Smith School of Business At Queen's University

As part of the program advisory board, I work with my fellow board members to ensure that the program is delivering learning that is current, up to date, and relevant to current business needs. Our board provides support and advice to other academic programs, assists in the development of additional content and identifies best practice standards.  We serve as ambassadors to the programs, providing a connection while facilitating the exchange of information and ideas with industry peers and multiple global bluechip companies. 
   
☛ SPECIALTIES: 
Analytics | Leadership | Strategy Executive | Machine Learning | Artificial Intelligence | AI | Digital Supply Chain | MBA | Speaker | Loyalty Program Specialist | Motivational Business Speaker | Future Technology Advocate & Speaker | Digital | Research | Speaker | Keynote Speaker

Advisory Board - Master of Management Analytics & Master of Management Artificial Intelligence

International Institute for Analytics

The International Institute for Analytics (IIA) is the authority on analytics maturity and best practices. Co-founded by Tom Davenport and CEO Jack Phillips, IIA works across a breadth of industries to uncover actionable insights from its network of analytics practitioners, industry experts and faculty.  IIA are the leading source of expertise for companies making the transition to data-driven decision-making and advanced analytics, offering four unbiased, client-oriented services designed to help organizations across the entire analytics lifecycle from ideation, through strategy and planning to operationalization.

IIA's Research and Advisory Network provides clients with access to the largest network of independent analytics expertise, allowing them to apply real practitioner insights against initiatives, projects and problems.

As a Senior Executive and Advisory Associate, I help companies and organizations in North America and Europe improve their bottom-line, building analytic presence, creating pricing, and analytic models through insights and recommendations which support decision making by integrating primary and secondary research and analysis, using multiple data sources and relevant proven methodologies. 

Through planning, analytics research, evaluation and data strategy, I assist in the creation and implementation of yearly strategic plans.  Build and sustain Business Improvement (SBI) and programs, including creating a new performance management strategy for optimum results. 

My goal is to be a trusted partner and to mentor and modernize the overall analytic environment, based on my evaluation of the client's business and technical requirements.  


☛ SPECIALTIES:
Analytics | Leadership | Strategy Executive | Machine Learning | Artificial Intelligence | AI | Digital Supply Chain | MBA | Speaker | Loyalty Program Specialist | Motivational Business Speaker | Future Technology Advocate & Speaker | Digital | Data Science | AML  | Speaker | Keynote Speaker

Faculty & Advisory 

Loblaw Companies Limited

☛ Head of Enterprise Business Information Competency Centre (BICC) @Loblaw,  Canada's largest retail company:

Responsible for enabling revenue growth, operational efficiency & risk avoidance through data innovation, data strategy, data monetization, data governance.

☛ Scope included: Customer Loyalty & Analytics, Digital Channels, Pharmacy & Healthcare, Retail Product & HR data.

Analytics Lead COE, analytics strategy, and drove culture change, executive alignment and adoption, and key technology investments.

☛ Led the creation and development of the inaugural Loblaw Analytics Certificate program, in partnership with Queens University Analytics- to-date, 70+ Loblaw colleagues have completed the program.

☛ SPECIALTIES:
Analytics | Leadership | Strategy Executive | Machine Learning | Artificial Intelligence | AI | Digital Supply Chain | MBA | Speaker | Loyalty Program Specialist | Motivational Business Speaker | Future Technology Advocate & Speaker | Digital | Supply Chain / FP&A | Speaker | Keynote Speaker

Senior Director Finance, Enterprise Business Information Competency Centre  & Loyalty

☛ Led the financial reporting, planning and analysis function for the $1B+ Loblaw Distribution and Supply Chain business

Led the creation of 5-year Financial Plan ensuring division alignment and supported the strategic plan including conducting sensitivity analyses to determine impact of changes to underlying assumptions on annual and strategic plan.

☛ Successful collaboration with Senior Operators across 20+ distribution sites for Warehouse, Transportation, and Replenishment – including external third-party providers.

Presented financial results and forecasts to Senior Management.

☛ Lead the FP&A team in providing financial support of the Total Supply Chain business through detailed, insightful commentary on financial results and forecasts; ensuring the Operations teams and Senior Management are connected to the financial processes and the division's financial performance; achievement of consistent 2-3% forecast accuracy rate.

☛Managed the long-range planning process for the Supply Chain business.

Standardized the financial reporting and forecasting process across the network; resulting in efficiencies with various financial and analytical processes.

Financial lead for network transition projects.

☛ SPECIALTIES:
Analytics | Leadership | Strategy Executive | Machine Learning | Artificial Intelligence | AI | Digital Supply Chain | MBA | Speaker | Loyalty Program Specialist | Motivational Business Speaker | Future Technology Advocate & Speaker | Digital | Supply Chain / FP&A | Speaker | Keynote Speaker

Senior Director FP&A, Supply Chain, Central Analytics, Loblaw Digtial, Customs

Support colleague engagement and development.
 
☛ Consistently achieved team engagement survey scores well above the business’ national average.

Providing members with opportunities and exposure to areas within Supply Chain that are outside their normal scope of duties.

☛ Maintain a strong relationship with all team members, through open and honest communication based on mutual respect.

Several mentoring relationships within the organization; succession planning.

Director,  Financial Planning & Analysis, Supply Chain, E-Commerce, TMS 

Supply Chain Management Inc. (a Division of DHL/Exel)

Exel is a North America 3PL leader, providing customer-focused supply chain solutions, resources and expertise. With a range of solutions that include: consulting, design, integrated information management, e-commerce support, and warehousing and distribution services. With more than 40,000 associates, 80 million square feet of warehouse space and annual revenue of over $4.5 billion, Exel is delivering value across the supply chain for several of the world’s largest and well-known brands

Senior Manager Financial Planning & Analysis

FANUC Robotics

FANUC America Corporation provides the most complete range of industrial automation equipment including robots, CNCs and motion control systems. FANUC’s innovative technologies and proven expertise help manufacturers in the Americas maximize efficiency, reliability and profitability. Markets served include: Aerospace, Agriculture, Assembly, Automation, Automotive, Construction, Education, Energy, Fabricating, Food, General Motion Control, Machine Tool, Material Handling, Material Removal, Medical, Metal Fabrication, Metalforming, Mold & Die and Woodworking.

Advisor

#1 Most Followed Voice in AI Business (1.5M) | Leading AI Entrepreneur & Advisor | Former Amazon, IBM | LinkedIn Top Voice | @alliekmiller on Instagram, X, TikTok

AI isn’t magic. It’s method.

Most executives don’t need more AI hype.
They need real-world results.
Fast.

I'm Achille Ettorre.
TEDx speaker. Advisor to C-suite leaders.
Author of The Digital Advantage.

I help senior leaders turn AI into ROI.
Not dashboards. Not prototypes.
Actual outcomes.

Where it started:
I scaled a gritty equipment rental company into a process-driven, tech-enabled business.
It taught me how transformation really works — from the inside out.

That experience grounds my approach today:
From back office to boardroom, I’ve helped Fortune 500s, retailers, universities, and governments design AI and data strategies that get traction — not just talk.

What I believe:
AI doesn’t fix broken processes. It exposes them.

Clean data beats big data.

Strategic alignment always outperforms automation.

How I help decision-makers:
✅ Keynotes on AI, analytics & transformation

✅ Board-level advisory & AI audits

✅ Workshops for C-suites and senior teams

✅ Custom training based on The Digital Advantage

Who I’ve worked with:
Clients include DHL, Walmart, Loblaw, top grad schools, and multiple government agencies.
I sit on advisory boards, speak globally, and collaborate with forward-thinking execs building the future — not chasing trends.

Let’s work together if you’re:
→ A CEO, COO, or VP ready to deploy AI for real results
→ Leading transformation and need clarity over complexity
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Achille Ettorre, MBA

TopTal Ltd

Being part of a team in wealth management industry, my role was to create data model for the reports and implement dashboards.

Reported the lifecycle of logged tickets to identify bottlenecks in the working process. I validated data quality and logic in the source system, designed and implemented data model for reporting, as well as UI design of the reports.

Continuously maintain communication with business users to ensure report pages serve the expected purpose.

Technologies used: PowerBI, DAX, M Query, Snowflake.

PowerBI Developer 

Inspari A/S

Worked as a business intelligence consultant in different lifecycles of the projects, such as gathering requirements, implementing data models and reporting solutions, quality assurance, maintaining the quality of deliverables.

Involved in the front-end, user-experience development in Power BI: gathered reporting requirements from the product owner and adjusted the report interface to make it user-friendly.

The use case was to project the amount of money lost for a retail company for all goods during transit or not arriving on time. Integrated multiple ERP sources to report the inventory stock. I gathered information from the customer about the desired solution to better understand the problem, planning the deliverables, implement solution, and continuously keep communication with the customer on feedback. 

Migrated multidimensional cubes to tabular models for the insurance industry with reporting requirements for budgets. I migrated OLAP data models to tabular data models. 

Designed the database architecture and implemented data warehouse for reporting statistics about national sports activities. Created a file management solution using Azure Data Factory for daily loading. Centralized all information in high quality database model. Added business logic to meet reporting requirements by delivering data views. 

Created reporting solutions based on Power BI premium licenses. I developed the source queries for extracting data from the SQL data-warehouse and Azure Databricks, the tabular model, and the report. Technology stack: Power BI.

Technologies used: SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) Tabular, SQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Blob storage, Azure SQL Database, DAX, Microsoft PowerBI, M Query, Power Platform.

Business Intelligence Consultant

ING Romania

I was part of a technology hub owned by a bank. We worked on providing reports for ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. We integrated all data sources in tabular and multidimensional cubes. We used financial data sources such as Bloomberg, Sophis and Summit.

My roles was to develop and maintain ETL pipelines, as well as general DevOps solutions.

Technologies: SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS), SSAS Tabular

Business Intelligence Developer

BearingPoint

Part of a team creating reporting solutions for an IT consulting company. Use cases included tracking sales pipeline, balance sheet, profit loss statements, tracking performance of consultants. My role was to develop the ETL pipelines.

Technologies: SQL, SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), SSAS tabular.

SQL Server Developer

I help digital marketing teams make data-driven decisions that improve customer satisfaction by unifying their customer touchpoints | 8 Years Senior Business Intelligence Consultant | Contractor | Power BI

I am a 7 years experienced data engineer helping small and medium companies scale by developing reporting solutions that employees adopt easily. My differentiator is that I collaborate effectively with employees to make sure I am building software users will love to return. 

My clients are companies in the process of digital transformation to sustain 4x business growth. These organisations aim to use data generated by business operations to drive fast and effective business decisions.

I worked with ING, Pandora, and British American Tobacco amongst others as a BI professional for 7 years as of now.  I gained technical expertise in Microsoft business intelligence tools, Python,  SQL, Database modelling, PowerBI, DAX. My colleagues referred to me as someone “highly technical but also one who understands the business behind the solution”

As a technical consultant for leadership decision making, I engineer reports about: profitability of serving customers, customer segmentation, satisfaction and customer attrition.

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✔️ Enterprise reporting development

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