Sherry Bennett, Chief Data Scientist at DLT Solutions

Sherry Bennett is the chief data scientist at DLT Solutions, a Virginia-based company focused on accelerating public sector growth for tech businesses in the federal, state and local, education, utilities and health care markets.

Bennett juggles her responsibilities at DLT Solutions while also serving as the chief data scientist of consulting firm Data Strategy and Innovations. She helps clients transform information into assets in order to improve their approach to business, operations and product development.

Additionally, she serves as a board member of the nonprofit Data Coalition, according to her LinkedIn profile.

Previously, Bennett had a one-year stint as chief data officer at the University of Maryland Global Campus. During that time, she was responsible for UMGC’s enterprise data strategy, management and market research.

She also spent seven years working as Laureate International Universities’ divisional vice president for business intelligence global product and services. In that role, she led the creation of a global BI and analytics shared service model to deliver data solutions to a global portfolio of universities.

Earlier in her career, she was the director of Merkle, a customer experience management company, and senior manager of insurance company Esurance.

Bennett graduated from Michigan State University with a bachelor’s degree in political science and government, a master’s degree in political economy and a doctorate in international political economy and econometrics.