HP Big Data Conference 2015 (Boston, MA)

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Date: Tuesday, Aug. 11, & Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015
Location: The Westin Boston Waterfront
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Attend: Official HP Big Data Conference 2015 Event Page
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Hosts

Kickoff Day 1
John Furrier and Dave Vellante kicked off day one at the HP Big Data Conference 2015 in Boston. They discussed how the event has grown over the past three years and how big data is everywhere. Dave offered insight on the collection of assets that HP has combined to create HAVEn and how customers may use the services.

Kickoff Day 2
John Furrier and Dave Vellante kicked off day two at the HP Big Data Conference 2015 in Boston. They gave a preview of what day two will focus on and topics discussed in the keynote address. Dave shared the three things that Nate Silver discussed in his keynote address and the Google example he used to show why more data is not always the answer.

Guests

David Abercrombie
Principal Data Analytics Engineer, Tapjoy

David Abercrombie stopped by theCUBE and chatted with John Furrier and Dave Vellante about the three types of customers of Tapjoy, including app publishers, advertisers and users. He provided insight into the growth of Tapjoy and the vibrant data community within San Francisco.

This was David’s first visit on theCUBE.

Jorge Ahumada
Executive Director, Conservation International

Jorge Ahumada and Eric Fegraus stopped by theCUBE and chatted with Dave Vellante about how Conservation International strives to find solutions that solve problems and are good for the environment. They provided insight into what analytics allows them to do with their data and their metadata challenge.

Jorge stopped by theCUBE at HP Big Data Conference 2014.

Toby Bloom, Ph.D.
Deputy Scientific Director, Informatics, New York Genome Center

Toby Bloom, Ph.D. stopped by theCUBE and chatted with John Furrier and Dave Vellante about the 12 terabytes of data she collects per day and the complexity in the analysis. She provided insight into the long and complicated process to collect data and how each piece fits into the human genome and which ones are related to diseases.

This was Toby’s first stop on theCUBE.

Chris “CB” Bohn
Senior Database Engineer, Etsy

Chris “CB” Bohn stopped by theCUBE and chatted with John Furrier and Dave Vellante about the variety of data solutions at Etsy and the challenges that come when combining solutions. He provided insight into how simplicity wins over functionality.

Chris stopped by theCUBE at HP Big Data Conference 2014.

Jordan Chernev
Systems Architect, Wayfair

Jordan Chernev stopped by theCUBE and chatted with John Furrier and Dave Vellante about the role of cloud OnPrem and the benefits. He provided insight into where they would use cloud and where Wayfair fits into the explosion of choices available to customers.

Jordan last visited theCUBE at HP Big Data Conference 2014.

Mike Day
Director of Information Systems, Nottingham Trent University

Mike Day stopped by theCUBE and chatted with John Furrier and Dave Vellante about how Nottingham Trent University uses big data to help understand how students engage in their studies. He provided insight into how big data is ensuring students get the help they need to succeed.

This was Mike’s first visit on theCUBE.

Sean Doherty
Director of Digital & Social Media Engagement, NASCAR

Sean Doherty stopped by theCUBE and chatted with John Furrier and Dave Vellante about how NASCAR is striving to be part of the conversation of the social experience from the audience. They are leveraging a new system to deliver insights on the trends of the race events and the social conversations.

This will be Sean’s first stop on theCUBE.

Andrea Fabrizi
Telco Analytics Business Line Manager, HP CMS

Andrea Fabrizi stopped by theCUBE and chatted with Dave Vellante about how to understand data and identify the problems that analytics can solve. He provided insight into personalizing the experience for customers can see data in real time.

This was Andrea’s first visit on theCUBE.

Eric Fegraus
Senior Director of Information Systems, Conservation International

Eric Fegraus and Jorge Ahumada stopped by theCUBE and chatted with Dave Vellante about how Conservation International strives to find solutions that solve problems and are good for the environment. They provided insight into what analytics allows them to do with their data and their metadata challenge.

Eric stopped by theCUBE at HP Big Data Conference 2014.

Kevin Goode
Director of Platform Engineering, Inmar

Kevin Goode stopped by theCUBE and chatted with Dave Vellante about how Inmar has transformed into a company that keeps track of merchandise, coupons and other transactions. He provided insight into how they became a data-driven enterprise.

This was Kevin’s first visit on theCUBE.

Jack Gudenkauf
VP Big Data, Playtika

Jack Gudenkauf stopped by theCUBE and chatted with John Furrier and Dave Vellante about the most important thing happening in data in regards to apps. He provided insight into the large amount of data they collect in gaming and how users drive the experience.

This was Jack’s first visit on theCUBE.

Rick Hanson
WW VP Sales, HP

Rick Hanson stopped by theCUBE and chatted with John Furrier and Dave Vellante about the technology transformation over the past year and how IT now has an application space. He provided insight into predictive analytics.

This was Rick’s first visit on theCUBE.

Joseph Khalil
CEO, Inovvo

Joseph Khalil stopped by theCUBE and chatted with John Furrier and Dave Vellante about what Inovvo is focused on and how operators use data. He provided insight into the customized reporting available to Care agents and how their software has saved customers time.

This was Joseph’s first visit on theCUBE.

Shilpa Lawande
VP & GM of HP Big Data Platform, HP

Shilpa Lawande stopped by theCUBE and chatted with John Furrier and Dave Vellante about the latest release with HP HAVEn. She provided insight into the HAVEn add framework called Excavator and her role as the general manager.

Shilpa is a regular contributor on theCUBE, and she visited at HP Big Data Conference 2013 and HP Big Data Conference 2014.

Maribel Lopez
Founder, Lopez Research

Maribel Lopez stopped by theCUBE and chatted with John Furrier and Dave Vellante about the reality of HP’s announcements and direction and how customers are uncertain on where to get started with the constant changes. She provided insight into what messages connect with customers.

Maribel last visited theCUBE in 2014 at IBM Impact 2014.

Colin Mahony
Senior VP & GM, HP Software Big Data

Colin Mahony stopped by theCUBE and chatted with John Furrier and Dave Vellante about the numerous customer success stories that are shared at the conference. He also provided insight into the valuable feedback HP Software Big Data receives at the conference and how they tailor the sessions.

Colin invited theCUBE to the very first #HPBigData2013 conference and he stopped by theCUBE at HP Big Data Conference 2013 & HP Big Data Conference 2014 .

Zacharia “Zac” Mathew
Director of Analysis, hMetrix

Zacharia “Zac” Mathew stopped by theCUBE and chatted with John Furrier and Dave Vellante about the role of data scientists versus data analysts. He provided insights into how to combine the two roles and the huge benefits.

This was Zac’s first stop on theCUBE.

Stephanie McReynolds
VP Marketing, Alation

Stephanie McReynolds stopped by theCUBE and chatted with John Furrier and Dave Vellante about the incredible analytics value that companies like Ebay and Square are getting out of the recently launched company Alation. She provided insight into how they connect to many database systems, Hadoop implementations and bringing contexts from human-created data.

This was Stephanie’s first visit on theCUBE.

Kai Ni
Technology Consultant, Telus

Kai Ni stopped by theCUBE and chatted with John Furrier and Dave Vellante about how they are achieving personal service for customers. He provided insight into how Telus has reduced the queue time per customer and the steps that were slowing the process down.

This was Kai’s first visit on theCUBE.

Chris Selland
VP Business Development, HP Software Big Data

Chris Selland stopped by theCUBE and chatted with John Furrier and Dave Vellante about HP Big Data splitting and how it will be structured. He provided insight into the evolution of the HP Big Data Conference.

Chris has been on theCUBE a number of times, including both HP Big Data Conference 2013 & HP Big Data Conference 2014.

Bill Theisinger
VP Big Data Services, Yellowpages.com

Bill Theisinger stopped by theCUBE and chatted with John Furrier and Dave Vellante about the 3 billion events they capture today and the integration that happens between 50 data sources. He provided insight into the biggest challenges they face in dispersing data to analysts.

This was Bill’s first time on theCUBE.

Jeff Veis
VP of Marketing, Big Data Business Group, HP

Jeff Veis stopped by theCUBE and chatted with John Furrier and Dave Vellante about the heritage of the HP Big Data Conference and how it’s different from other conferences. He provided insight into how they “let their game do the talking.”

Jeff also stopped by at HP Big Data Conference 2014.

Sudeep Venkatesh
VP Solutions Architecture, HP Security Voltage

Sudeep Venkatesh stopped by theCUBE and chatted with John Furrier and Dave Vellante about the different approach that HP Security Voltage takes in dealing with security. He provided insight into how they deal with different types of data and giving proper access to the right people while still protecting the data.

This was Sudeep’s first visit on theCUBE.

HP Big Data Conference 2015 – SiliconANGLE Event Page
HP Big Data Conference 2015 – YouTube archive

HP Big Data Conference 2014 – SiliconANGLE Event Page
HP Big Data Conference 2014 – Wikibon Event Page
HP Big Data Conference 2014 – YouTube archive

HP Big Data Conference 2013 – SiliconANGLE Event Page
HP Big Data Conference 2013 – Wikibon Event Page
HP Big Data Conference 2013 – YouTube archive

HP Big Data Conference 2015 (Boston, MA)

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Hosts

Guests

David Abercrombie Principal Data Analytics Engineer, Tapjoy

Jorge Ahumada Executive Director, Conservation International

Toby Bloom, Ph.D. Deputy Scientific Director, Informatics, New York Genome Center

Chris “CB” Bohn Senior Database Engineer, Etsy

Jordan Chernev Systems Architect, Wayfair

Mike Day Director of Information Systems, Nottingham Trent University

Sean Doherty Director of Digital & Social Media Engagement, NASCAR

Andrea Fabrizi Telco Analytics Business Line Manager, HP CMS

Eric Fegraus Senior Director of Information Systems, Conservation International

Kevin Goode Director of Platform Engineering, Inmar

Jack Gudenkauf VP Big Data, Playtika

Rick Hanson WW VP Sales, HP

Joseph Khalil CEO, Inovvo

Shilpa Lawande VP & GM of HP Big Data Platform, HP

Maribel Lopez Founder, Lopez Research

Colin Mahony Senior VP & GM, HP Software Big Data

Zacharia “Zac” Mathew Director of Analysis, hMetrix

Stephanie McReynolds VP Marketing, Alation

Kai Ni Technology Consultant, Telus

Chris Selland VP Business Development, HP Software Big Data

Bill Theisinger VP Big Data Services, Yellowpages.com

Jeff Veis VP of Marketing, Big Data Business Group, HP

Sudeep Venkatesh VP Solutions Architecture, HP Security Voltage

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