BROOKHAVEN, GA, March 13, 2025 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Yasmine Marietou Ndassa, PhD, has been selected for inclusion in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.

Dr. Ndassa is an innovative thought leader in analytics, recognized for her expertise in data strategy, business acumen, and compelling data storytelling. She currently serves as Vice President of Data Strategy & Analytics at Sylvan Road Capital LLC, a technology-driven asset management firm based in Atlanta. Since joining in 2023, she has led the Reporting and Analytics function, leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning, and advanced analytics to optimize asset portfolio performance. In collaboration with Sylvan Road's C-suite, Dr. Ndassa ensures the data strategy aligns with the broader business goals and plays a pivotal role in providing insights that drive key decision-making processes. Dr. Ndassa is passionate about using process mapping and analytics to inform AI strategy. She founded Noor Analytics Consulting to help leaders in small and medium businesses accelerate their speed to insight by automating processes and delivering analytics and adopting responsible (AI).

Before joining Sylvan Road, Dr. Ndassa held several leadership roles at top global companies. At Meta, she served as Global Head of Recruiting Analytics then became the Global Head of People Strategy & Insights. She led a team of business analysts, data scientists and people researchers who supported Meta's global recruiting organization and the HR Business Partners across all functions at the company. Highlights of her tenure at Meta include (1) optimization of the insights delivery processes to the C-suite at a critical time of the company's growth, driven by the building of the Metavers and (2) providing data-driven insights to influence the company's strategy on remote hiring. She also excelled as Principal Analytics Platform Strategist at Amazon Web Services (AWS), focusing on enterprise clients in Latin America and the Southeastern U.S. In this role, her team used Amazon's design thinking applied to cloud analytics to help clients optimize value from migrating data to the AWS cloud.

Her 11-year tenure at Comcast (2010–2021) saw her rise through the ranks in senior leadership positions within HR, business process, and sales analytics, building these functions from scratch and driving initiatives that provided executives with data-driven insights into human capital, product innovation, and sales performance. Dr. Ndassa's career began at the Boston Consulting Group, where she worked as a strategy consultant in healthcare and life sciences.

Dr. Ndassa's academic credentials include a Ph.D. in Molecular Biophysics from Harvard University, where she conducted groundbreaking cancer research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in the lab of Dr. Jarrod Marto. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, where she was a Meyerhoff Scholar and graduated magna cum laude and Phi Kappa Phi. Additionally, she has received certifications in Generative AI from MIT Professional Education and LinkedIn, both in 2024. She speaks English, Spanish, French and Fe'Fe', her maternal language from the Bamileke tribe of Cameroon.

Outside of her professional roles, Dr. Ndassa is deeply involved in mentoring and promoting diversity in STEM fields. She was President of the Philadelphia chapter of NAMIC, the Analytics lead for Comcast's Xfinity Consumer Services DEI committee, and recruits scholars for the Meyerhoff Scholarship Program at UMBC. In addition to these contributions, Dr. Ndassa has written scholarly articles in various esteemed journals, such as Development Cell, the Journal of Proteome Research, and the Journal of Biomolecular Nuclear Magnetic Resonance.

She is also the CEO and Designer-in-Chief of Maison Nyanga, a bespoke clothing brand she founded during the pandemic, driven by her passion for helping clients find garments that celebrate their unique bodies.

A breast cancer survivor, Dr. Ndassa credits both her scientific training and her faith for helping her through her diagnosis. Her journey has become a testament to resilience, self-love, and living with purpose.

Passionate about teaching analytics and AI, Dr. Ndassa was an Adjunct Professor at Drexel University's LeBow College of Business Center for Business Analytics. She also served on the Advisory Board of the Center for Business Analytics. Dr. Ndassa aspires to teach at Harvard University and the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Moreover, Dr. Ndassa is eager to accept more consulting projects, leveraging her experience with Fortune 100 companies to empower small and medium business leaders with data-driven insights, process automation and responsible AI strategy. She believes that every chief executive officer should understand their company's performance and opportunities through business process mapping and data-based insights. Her goal is to make insights and AI more accessible to small and medium-sized businesses through consulting opportunities.

Dr. Ndassa's illustrious career and unwavering commitment to excellence underscore her status as a visionary leader in the field of analytics and data storytelling. Her transformative contributions continue to shape industry standards, empower organizations, and inspire future generations of analytics professionals.

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