Richard Hackathorn, Ph.D., of Bolder Technology, Inc. is a well-known industry analyst, technology innovator, and international lecturer in business intelligence and data analytics. He is currently focusing on the managerial challenges of analytic systems at scale, as enabled by neural networks. He is also pioneering an emerging area called Immersive Analytics. He has published three books, numerous articles, and dozens of educational case studies on innovative business systems. He was a professor at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Colorado. He received his degrees from California Institute of Technology and the University of California, Irvine.