Eric Luellen is a technical leader and strategist in data science bridging the gaps between analysts, engineers, and the C-suite. A leading performer in envisioning & successfully executing data-science strategies & commercial AI/ML solutions in the biomedical domain. Proven success in leadership of up to 130 personnel and $6 million budgets. Operational excellence and organizational development with a keen understanding of business, economics, and biomedical, genomic, and pharmaceutical technical fields. A rare combination of strategy development and execution, general management, entrepreneurial sales, and technical expertise to translate between functions, understand complexities and make them understandable, translating between business, science, and technology stakeholders and get results. He authored two machine-learning COVID papers published in peer-reviewed journals in 2020 that were in the top 5% for Altmetric scores. He has been a globally-sought presenter in AI in healthcare and was a finalist for two global awards. Eric is a data-science influencer with an online readership of over 40,000. He has traveled or worked in 34 countries.