Dr. Charlie Apigian is a data scientist, community advocate, educator, and data and AI strategist. He is a professor, speaker, and a community leader that looks to bring data, artificial intelligence and real-world problems together to solve problems through a strategic approach to data as well as community level issues such as health inequities, human trafficking, burglary prediction, and mental health in youth. An accomplished data scientist who has been teaching and practicing data science using Python and several BI and analytics tools, and data strategy and governance for over 20 years. Prior to his role within academia, he spent 10 years in automotive manufacturing, specifically quality systems and process.
Dr. Apigian has published over 30 papers in data and technology journals and is the recipient of the Nashville Post IT in Charge (2018 – 2024), the Nashville Technology Council Data Scientist of the Year (2020) and the Nashville Technology Council IT Community Leader of the Year (2018 and in 2023).
