Lillian Pierson is a CEO and data leader that supports data professionals to evolve into world-class leaders and entrepreneurs. To date, she’s helped educate over 1.3 million data professionals on AI and data science.
The author of six data-oriented books from Wiley Publishing as well as eight data courses on LinkedIn Learning, Lillian has supported a wide variety of organizations across the globe, from the United Nations and National Geographic to Ericsson and Saudi Aramco and everything in between.
A licensed professional engineer in good standing, Lillian has been a technical consultant since 2007 and a data business mentor since 2018. She occasionally volunteers her expertise in global summits and forums on data privacy and ethics.
To Vitaly Ivanov and Ariana Ivanov. I love you both so much — you make my world go round.
I extend a huge thanks to all the people who’ve helped me produce this book. Thanks so much to Chris Levesque, for your technical edits. Also, I extend a huge thanks to Elizabeth Stilwell, Paul Levesque, Becky Whitney, and the rest of the editorial and production staff at Wiley.
Publisher’s Acknowledgments
Acquisitions Editor: Elizabeth Stilwell
Senior Project Editor: Paul Levesque
Copy Editor: Becky Whitney
Editorial Assistant: Matthew Lowe
Sr. Editorial Assistant: Cherie Case
Project Coordinator: Ram Prabakaran
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