{"id":689,"date":"2026-01-22T16:33:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T16:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/lacybusiness\/?p=689"},"modified":"2026-01-22T18:23:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T18:23:00","slug":"dr-matthew-lanham-elected-to-leadership-role-in-informs-analytics-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/lacybusiness\/2026\/01\/22\/dr-matthew-lanham-elected-to-leadership-role-in-informs-analytics-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Matthew Lanham Elected to Leadership Role in INFORMS Analytics Society"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dr. Matthew Lanham, Assistant Professor of Business Technology &amp; Analytics in Butler University\u2019s Lacy School of Business, has been elected Vice President \/ President-Elect of the INFORMS Analytics Society, the largest society within <a href=\"https:\/\/www.informs.org\/\">INFORMS<\/a> and a premier global community for analytics and decision-science professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The INFORMS Analytics Society brings together leaders in analytics, operations research, optimization, data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to advance data-driven decision-making across industries. In his new role, Dr. Lanham will help shape strategic priorities for professional development, certification alignment, and industry partnerships that influence global standards for analytics practice, education, and professional development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis role allows me to directly connect emerging industry needs with how we educate students and support analytics practitioners,\u201d Dr. Lanham said. \u201cMy goal is to ensure that analytics education remains decision-centric, experiential, and aligned with the skills employers are actively seeking.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Lanham\u2019s leadership in the Society directly strengthens Butler\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/lacy-business\/undergraduate-programs\/business-technology-analytics\/\">Business Technology and Analytics (BTA)<\/a> curriculum and experiential learning ecosystem. Through this role, he brings early visibility into evolving analytics standards, certifications, and GenAI-enabled practices\u2014often before they are widely adopted in academic programs\u2014insights that are integrated into coursework, applied projects, and student competitions. These connections help ensure Butler students graduate with not only strong technical foundations, but also industry-validated credentials, portfolios, and professional networks that differentiate them in the job market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Lanham currently serves as an elected member of the INFORMS Analytics Certification Board (ACB) and previously served as President-Elect of the INFORMS Data Mining Society, where he helped lead its growth from a Section into a full Society. His continued involvement across INFORMS societies positions Butler as an active contributor to the national and global analytics community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students interested in applied analytics, competitions, certification pathways, and professional engagement are encouraged to participate through <a href=\"https:\/\/butlerinforms.github.io\/index.html\">Butler\u2019s INFORMS Student Chapter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Matthew Lanham, Assistant Professor of Business Technology &amp; Analytics in Butler University\u2019s Lacy School of Business, has been elected Vice President \/ President-Elect of the INFORMS Analytics Society, the largest society within INFORMS and a premier global community for analytics and decision-science professionals.<\/p>\n<p>The INFORMS Analytics Society brings together leaders in analytics, operations research, optimization, data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to advance data-driven decision-making across industries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2812,"featured_media":692,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"coauthors":[38],"class_list":["post-689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty-insights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/lacybusiness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/lacybusiness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/lacybusiness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/lacybusiness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2812"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/lacybusiness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=689"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/lacybusiness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":694,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/lacybusiness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689\/revisions\/694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/lacybusiness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/lacybusiness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/lacybusiness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/lacybusiness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/lacybusiness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}