Kirk Borne, Ph.D.

https://www.dataleadershipgroup.ai/

My services include: 
(1) Speaking at conferences, webinars, events.
(2) Teaching and Training Courses.
(3) Strategy Consulting.
(4) Social Promotions & Engagement for Brands.
(5) Career advising & mentoring.
(6) Content creation (blogs, book chapters, white papers).
(7) Expert Witness.

My areas of expertise include those listed here:
#AI #DataScience #BigData #MachineLearning #DigitalTransformation #IoT #IIoT #AIstrategy #AnalyticsStrategy #DataStrategy #DataLiteracy #DataStorytelling #Analytics
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Founder, Data Leadership Group (Data Scientist. Top Influencer. Speaker. Trainer. Consultant)

DataPrime, Inc.

As DataPrime’s inaugural Chief Science Officer and now a member of the DataPrime Advisory Board, I advise on activities and projects related to:
—Building the Data Science Profession for data pros.
—Expanding Data Literacy and Data Fluency across enterprises.
—Accelerating value creation and innovation from data in data-drenched organizations.

Advisory Board Member

Booz Allen Hamilton

I get great pleasure in finding solutions through data. The scientist in me loves to explore data (evidence), find new discoveries, develop a hypothesis to explain it, and then test those theories. As the Principal Data Scientist at Booz Allen Hamilton, I am privileged to exercise that Data Scientist role across numerous internal and external projects: human resources, organizational change, training and mentoring, marketing, customer engagement, behavior analytics, risk mitigation, novelty discovery (including fraud detection, anomaly detection, surprise discovery), thought leadership, socialization of data science across organizations and industries, data technologies (including machine learning, data management innovations, graph analytics), predictive and prescriptive analytics, geospatial-temporal modeling, and much more. I engage with clients within the federal sector, within numerous commercial industries, and with nonprofit organizations. And I enjoy mentoring, working with, and learning from some of the best and brightest young data scientists in the business.

Read more here: "A Growth Hacker's Journey - my mini-history of Data Science"
https://www.mapr.com/blog/growth-hackers-journey-right-place-right-time

Principal Data Scientist and Executive Advisor, First Data Science Fellow at Booz Allen

SYNTASA™

Kirk Borne is the first member of SYNTASA’s Advisory Board. Dr. Borne’s extensive experience in big data and data science, including expertise in scientific data mining and data systems, will help guide SYNTASA in providing focused Marketing Analytic solutions. SYNTASA will leverage the Advisory Board to grow expertise in marketing analytics, data science, predictive modeling, and management of big data sets. The Board will help steer the company on its path in creating big data analytic solutions using open source technology.
http://syntasa.com/president-and-ceo-jay-marwaha-appoints-kirk-d-borne-ph-d-as-first-syntasa-advisory-board-member/

Astroinformatics and Astrostatistics International Organizations

Contributing to the international and national efforts to promote astrostatistics and astroinformatics as robust research disciplines: organizing international research conferences on astrostatistics and astroinformatics, and contributed to the creation of three new international and national organizations:

(1) Vice President, International Astrostatistics and Astroinformatics (IAA) professional society.

(2) Senior Steering Committee member, AAS (American Astronomical Society) Working Group on Astroinformatics and Astrostatistics.

(3) Organizing Committee member, IAU (International Astronomical Union) Working Group in Astrostatistics and Astroinformatics.

In addition... (for 2014-2015):

(4) Secretary, SIAM SIAG/DMA (SIAM Activity Group on Data Mining & Analytics).

Executive Committee Member

ARIES Scientific

ARIES Scientific Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation, dedicated to the advancement of Science Research and STEM Education.

Kirk Borne has advised and consulted with numerous organizations in data science areas, including machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI), data strategy, data mining, and large-scale data management.

Vice President / Astronomer / Data Scientist

George Mason University

Conduct Research, Teach Courses, Advise Students (undergraduate, graduate) in these areas:  Astroinformatics, Data Science, Computational Astrophysics, Astronomy, Computational Science, Data Mining, Informatics, Scientific Databases.

Co-creator of Data Science BS degree program.

For over 30 years, Kirk Borne has studied the dynamics and evolution of galaxies within the context of colliding and merging galaxies, groups and clusters of galaxies, starbursting galaxies, active galaxies, and the mass assembly history of large and small scale structure in the Universe.  

Since 2000, he has developed & applied data mining & data science techniques on large astronomy data collections & sky survey databases, earth science remote sensing data collections, and more.  He is investigating new and existing algorithms for the discovery of patterns, correlations, associations, and outliers (surprises) within highly dimensional astrophysical parameter spaces.  These techniques are being used in several research areas, including: galaxy scaling relations, parameterization of the dynamics and evolution of galaxies and groups of galaxies, characterization and classification of time-varying astronomical events and targets of opportunity, and novelty detection within massive datasets. As part of this research, he is working with citizen science results from the Galaxy Zoo and Galaxy Merger Zoo projects.  

He is investigating research connections with other data-intensive disciplines, to explore opportunities for advancing research in a broad context, through the investigation and application of data science methods (informatics and statistics) in a manner that transcends discipline boundaries.

He is one of the originators of the field of Astroinformatics, which is data science for astronomy research and education.  

He is working with education researchers to develop new pedagogies for science learning that engage students through active experiences using Big Data in the classroom.

Professor of Astrophysics and Computational Science

Soft10 Inc.

Advisory Board member of Soft10 Inc., which brings fast Automatic Predictive Modeling Technology to any business that needs to build, validate, and refine multiple models from their data : http://soft10ware.com/about-us/our-team/

LSST Astroinformatics and Astrostatistics Research Collaboration Team

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) is planned to generate a 20-petabyte science database and a 100-petabyte astronomical image archive -- the analysis of such an enormous data collection requires novel research methods and algorithms.  Our collaboration team consists of astronomers, computer scientists, data mining experts, and statisticians --- we are working on solutions to the LSST petascale data challenges.

I was co-creator of the field of Astroinformatics, which is Data Science for Big Data Astronomy:
1) http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12145-010-0055-2
2) http://arxiv.org/abs/1301.3069
3) http://arxiv.org/abs/0909.3892

I also contributed to the revolution in scientific data mining and data science education, not only in Astronomy:
4) http://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-94-007-5618-2_9
5) http://arxiv.org/abs/0911.0505

Chairman

LSST Large Synoptic Survey Telescope

Advising the LSST project team regarding the education and public outreach programs, activities, goals, data products, data system design, interfaces, and learning objectives that will support the mission of the LSST and that will be based on the massive petascale scientific database and astronomical imaging data collection that LSST will produce.

Outreach Advisory Board

Worldwide top influencer since 2013. Data Scientist. Global Speaker. Consultant. Astrophysicist. Space Scientist.
Big Data & Data Science advisor, TedX speaker, researcher, blogger, Data Literacy advocate.
Social Reporter for your Data Event...
Speaker Requests for me to speak at your event/organization?...
...Please go here: https://www.chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/kirk-borne/
...or go here: https://www.bigspeak.com/speakers/kirk-borne/
2018-21: #1 Digital (Data Science, Big Data, AI) worldwide top influencer:
... http://ipfconline.fr/blog/2020/11/14/50-top-digital-influencers-to-follow-at-the-end-of-2020-and-in-2021/
2013-present: #1 or #2 or Top 10 influencer in many different categories and lists, including Big Data, Data Science, AI, Machine Learning, IoT, Data Mining, Digital Marketing, Tech Consulting, Data Security, Data Topics Blogging, and more.
2020: Elected Fellow of the American Astronomical Society for lifetime contributions to astronomy and the public's understanding of the Universe.

Data Scientist -- Transdisciplinary data science research, applications, and consulting across a variety of fields -- transcending traditional discipline boundaries.

Specialties: Public / Inspirational / Technical Keynote Speaking. Consulting / Adivising in many disciplines, including Data Science, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Data Analytics, Big Data, X-Informatics (Discovery Informatics, Science Informatics, and more), Scientific databases, Scientific data mining, Computational-X (Computational Science, and more), Astroinformatics** (Data Science for Astronomy), Observational Astronomy (ground-based and space-based), Computational Astrophysics, Higher Education, Science Education and Public Outreach, Project Management, Proposal-writing.

**co-creator of the field of Astroinformatics: see http://www.springerlink.com/content/007642412771162j/ and http://arxiv.org/abs/0909.3892

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LinkedIn Top Voice, Thinkers360 Top 25 Overall Thought Leader, Founder of Data Leadership Group (Data Scientist. Top Influencer. Speaker. Trainer. Consultant. Astrophysicist). Advisor to PrimeAI and other AI startups.

Sales Studios Australia

I am a performance-driven marketing strategist with 6+ years of experience designing and implementing AI-powered automation and marketing systems that help organisations save time, scale revenue, and deliver measurable results. My work has generated over $50M in client revenue across SaaS, education, and agency sectors.

I thrive in roles where insight-led strategy, executional excellence, and collaboration drive commercial performance. I’m passionate about building value propositions that connect deeply with audiences and leading cross-functional teams to bring them to life.

Key Contributions & Achievements
	•	Go-to-Market Growth: Designed and executed campaigns that delivered 100+ qualified leads in 7 days for Upflowy, a $4M-funded SaaS startup.
	•	Scaled Marketing Operations: Expanded Entre Institute’s CRM to over 2M+ contacts, enabling sustained program growth and student acquisition.
	•	Performance Optimisation: Increased Jon Peberthy’s sales by 30% in 30 days through insight-driven funnel improvements.
	•	Automation at Scale: Automated 2,000+ deals for Loas and enabled Deliver Logic to scale client responses to hundreds of thousands.
	•	Engagement Excellence: Boosted campaign open rates to 63.71% for Salty Reef and 56% for Steve Bode, outperforming industry benchmarks.
	•	Education Sector Impact: Supported Google Chromebook sales campaigns in Australia, driving adoption in learning environments.

Specialisations
	•	End-to-End Marketing Strategy – Translating insights into full-funnel campaigns that hit acquisition and retention targets.
	•	Email Marketing & Deliverability – ActiveCampaign, GoHighLevel, and enterprise CRMs.
	•	Customer Journeys & Lifecycle Marketing – Leveraging AI-powered automation to optimise student and customer experience.
	•	Workflow Automation & Integration – N8N, Zapier, Make, Slack, SMS, API-driven systems.

Certifications
	•	ActiveCampaign Certified Consultant (Top #3 Reseller in Australia, 2020)
	•	GoHighLevel Certified Consultant

Email Marketing and AI Automation Specialist

Email Marketing Specialist
Active Campaign and Automation Specialist (Partner) 
Funnel Design and Optimization for Online Course Creators
Marketing Strategist
Chatbot Strategy and Creation

Creative Managing Director

ActiveCampaign

Share our strategic vision with an exceptional group of 15-20 partners who will influence the future of ActiveCampaign.

ActiveCampaign Partner Advisory Board Member

Google

Core Competencies:

Customer engagement & demonstration
Customer sales
Staff training & store relationship
Visual merchandising
Insights

Key Areas of Responsibility:

Delivering KPIs (Sales, training, etc)
Driving store relationship
Reporting & feedback compliance

Chromebook Sales Specialist

Polite Promotions

As a Brand Ambassador I had the opportunity to provide outstanding customer experience on behalf of brands like Facebook, Instagram, Microsoft, Pepsi, Nissan, Tabcorp among many others in activations of all sizes, either demonstrating a product or service, distributing collateral goods or running lead generation programs.

As a Team Leader and Event Manager, I had the pleasure to assist brands with events and ensure the activations were successful and the schedule was followed as per the plan. 

I also have worked with a lot of different Promo Agencies including: Flash Point, On Point, Maverick, BrandX and many others.

Brand Ambassador and Event Manager

Vita Enterprise Solutions

Managed Services Team Leader

System Engineer

Slater and Gordon Lawyers

Data#3 contractor, performing Windows 7 OS deployment on new workstations using SCCM / Windows Server 2012

IT Contractor

Just People

Just People are a specialist technology recruitment business formed to link top talent with the best jobs in Information & Cyber Security, IT Infrastructure Support & Engineering as well as senior leadership and program roles

Aggressive Business Development 
Resourcing for IT Infrastructure and Cloud for permanent and contract roles - Australia & NZ
Helped Candidates with resumes, interviews and advice on career progression

Technical Consultant - IT Infrastructure, Cloud & Security

Specialised in Information Technology Infrastructure, Cloud & Security
IT Recruitment Australia & New Zealand

Talent Scout - IT Infrastructure, Cloud & Security

Brisbane City Council

Big rollout project, working closely with users onsite (also remote desktop), troubleshooting issues and assisting them with IT enquiries. As part of the requirements for this contract, I was required to install Windows 7 on all new workstations and laptops utilising SCCM. I successfully assisted the local BCC team in this project and we migrated over 350 machines ensuring that all the software was properly installed and configured. The project was finished in time and on budget.
Great customer service provided to hundreds of satisfied users.

SureBridge IT

Team Leader:
- Monitor and ensure SLAs are met
- Manage team, Jobs in the queue
- Follow up daily checks, daily reports and issues
- Direct contact with SDM and Sales Rep to discuss clients interests 
- Ensure Priority 1 Jobs meet its requirements and progress (SLA)
- Change request control - approval
- Allocating tasks to staff
- Ensuring the performance of the staff is of a high standard
- Report issues and general feedback\progress to management
- Discussing and resolving problems with clients and teams
- Carrying out performance reviews
- Hiring Staff 

Systems Engineer: 
- Commvault monitoring, remediation and reports for clients
- Monthly reports (it would include health checks and network improvements)
- Work on tickets in the queue (Kaseya) / Troubleshooting and general requests
- Point of escalation among the team
- Work on Priority Jobs - P1/P2 Jobs and notify Managers, Team and clients of progress 
- Daily Checklists and backup checks
- Onsite work with clients when remote work wasn't an option
- Onsite work to gather information of new clients and go through induction
- Automation of tasks whenever possible

Systems Engineer - Team Leader

Deloitte

Data#3 contractor. Performed Laptop migration.
The task was to migrate the data from the old laptop into the new laptop then perform SCCM install of apps and perform tests. Over 300 laptops were set up.

I’ve generated $50M+ in client revenue by building AI-powered automation systems that save time, cut costs, and scale growth. From startups to multi-million-dollar enterprises, I’ve delivered cold email engines, CRM automations, and customer journeys that pay for themselves many times over.

Some highlights:
• Upflowy ($4M Startup): 100 qualified leads in 7 days, 100% automated via N8N
• Entre Institute: Grew ActiveCampaign to 2M+ contacts
• Jon Peberthy: Boosted sales by 30% in 30 days
• Scott Weddell: $42.5K in sales from a single campaign
• Salty Reef: Open rates up to 63.71%
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Pleasure to meet you! I’m Luis.

I help businesses unlock growth and efficiency through AI-driven automations. With deep hands-on experience in marketing automation, email deliverability, and workflow optimization, I design systems that let you and your team focus on closing deals while the backend runs on autopilot.

What I build:
• AI-driven lead generation engines that consistently bring in new opportunities through cold email, SMS, and CRM workflows.
• Customer journey optimization systems integrating email, SMS, GoHighLevel, and CRM tools for seamless follow-up and higher conversions.
• Cost-saving automations that cut repetitive tasks and reduce wasted ad spend.
• Custom integrations across platforms like Zapier, N8N, Make, and Slack for smarter, faster operations.

Notable Success Stories:
• SalesStudios: Built cold email automation integrated with GoHighLevel and Slack.
• Deliver Logic: Automated responses for hundreds of thousands of clients.
• Steve Bode: Achieved a 56% open rate.
• Loas: Automated over 2,000 deals.
• Google (Australia): Supported Chromebook in-store sales campaigns.

Certifications:
• ActiveCampaign Certified Consultant (Top #3 Reseller in Australia, 2020)
• GoHighLevel Certified Consultant

If you’re looking for a partner who combines technical execution with growth strategy, and who can show you measurable results quickly, let’s connect.

Looking forward to helping you scale!

— Luis Xavier

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