Randy Bean is Founder and CEO of NewVantage Partners. He is a recognized industry authority and thought-leader in data-driven business leadership.  Randy writes and speaks extensively on the topics of delivering business value from data investments, building a data-driven business culture, and the importance of data ethics.  He is a contributor to Forbes, Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, and author of Fail Fast, Learn Faster: Lessons in Data-Driven Leadership. Prior to founding NewVantage in 2001, Randy was a founding executive at Wheelhouse, a Kleiner Perkins backed CRM firm, Chief Marketing Officer at Veridiem, a Northbridge backed CRM firm, and senior vice president at Harte-Hanks, a pioneer in database marketing and CRM, where he was a member of the operating committee. He began his career in IT and Strategic Planning at Bank of Boston. Randy holds a BA from Washington University in St. Louis.