Kenneth Elliott, Phd, Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Waste Management

Kenneth Elliott’s path to power

With a PhD from Illinois Institute of Technology, Elliott has spent the most part of his career in the analytics industry, from senior director, global analytics at HP to vice president – enterprise analytics and data management at Waste Management. He currently leads the digital transformation of Waste Management’s enterprise data and analytics function which has included creating an all-new technology stack, building five major teams and developing the operating model for data and analytics.  

During the past four years, Elliott has established Waste Management’s data governance, data security and data privacy policies and practices, delivered significant increase in top-line revenue and operational efficiencies through analytic engines that automated and optimized business processes.