Can’t Find a Data Scientist? Turn to a Business Analyst via @Data_Informed @cchristopher

With a shortage of data scientists to meet demand, businesses should look to business analysts to take on many tasks that previously were the responsibility of the data scientist, writes Chael Christopher of New Vantage Partners.

I do agree with him to a point.  I would add that there are a lot of MOOC free online courses (for example the Data Science specialisation by Johns Hopkins) which that person could do to add a little more knowledge in the areas they need to add.