Women in Big Data Meetup

*To register for this event, please go to: https://www.meetup.com/PyData-SoCal/events/247536114/

As part of our ongoing partnership with PyData SoCal, we are pleased to announce the schedule for our next meetup on March 29. This meetup will be a showcase between Women in Big Data, Women in Data Science, PyData and Our Lives Our Data.

Here’s our evening schedule:

-6:15 PM – 7:00 PM: Arrivals/Regisration. Food & Drinks. Social.
-7:00 PM - 7:15 PM: PyData, DataScience welcome and overview
-7:15 PM - 7:45 PM: Women in Big Data So Cal Overview and Mentor Launch featuring Elizabeth Amini, CEO of Anti-AgingGames.com and adjunct professor for the USC Marshall, MS Business Analytics program
-7:45 PM - 8:15 PM: Women in Data Science: Lessons learned in the field related to organizational conflict regarding tools and technology choices featuring Rachana Mukherjee, Director for Analytics and Data Infrastructure at Evite and Sandra L. Perea, Data Science – Marketing Analytics
-8:15 PM - 9:00 PM: Q&A and Networking

About our Speakers:
-Elizabeth Amini is the CEO of Anti-AgingGames.com, serves as an adjunct professor at the Marshall School of Business where she teaches healthcare analytics and game analytics for the MS, Business Analytics program and she is also President and Co-Founder of the Trojan CEO Network.

-Rachana Mukherjee is currently serving as the Director of Analytics and Data Infrastructure at Evite, the world’s leading online invitation service. Rachana has over 12 years of progressive experience in the data analytics and BI field. In the last 3 years she has been actively transitioning from an individual contributor role to a technical leadership role that oversees high performing yet lean teams organized to deliver the highest value to the business. She also loves building scalable data platforms, systems integration projects, internal company tools and improving mundane inefficient processes through programming and automation

-Sandra Perea is an experienced Data Scientist who partners with CEOs, executives, startups and established companies to analyze and interpret complex digital data. With the application of the latest tools in data analytics, she discovers the meaning of data and infer conclusions in order to assist clients in their decision making. Sandra believes in driving growth and revenue using a structured approach aligning the analytics goals with business goals. She also knows that curiosity, proactivity and resourcefulness are important to unlock the story behind the data and communicate it. Sandra studied BSc. Information Systems and Management at the University of London, Big Data and Behavioral Analytics at MIT with a background in Statistics and Econometrics

Please make sure to register on the PyData Meetup page (link provided at the top). There are a limited number of seats for this event, and registration will be completed and tracked through their page!