Illinois-based Hornthal and Crosly, with influence beyond Chicago and across the U.S., focuses on analytics and data science; credit risk management, fraud analytics, marketing analytics, supply chain analytics, commercial analytics, machine learning, statistics, and predictive modeling. Combining strong people skills with a hands-on technical background in analytics, he talks the walk and bridges corporate needs with valuable, highly trained talent for many win-win arrangements. He also employs his statistical prowess during March Madness when the best college basketball teams take to the court.