5 Thought Leaders in Big Data

Today the significant opportunities for entrepreneurship currently exist in the application layer of the Big Data industry. The platforms and plumbing are already in place.

The most exciting opportunities are going to be available to those entrepreneurs who harness the power of big data, but couple it with intense domain knowledge in specific areas of business. These five thought leaders are good examples of how to do that.

• Mike Driscoll, CEO of Metamarkets – Marketing technologies are hot these days, and Metamarkets is doing some cutting edge analytics in the media buying area. Very interesting.
• Krishna Venkatraman, Senior Vice President of Analytics at OnDeck – The online lending industry is going through rapid changes with the advent of big data and machine learning in processing loan applications. Krishna discusses OnDeck’s workings.

• Scott Zoldi, Chief Analyst Officer at FICO – Have you noticed that your credit card sometimes declines transactions or flags fraud alerts? This conversation will help you understand the backstory of that workflow and potentially trigger other ideas in that domain.
• Mark Schwarz, VP of Data Sciences at Square Root – Store management is going through transformation because of the data science. Read how the automobile sector is evolving.
• Greg Moran, CEO of OutMatch – Read how Big Data is influencing hiring.

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