Hadoop: Business Applications and Value


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We cordially invite you to attend our upcoming TDWI NYC Tri-State Chapter meeting on June 10, 2015. As a follow-on to our Q1 meeting topic – Hadoop Technology, Vendors and Marketplace – the June 10th meeting will focus on business value, and real-life use cases applying this technology. Hadoop continues to generate broad interest in the business intelligence, analytics and data management industry as a workhorse to address a new class of business opportunities and insight. Please join us for presentations by: Mr. Mark Grabb - Technology Leader for Analytics at the General Electric (GE) Global Research Center in New York and others.
Come meet other local professionals, swap business cards, share ideas, and exchange career advice while listening to quality presentations in a vendor-neutral setting, which is the hallmark of TDWI education. Our speakers will be DW/BI end-users reporting on their success and lessons learned implementing various BI tools or projects. Please see our detailed meeting agenda below.
Topic:
“Hadoop Part 2: Business Applications and Value”. Presentations by Mr. Mark Grabb - Technology Leader for Analytics at the General Electric Global Research Center in New York and colleagues - Enterprise Data Architecture Leader in financial services. Mark and other speakers will compare and contrast their different experiences for very rich presentations that are sure to be very interesting and very practical. Presenters will open the discussion for questions. Key topics and questions addressed in these presentations will include:
Business Opportunities & New ApplicationsWhat are the new business opportunities addressable by Hadoop?Which users can be served, and what is the user experience?What types of technology problems can be solved?Senior Management Selling PointsWhat are the main selling points your executives are hearing?What are likely to be the practical advantages derived?Obstacles to AdoptionWhat are the major management concerns? From experience, what are the ‘lessons learned’?
The seminar is open to all business, analytics, and IT professionals. There is no fee to attend our program , although registration is required -- before 9-June. Presentation: "Business Applications and Value” by Mr. Mark Grabb
Mark Grabb has experience with analytics using Hadoop across a breadth of different industries and use cases. He will discuss his approach and experience, and discuss the efficiencies over legacy approaches as well as examples of other upside benefits. Mark will speak to how Hadoop has allowed GE to transition from a big iron company to services around big data. Some fascinating examples of the “internet of things” and the relationship to big data will be discussed.
Mark Grabb is the Technology Leader for Analytics at the General Electric Global Research Center in New York. The Analytics Technology Organization includes labs with expertise in Applied Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Quantitative Finance, Operations Research, Machine Learning, Signal Processing, Image Analysis, and Computer Vision. Analytics Research at GE and for GE is primarily focused on the company’s services businesses in the industrial sectors as well as GE Capital in financial services. Mark and his teams invent and develop big data analytics that are key components within larger GE Software solutions that enable GE’s customers to generate profit by increasing their revenues, lowering their costs, and managing their risks. Mark holds over 26 issued US patents. He is a registered patent agent with the United States Patent office

Hadoop: Business Applications and Value