Richard Huntsinger

Dr. Richard Huntsinger is a Fortune 500 research and development executive, Silicon Valley entrepreneur, expert witness, professor, author, and management consultant with broad international experience leading programs in AI, data analytics, process automation, customer service operations, IT operations, and enterprise software development at organizations like AT&T, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Hitachi, Curtiss-Wright, Bank of America, and US Dept of Energy. He now serves as Senior Lecturer in the HSLopez School of Business Analytics at the University of Arizona, where he lectures and oversees research on data strategy and data science applied to law, business, and public policy.  Previously, he served as Faculty Director and Distinguished Teaching Fellow at the University of California-Berkeley, where he led a portfolio of executive data and AI strategy programs, providing advisory services and training to more than 2,300 executives across 73 countries.  He has led development and market introduction of more than 20 commercial process automation/data analytics products and customer-facing IT systems.  He has served on the management teams of several venture-backed high-tech start-ups from build-out to IPO and acquisition.  He is a strategy and technology advisor to several companies and a frequent guest speaker in industry, academia, and government.

Dr. Huntsinger is author of the popular textbook "Business Analytics: Methods & Cases for Data-Driven Decisions", now used in top-ranked graduate programs across ten countries.

Dr. Huntsinger earned his PhD in Engineering & Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University; MBA degrees from University of California-Berkeley and Columbia University, honors; and MSc and BSc degrees in Computer Science from California State University, honors. He holds ASQ Six Sigma Black Belt, PMI Project Management Professional, ASA Accredited Professional Statistician, and RSS Chartered Statistician certifications.

Courses

• BNAN 277 Analytical Methods for Business
• BNAN 325 Applied Programming in Business Analytics

Professional Positions

• Senior Lecturer, HSLopez School of Business Analytics, University of Arizona
• Faculty Director, Executive Data & AI Strategy Programs, University of California-Berkeley
• Distinguished Teaching Fellow, Haas School of Business, University of California-Berkeley
• Executive Director, Huntsinger Associates, LLC
• Vice President of Product Operations, Ovalpath/Curtiss-Wright
• Consulting Project Executive, Hitachi
• Director of Worldwide Sales & Service Operations, Symantec
• Director of Worldwide Research & Development, Hewlett-Packard

Publications

• "Business Statistics: Methods & Cases for Data-Driven Decisions with an Introduction to Python", Cambridge University Press, forthcoming.
• "Business Statistics: Methods & Cases for Data-Driven Decisions with an Introduction to R", Cambridge University Press, forthcoming.
• "Business Analytics: Methods & Cases for Data-Driven Decisions", Cambridge University Press, 2025.