Sol Rashidi, senior vice president, Global Data & Analytics and chief analytics officer at The Estée Lauder Companies Inc., has been recognized as the U.S. 2021 “Chief Analytics Officer of the Year” by the CDO Club, a community of C-suite digital, data and analytics leaders.
 
The award was presented to Rashidi by David Mathison, CEO at the CDO Club/CDO Summit at the IBM CDO/CTO Summit on “Quantum Computing,” the sixth and final IBM CDO/CTO Summit of 2021. 

About Sol Rashidi

Rashidi joined The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) as senior vice president, global data and analytics and chief analytics officer in January 2021. At ELC, Rashidi and the broader Enterprise Marketing and Data team have been working to further implement a data-first mindset, ensuring that data and analytics remain at the heart of the business operations.
 
Prior to The Estée Lauder Companies, Rashidi was chief data and analytics officer, commercial at Merck; executive vice president and chief data officer for Sony Music Entertainment; the chief data and AI officer at Royal Caribbean International; AI, data & analytics partner at Ernst & Young; and chief information & digital officer for SoliUnited. Rashidi was also with IBM for eight years, involved with launching IBM’s “Watson” and pioneering some of IBM’s advances in Enterprise Information Management.
 
“I am thrilled and honored to recognize Sol Rashidi as the first-ever U.S. Chief Analytics Officer of the Year,” Mathison said. “Sol has experience in diverse and challenging sectors such as Media & Entertainment, CPG, Travel & Hospitality, FinTech, Life Sciences/Pharma, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain. Sol has filed 21 patents and issued eight, and is a strong, capable, strategic leader and valuable team member to the C-suite, her staff, and the wider global community of her C-suite peers in data and analytics.”
 
“I am humbled and so grateful to win this award and to be recognized for the work my wonderful team and I have accomplished over the past few years. I am honored to receive this award,” Rashidi commented.
 
Rashidi received her MBA, Strategy & Leadership, from Pepperdine University, The George L. Graziadio School of Business and Management in 2005, and she earned her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of California, Berkeley, with a BS in Chemistry.