Suxi Li

Suxi Li is the SVP & Head of Data & AI at The Arena Group. Suxi has over 20 years of experience in data science and analytics, including their most recent position as Head of Data for Investor's Business Daily (IBD).

At IBD, Suxi was responsible for building the Data & Analytics department from the ground up. This included data tracking/collection, data engineering, data science, machine learning engineering, business intelligence, and data governance. Through their leadership, IBD was able to drive digital transformation and business growth through data-driven decision making.

Under Suxi's leadership, the team at IBD developed a cloud-based enterprise data warehouse and deployed a unified data, analytics, and ML platform. This allowed for big data engineering and collaborative data science. In addition, Suxi led the development of a real-time end-to-end personalization system that used ML algorithms to deliver customized content and promotions to audience for better engagement, monetization, and retention.

Suxi is a thought leader in data science and engineering, driving innovation and an agile culture across IBD. Suxi has a proven track record in delivering business insights and data science/ML solutions that enable accelerated business growth.

Suxi Li has a PhD in Economics from the University of Miami and a B.S. in Management from Nanjing University.

They are on a team with Shashika Baldwin - VP, Production & Manufacturing, Athlon & Parade, Mark Ellis - Chief Client Officer, and Chris Pirrone - SVP & General Manager, Sports. Their manager is Ross Levinsohn, CEO.