Book Talk: Precisely - Working with Precision Systems in a World of Data

Name: Book Talk: Precisely - Working with Precision Systems in a World of Data
Start: 2025-03-04T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-03-04T19:15:00-05:00
Location: Online Event

by Executive Masters of Public Administration

Leadership

Tue, Mar 4, 2025

6 PM – 7:15 PM EST (GMT-5)

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Join authors Zachary Tumin and Madeleine Want for an in-depth discussion of their groundbreaking book, Precisely: Working with Precision Systems in a World of Data. In this session, they will explore how precision systems—powered by AI and data—are revolutionizing industries like healthcare, policy-making, and business. Drawing on real-world case studies from organizations such as the Biden-Harris campaign, the NYPD, and New York-Presbyterian Hospital, the authors will demonstrate how leaders are leveraging data to craft smarter strategies and create tangible, measurable change.

This event is ideal for students interested in Data Analytics, AI, Innovation, Leadership, Public Administration, and Digital Transformation.

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Zachary Tumin

Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs

SIPA Columbia University

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Robert Zachary Tumin is Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs at the Picker Center for Executive Education. He teaches courses in public management, organizational behavior, and information and communications technologies. Zach earned his BA in philosophy cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, his Master's in Education from Harvard Graduate School of Education, and his Master's in Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School.

Madeleine Want

Vice President of Data

Fanatics Betting & Gaming

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Madeleine is Vice President of Data at Fanatics Betting & Gaming, leading data science, engineering, governance and analytics teams. She co-authored "Precisely: working with precision systems in a world of data" published by Columbia University Press in 2023, examining global patterns of data applications across industries from agriculture to education. Madeleine's work brought her from Sydney to Berlin to New York City, and has focused on building products that customers love in e-commerce, social, media entertainment and gaming. She completed a masters in economics & public policy at Columbia University, after a bachelors in philosophy at Sydney University, and lives in New Jersey with her husband and two dogs.

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