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September 30, 2014

Registration Now Open for Rock Stars of Big Data Analytics Conference

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif.Sept. 30 — Registration is underway for Rock Stars of Data Analytics on October 21 in San Jose, California, where well-known data analytics authorities will explore all aspects of analytics, including building a data-driven culture, launching data platforms, and ensuring privacy.

Industries and organizations from healthcare and finance to technology and government are currently struggling to stay afloat in a rising tide of data. But the bigger struggle emerging is the need to analyze and leverage all that data in order to move into the future and succeed.

The speakers at this must-attend event include:

  • Mike Ames, Director of Analytics, Product Management, and Hadoop Strategy, SAS
  • Greg Arnold, Data Infrastructure Engineering Director, LinkedIn
  • Grady Booch, Chief Scientist of Software Engineering, IBM
  • Mark Davis, Distinguished Engineer, Dell
  • Matthew Denesuk, Chief Data Science Officer, GE Software
  • Josh Greenbaum, Principal, Enterprise Applications Consulting
  • Nigel King, Vice President Applications Development, Oracle
  • Chris Pouliot, VP Lyft, Netflix Former Director of Analytics
  • Satyam Priyadarshy, Chief Data Scientist, Halliburton
  • Mike Rosenbaum, CEO, Catalyst IT Solutions, and
  • Guido Schroeder, Senior Vice President of Products, Splunk.

For a limited time, attendees can register for $299 ($229 for IEEE Computer Society members) and save more than 25 percent off full price. For more information, visit http://www.computer.org/Data-Analytics.

Speakers will discuss the trends, the challenges, the solutions, and how they’ve used big data analytics to:

  • respond to changing business conditions
  • predict future outcomes
  • make decisions using 100 percent of data in every decision rather than instinctive guesses
  • develop a big data platform that handles all types of data and analytics
  • create a “culture of analytics,” and
  • assure privacy and security while leveraging the power of big data.

Rock Stars of Big Data Analytics is being sponsored by IEEE Computer Society, the community for technology leaders. For more information, visit http://www.computer.org.

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