Analytics Expert, Workshop Leader, and Digital Marketing Authority
Pierre DeBois is the founder and CEO of Zimana, an analytics services firm that helps organizations achieve profitability improvements in marketing, Web development, and business operations. Zimana has provided services for clients in many industry verticals.
Pierre has also provided digital marketing and data analytics workshops. His first major workshop was for the City of Chicago Treasurer’s Office as part of the 2014 Small Business Expo (SBE). Since then, he has conducted workshops and presentations across the United States.
Pierre is also an analytics and business intelligence writer. He has contributed articles to CMSWire for nearly a decade. Pierre’s articles were among CMSWire’s Top Digital Marketing Articles for 2018, 2020, 2021, and 2022. He is also an associate editor of business book reviews for Small Business Trends, as well as credited as a technical editor for two Pearson/Que digital marketing publications.
Areas of Expertise: AI/Machine Learning, Data Science, Tech Entrepreneurship
Previous Speaking Experience:
• Marketing workshop & panel, General Assembly Chicago, 2015
• CivicBLUE workshops for BlueLacuna, business incubator in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago; CivicBLUE addressed data science for developing community solutions
• DX Summit, marketing conference, 2015, 2016, and 2017
• R programming session, Interop ITX, Las Vegas, NV 2017
• Analytics workshop, Content Marketing World, Cleveland 2017
• Sentiment Analysis at O’Reilly OSCON, Portland, Oregon, 2018
• Google Analytics and R programming, Indy.Code, Indianapolis, IN, 2018
• Google Analytics and R programming, Nebraska.Code, Council Bluffs, IA (Omaha, NE), 2019
• TensorFlow in R Programming; A Primer at DevFest KC 2019, Kansas City, MO
• TensorFlow in R Programming; A Primer at 2019 Applied
Machine Learning Festival, Charlottesville, VA
• R Programming Workshop, Beer City Code, Grand Rapids, MI 2019
• Content marketing with Google Analytics, INBOUND 2019, Boston, MA
• Google Analytics & TensorFlow with R, Michigan Dev Fest Detroit,MI 2019
• CodeMash, Sandusky, OH 2020
• CodePalousa – Online 2020
• Juneteenth Conf – Online Tech Conference 2021
• Signals — Online Conference 2021
• Presentation, Greater New York Chamber of Commerce 2022
• Content Marketing World, Washington DC 2023
• Marketing Analytics and Data Science, Washington DC 2023
• CodeMash, Sandusky, OH 2024
• CommerceNow24 (webinar), 2024
• Black Is Tech conference, Houston, TX 2024