Joel K. Schaefer is a Strategy & Planning Executive in Prudential's Enabling Solutions group. He has spent the bulk of his career as a Strategy Consultant working in the financial services, insurance, and banking industries focusing on large-scale digital and operational transformations - from strategy to implementation; big data & predictive analytics; and technology design & development efforts in the areas of automation, data visualization, and business intelligence. He is currently involved in driving priority, strategic initiatives within and across Prudential's businesses. Joel holds an undergraduate degree in quantitative economics and mathematics from Tufts University and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.