Delali Agbenyegah is a Senior Data Science leader with over 15 years of experience in creating analytics solutions that drive business revenue across multiple industries.

Delali leads team of Data Scientists and Data Science Managers at Shopify (USA) where he oversees the creation of analytical solutions and the strategic implementation of those solutions drive Shopify’s global revenue.

Prior to joining Shopify, Delali was the Director of Data Science and Analytics at Carter’s where he leads a team of CRM Analysts and Data Scientists within the Carter’s Global Marketing team to design, build and deploy analytics solutions and predictive models that drive customer engagement and loyalty as well as optimize marketing investments.

Before joining Carters, Delali spent two years at Express where he built an enterprise decision science and analytics team that has transformed customer segmentation, lifecycle management and targeting strategies as well as supported the company’s markdown optimization efforts, saving the company millions of discount dollars while increasing customer retention at the same time.

Delali also worked as a Predictive Analytics Manager at Alliance Data Card Services in Columbus Ohio for about eight years where he led a team of Data Scientists and Statistical Consultants in developing and deploying Predictive Analytics Solutions for several Fortune 500 companies across retail and financial services industries.

He has over 10 years of experience in data science strategic consulting and predictive analytics applications in marketing, fraud analytics, and credit risk management. At Alliance Data, Delali also worked as an analytical strategist, recommending cutting edge analytical tools and solutions for all Alliance Data’s retail and financial services clients to drive their sales, increase customer retention and optimize their business operations.

Prior to joining Alliance Data, he worked as a statistical consultant at the University of Akron Center of Statistical consulting and as a Statistics Instructor at Columbus State Community College.

Delali obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics and Economics from the University of Ghana and a Master of Science degree in Statistics from The University of Akron in Ohio. He is also a SAS Advanced Certified Programmer as well as a Certified Analytics Professional (CAP).

He has authored and presented several analytics papers in many conferences including SAS Global Forums and the American Statistical Associations’ conference for Statistical Practice.

Outside of work, Delali is very passionate about mentoring the young generation of African talent, especially in Data Science and analytics. To make this passion a reality, he founded the Ghana Data Science Summit in 2018 and organizes annual conferences and seminars to create awareness and build capacity in Data Science in Ghana and other parts of Africa.