Dimitris is an internationally known expert in data mining and author of several textbooks on data mining and decision support, who provides guidance for D2Hawkeye's data mining research and statistical methods.  He was a co-founder of Dynamic Ideas, LLC, which developed investment optimization models for asset management companies; it was sold to American Express in 2002. He is currently Boeing Professor of Operations Research at the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an advisor to Ameriprise Financial.  Dimitris has won numerous academic and industry awards, and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.