Martin Fleming Email & Phone Number

Glen Ellyn, Il, Us

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Fellow of The Productivity Institute, a UK research organization exploring what productivity means for business, workers, and communities, and Chief Revenue Scientist, Varicent, a Toronto-based sales-performance management software provider. The author of the recently published book: Breakthrough: A Growth Revolution. He regularly speaks to topics such as: Will Generative AI Drive Growth and Save the Global Economy? Researcher at the MIT–IBM Watson AI Lab and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Sales Community Advisory Board Member.IBM, Armonk, NY Served in dual role of Chief Economist and Chief Analytics OfficerChief Economist 2010 - 2020Advised senior leadership with macroeconomic insight and analysis and engaged with key clients to provide view of global economic outlook. Shared technology industry developments, insights, and forecasts with clients, industry professionals, academics, and policymakers. Chief Analytics Officer 2010 - 2019Led data science center of competency focused on improving business performance and achievement of financial goals. Improved effectiveness and efficiency of enterprise-wide sales force, provided innovative marketing insights, radically transformed software and hardware pricing, and forecast quarterly revenue. Analyzed data and information to provide acumen related to workforce transformation, future of work, and labor market evolution. Delivered nearly $2B of profit improvement during 3-year tenure in role.Vice President, Corporate Strategy 2006 - 2010Developed and executed Smarter Planet Strategy – Internet of Things. Focused on application of digital technology in execution of public and private infrastructure in roads, bridges, factories, and power plants. Focus on mitigating and adapting to climate change with governments to create Smarter Cities.

Experienced Chief Economist with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, business process transformation, go-to-market strategy, IT strategy, and management. Strong business development professional with a Ph.D. focused in Economics from Tufts University. Martin Fleming is IBM’s Chief Economist, providing regular macroeconomic insight and analysis to IBM’s senior leaders, focuses on global workforce transformation, and engages with select IBM clients to provide a view of the global economic outlook. Martin also leads IBM’s data science profession with the mission to drive the growth and expertise of IBM’s skilled data science professionals.Martin led IBM's Chief Analytics Office which is a data science center of competency focused on improving IBM’s business performance and achieving IBM’s financial goals. Martin is an active member of a number of professional associations. He is the former Chair of the Conference of Business Economists. Martin is a participant in the Brookings Productivity Measurement Initiative, chaired by Janet Yellen. Martin is also a member of the Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee, the New York Federal Reserve's Fintech Advisory Council, and the Columbia-IBM Center for Blockchain and Data Transparency Steering Committee at the Data Science Institute.Martin holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. in Economics from Tufts University and a B.S. cum laude in Mathematics from UMass Lowell.

Ph.D., Economics

B.S., Mathematics