(US and Canada) Leading global animal health company Zoetis has promoted JD Williams to the role of Chief Data and Analytics Officer from his previous position as Head of Business Insights and Analytics.

Williams is a highly motivated analytics leader with a PhD in Statistics and 20 years of experience, including 12 years of people management experience. He has executed analytics efforts and built and led teams of statisticians, mathematicians, computer scientists, and operations researchers in big data statistical analysis, marketing analytics, pricing optimization, financial asset risk modeling, and economic forecasting.

“I feel a tremendous amount of gratitude, excitement, and humility as I step into this role. Firstly, I want to express my profound gratitude to Krishna Cheriath for taking the chance on me when I joined Zoetis 3 years ago. He has been the best manager and mentor I could have ever asked for to help me prepare for this opportunity. I am also deeply grateful to Wafaa Mamilli for mentoring me for 7+ years, and for giving me the trust and opportunity to lead data and analytics at Zoetis. I am beyond thrilled to take on this role and look forward to working with my amazing colleagues to take Zoetis to the next level!” Williams wrote in a LinkedIn post.