Instructor Profile

Michael Colella, MSc, MA

Michael Colella, MSc, MA

Senior Director of Global Data Strategy and Analytics, AXS

Michael Colella is the senior director of Global Data Strategy and Analytics at AXS, where he leads business intelligence, analytics engineering, and web analytics. His past leadership roles include spearheading global analytic innovation at Kraft Heinz and serving as Upshop’s chief data scientist.

Colella helps organizations leverage advanced analytics to reach financial and marketing goals, scale successfully, and make AI real for business. A graduate of UChicago, he has completed post-graduate work at MIT and Northwestern University and is an Executive MBA candidate at Columbia University.