Data Business DC

Introduction

This group explores the intersection of the data revolution and the art of creating value. Bring your inner data scientist and learn how people are not only doing cool things with data, but doing so in ways that help startups, businesses, and other organizations thrive.

While we will always have industrial, academic, and government luminaries as speakers, this meetup will not just be about lectures and free pizza (or empanadas as we secure sponsors). Simply put, we are building a world-leading data community in the heart of the nation's capital. We are not reinventing Silicon Valley or New York, we are blazing a new trail forward.

If you like this meetup, you might enjoy our sister meetups:

And just in case you didn't know, we are one of three meetups that compose a larger, data-focused community in DC, aptly named DataCommunityDC.

Coorganizers

Sean Patrick Murphy, @sayHiToSean

Sean, with degrees in mathematics, electrical engineering, and biomedical engineering and an MBA from Oxford University, has served as a senior scientist at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory for the past ten years. Previously, he served as the Chief Data Scientist at WiserTogether, a series A funded health care analytics firm, and the Director of Research at Manhattan Prep, a boutique graduate educational company. He was also the co-founder and CEO of a big data-focused startup: CloudSpree.

Robert Vesco, @robertvesco

Robert is currently a researcher, teacher and PhD candidate at the University of Maryland. He studies online startup communities and the media's influence on entrepreneurship. In his prior life his worked for startups in both the food and animation industries. He helped startups understand their financial data better as well as connect that data with the rest of their systems. He's a fan of automation and a hater of paper. He also worked with New Ventures helping social and environmental entrepreneurs from developing countries find access to financing and markets. When he's not working, he's biking, rock climbing, and trying to eat the best food he can get his hands on.

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