Data and Analytics Meetup (DAM)

Analytics touches every part of the organization. From operations to marketing to delivery, everyone needs data to maximize their own impact. This event will focus on how you can manage data more effectively to enable yourself and your customers with fast, secure, and effective insights.

Agenda
5:00 pm – Check In & Refreshments
6:00 pm – Presentations
7:45 pm – Closing Remarks/Giveaway Prizes

Topics will include:

-Developing BI and Analytic solutions in Microsoft Azure by Mark Kromer
-Exploring R's integration in Microsoft solutions by Ryan Fonnett
-Know before you go: open Q&A panel

Meet the Speakers

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Mark Kromer:

Mark Kromer is the Microsoft Azure Data Solution Architect in Microsoft’s East Region, focused on Florida customers. Mark has been with Microsoft for 7 years and has spent the past 20 years working in data analytics, business intelligence and data warehousing, with a focus on Big Data and Cloud BI for the past 5 years. Prior to Microsoft, Mark was a product manager for Oracle, Pentaho and DataStax.

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Ryan Fonnett:

Ryan Fonnett is a BI and Analytics Architect and Microsoft Coach at Convergence Consulting Group. He has more than 12 years of IT professional experience with various languages, technologies, frameworks, methodologies, and tools. His passion is to deliver end to end data driven solutions that enable customers to have an 'edge' over their competitors.