John Roach

Title: The Intersection of Public Health Data Science and K-12 Culture Change

Track: Analytics

John Roach is the Director of the Data Analytics Practice at KSM Consulting, an Indiana-based data and technology consulting firm. John leads the team in serving both the public and private sectors, providing insight by transforming data and technology into strategic assets to better serve citizens, make data-driven decisions, and access actionable information in real time. His guidance has led the team to become Indiana’s premier provider of strategic and technical data services, tackling challenges like the opioid epidemic, infant mortality, criminal recidivism reduction, and other complex, multi-faceted challenges for the State of Indiana.

Prior to joining KSM Consulting, John worked for Rolls-Royce Corporation, one of the world’s leading industrial technology companies, working during his tenure in various program management, high-performance computing, numerical methods and design roles. In addition, John’s background includes serving as an analyst at an Indiana-based venture capital fund, Elevate Ventures.

John Roach earned his Bachelors degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Spanish from Oklahoma State University. He also holds a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University and a Master of Business Administration from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. He completed Design Thinking training at Stanford University’s d.school. John has been instrumental in integrating Design Thinking into KSM Consulting and continues to train clients and the community in the Design Thinking methodology.