Olivia Parr-Rud, M.S.

Olivia is a global thought leader, expert data scientist, and award-winning and best-selling author, as well as a corporate love activist and self-love advocate. Her unique approach to business success draws on her passion for data science, holistic leadership, and personal growth through a blending of quantitative and qualitative methods and practices. Her latest research unveils the relationship between loving behavior (i.e. compassion and caring) and long-term corporate profits while building trust and fueling innovation among employees and their communities.

Olivia’s successful career in data science led to the writing of her international best-seller, Data Mining Cookbook, Modeling for Acquisition, Risk and Customer Relationship Management (Wiley 2001). Recognizing the need for higher emotional intelligence to thrive in our increasingly complex global economy, she was inspired to conduct research in the areas the communication, collaboration and leadership – highlighted in her second book, Business Intelligence Success Factors, Aligning for Success in a Global Economy (Wiley/SAS, 2009). Her third book, Business Analysis Using SAS® Enterprise Miner® and SAS® Enterprise Guide®, A Beginner’s Guide, won Best of Show at the Carolina Technical Book competition. In her 4th book, LOVE@WORK, The Essential Guide to a Life of Inspired Purpose (Quantum Love Press, 2018), Olivia shares her personal story and offers a 4-step method for healing yourself, unveiling and embracing your unique gifts, and stepping into your inspired purpose. Her latest book, The LOVE@WORK MethodTM, Four Steps to Your Life of Inspired Purpose(Quantum Love Press, 2019), is a companion guide to LOVE@WORK.

Olivia lectures, consults with, and coaches clients in the areas of corporate culture, human potential, and self-love. In addition to her data science consulting, Olivia is developing onsite and online courses designed to nurture caring relationships in the workplace. Olivia holds a BA in Mathematics, an MS in Statistics and is a Certified Holacracy® Facilitator. Clients include Cisco, Clorox, Providian Financial, Walmart, Wells Fargo, Fleet Bank. Genentech, Providian, State Farm, Nationwide, Liberty Mutual, Royal Bank of Scotland, Citizen’s Bank, HP, IBM, SAS, and Xerox.