sharing best practices, skills, and knowledge. Kathy holds a Master’s degree in Operations Research and is on the Board of Directors for the INFORMS Roundtable, a subdivision INFORMS, the largest society in the world for professionals in the field of Operations Research and Analytics.