Rick Whitford

Rick is a Managing Director in Deloitte’s AI and Data Engineering practice and the Edge AI offering leader. In the role he is responsible for leading a team that is pushing the boundaries of what is possible on devices, in the field, using computer vision, sensor fusion, and other deep learning techniques. Rick has more than 20 years of experience in advanced data visualization and reporting, as well as in analytics platform development, enterprise architecture and software development. His expertise involve integrating large volumes of structured and unstructured data sets to gain meaningful and actionable business insights as well as implementing enterprise-wide Business Intelligence solutions. Rick holds a BS in Computer Science, as MS in Information Systems, and an MBA from the Robert H. Smith school of Business at the University of Maryland.