Ford Hires Analytics Expert to Speed Connectivity Options
Ford Motor Co. has hired Paul Ballew, a former sales analyst at General Motors Co., to help accelerate the company's rollout of connectivity and autonomous driving features.
Ford Motor Co. has hired Paul Ballew, a former sales analyst at General Motors Co., to help accelerate the company's rollout of connectivity and autonomous driving features.
Ballew will become Ford's new executive director and chief data and analytics officer on Jan. 5. His assignment is to create a "vision for analytics" for all Ford research, analysis, processes and standards and find new ways to extract consumer and business value from data.
Ballew formerly researched and analyzed consumer behavior for the Federal Reserve, Nationwide Insurance and J.D. Power and Associates.
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