BY SUSAN LACEFIELD, EDITOR AT LARGE
THE DC VELOCITY Q&A THOUGHTLEADERS
CHASING DOWN STOLEN ART WOULD SEEM TO HAVE LITTLE TO DOwith helping companies anticipate and mitigate the effects of a pandemic ontheir supply chain operations. Yet it was while working for a New York startupthat helps owners recover pilfered artwork that David Shillingford first becameaware of the power of data and analytics—the same tools he would later use toguide companies through the Covid- 19 crisis.
From that introduction to data analytics as a loss-prevention and recoverytool, Shillingford moved on to other startups that applied similar techniques torisk management and mitigation, gradually working his way into the retail andlogistics sectors. Indeed, as a senior vice president at Verisk Analytics, he wasresponsible for the data analytics and risk assessment firm’s entry into supplychain analytics.
Today, he serves as chairman of supply chain risk-management companyResilience360 and CEO of its parent company, Rising Tide Digital, a holdingcompany formed by Columbia Capital to invest in and develop disruptive supplychain analytics companies. Resilience360 was originally created by transporta
Over the course of hiscareer, Resilience360’sDavid Shillingford hasused the power of dataand analytics to trackdown stolen art andhelp prepare companiesfor pandemics.
INTERVIEW WITH DAVID SHILLINGFORD
From stolen art to Covid- 19
