Senior Consultant & Advisor
Connecting AI, data, people, and organizational responsibility.
Fay Cobb Payton, PhD., advises Pivot clients at the intersection of artificial intelligence, data, healthcare, technology innovation, talent, and transformation leadership.
Her career spans industry, academia, public service, research, and advisory work. Fay's private-sector experience includes EY Consulting's national health practice, Time Inc., and IBM.
Fay is a professor emerita and former tenured full professor of information technology and analytics at North Carolina State University. At the National Science Foundation, she led and contributed to initiatives involving computing research, smart health, biomedical research, AI, and advanced data science. She received the NSF Director's Award.
Fay has authored more than 150 peer-reviewed articles, conference publications, and book chapters.
Education and professional foundation
Bachelor's degree in accounting, Clark Atlanta University
Bachelor's degree in industrial and systems engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
MBA in decision sciences, Clark Atlanta University
Ph.D. in information and decision systems, Case Western Reserve University
Areas of focus
AI leadership, readiness, governance, ethics, and bias
Data and algorithmic responsibility
Technology innovation
Talent and workforce development
Healthcare innovation