Embedded Analytics: Developing Analytics in Applications

Please join us for Dean Yao's presentation on this crucial next step in analytics. Food and networking will start at 5:30pm, and the presentation will commence at 5:45pm sharp.

Adding analytic visualizations to a software application provides critical visibility to enhance business performance. There are multiple options for achieving analytics, each with distinct functional, cost, and operational characteristics. To choose the best approach, development teams need to understand both upfront and downstream operational requirements. This presentation overviews options for embedding analytics while pointing out key considerations for selecting the best approach.

Dean is the Director of Marketing at Jinfonet Software and brings over 10 years of experience in software marketing and product management. Previously, Dean was a senior product manager at cloud computing startup Nimbula (acquired by Oracle), where he focused on technical best practices, competitive marketing, and product strategy. Dean was also in technical marketing at VMware, specializing in virtualization clustering and resource management products. He started his career in hardware virtualization research at Intel Research Labs. Dean earned his Ph.D. and M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Southern California, and a B.S. in EECS from UC Berkeley.