Arjun Chakravarti is Managing Director and Principal of COGKNITION a strategy and analytics consultancy based in Chicago. He has also been Consulting Economist for Winsight-Technomic since 2007. Prior to COGKNITION Arjun was a member of executive leadership team Global Experience Specialists (GES) serving as Senior Vice President of Strategy Analytics and Insights. A recognized thought leader in economic marketing and organizational strategy Arjun is a frequently-invited keynote speaker at major conferences and strategic planning meetings. Prior to industry he was a business professor at Illinois Tech having published in top academic journals and serving as a founding faculty for graduate and executive programs in analytics design and management. Arjun received his Ph.D. and MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.