Chris Yasko

Chris is the Vice President, Data Science Innovation, leading the global analytics team at Equifax that is chartered to pioneer disruptive solutions. Chris and his team are engaging key customers, industry leaders, and universities to deliver projects for big data insights using advanced mathematical modeling techniques and alternative data sources. Chris has over twenty years of global R&D experience including leadership positions in Strategy, Software Research, Product Development, and Systems Engineering. Chris has successful built and led high performance R&D teams in USA, France, Scotland, Israel, and India. Chris has earned a Master of Science, Computer and Information Science, University of Florida, with a thesis in data visualization, and a Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, with Distinction, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Chris is an awarded inventor with three issued patents and multiple patents pending.