E403 Irv Lustig, Optimization Principal at Princeton Consultants

Today's guest is Irv Lustig, Optimization Principal at Princeton Consultants. Founded in 1981 with offices in Princeton, New Jersey and New York City, Princeton Consultants uniquely blends Information Technology and Management Consulting to help executives achieve transformative improvement in their organizations. Their key service lines focus on Custom AI & Optimization Solutions, Business Strategy, Process Engineering, Software Development and Project Management.

With over 20 years of experience, Irv is passionate about the application of advanced analytics and data science to drive better decisions. He has been involved in the areas of sales, marketing, development, consulting, and deployment of analytics and data science based solutions. Currently, Irv is responsible for leading the Princeton Consultants Optimization Center of Excellence, leading the development of an optimization marketing and sales practice, and performing optimization consulting for select clients.

In the episode, Irv will chat about:

The interesting work they do at Princeton Consultants,

His role and responsibilities as Optimization Principal,

The journey of helping customers to a successful implementation,

The importance of understanding the business problems you want to solve,

New trends in AI and optimization that excite him for the future, and

Why you should consider a career in Data Science consulting