Gerhard Pilcher Email & Phone Number

Gerhard finds joy in serving others, hanging around with my wife and family, being outdoors, woodworking, and running.Gerhard is also a data scientist that enjoys predictive analytics and machine learning, working with people, leading change, and managing complex projects to timely success. His work experience spans private, government, and international sectors.Gerhard is coauthor of the popular book Mining Your Own Business that arms executives and senior managers to make better decisions based on discoveries from their organization’s data. The book is frequently recommended as a readable introduction to data science and a useful reference for specific, daily guidance and is used as a textbook for several graduate level courses, including Virginia Tech’s Executive MBA program.Gerhard taught at Georgetown University as an adjunct faculty member in the Math and Statistics graduate degree program for five years while living in the DC area and is currently an adjunct faculty member at the University of California, Irvine teaching data strategy as part of a virtual graduate certificate program in Healthcare Informatics. He is also a frequently invited speaker at domestic and international conferences.Gerhard serves on several university advisory boards and is Chairman of the Board for three start-up companies he co-founded, two in the US and one in the UK. Gerhard was honored to be named to the NC State Computer Science Department’s “Hall of Fame” in 2017, its inaugural year.