2016 Big Data Day LA

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Thank you for this year’s successful event and stay tuned for next year’s conference!

Big Data Day LA 2016 Slides / Checkout our presentations!

About the Conference / What You Need To Know

Big Data Day LA is the largest of its kind, and completely free, Big Data conference in Southern California. Spearheaded by Subash D’Souza and organized and supported by a community of volunteers, sponsors and speakers, Big Data Day LA features the most vibrant gathering of data and technology enthusiasts in Los Angeles.

The first Big Data Day LA conference was in 2013, with just over 250 attendees. We have since grown to over 550 attendees in 2014 and over 950 attendees in 2015. This year we expect to have over 1200 attendees!

Our 4th Annual Big Data Day LA 2016 conference was on Saturday, July 9th, 2016 at West Los Angeles College in Culver City.

Our featured tracks this year were:

– Big Data
– Data Science
– Hadoop / Spark / Kafka
– NoSQL and
– Use Case Driven

Helpful Links:
Big Data Day LA Program Brochure (PDF)
Sessions Table (Google Docs)

Sessions / Track & Session Info

Check out track and session info from 2016’s conference here!

Sponsors / 2016 Sponsors

Host

2016 - West Los Angeles College

Platinum

2016 - Indeed Prime
2016 - Netflix

Gold

2016 - Claremont Graduate University
2016 - Couchbase
2016 - Datascience.com
2016 - Domo
2016 - Interana
2016 - Paxata
2016 - Pssc Labs
2016 - RedisLabs

Silver

2016 - Cask
2016 - Cognizant
2016 - Data Applications Lab
2016 - Datameer
2016 - DoclerMedia
2016 - MapR
2016 - Second Spectrum
2016 - Snowflake
2016 - Tibco
2016 - Toyota
2016 - VideoAmp
2016 - Warner Bros
2016 - ZestFinance

Bronze

2016 - Factual
2016 - Iris.tv
2016 - Microsoft
2016 - OnPrem

Partner

2016 - Courtyard by Marriott
2016 - DataScience.LA
2016 - Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/ County Clerk
2016 - Magnus Unum
2017 - Archangel Technology Consultants, LLC
2017 - Los Angeles Big Data Users Group
2017 - TenOneTen Ventures

Keynote Speakers / 2016

All keynote talks will be held in Fine Arts 100 Auditorium

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Session Speakers / 2016

Adi Foulger

Adi Foulger

Solutions Architect at Redis Labs

Alexander Kern

Alexander Kern

Co-Founder/ CTO at Pavlov

Anton Polishko

Anton Polishko

CTO at Zulloo

Austin Clements

Austin Clements

Associate at TenOneTen Ventures

Bikas Saha

Bikas Saha

Software Engineer At Hortonworks

Boris Belyi

Boris Belyi

Manager, Risk Analytics, Intuit, Inc

Brian Kursar

Brian Kursar

VP, Data Strategy & Architecture At Warner Bros

Chris Fregly

Chris Fregly

Research Scientist at PipelineIO

Chris Stephens

Chris Stephens

Data Engineering Manager at Netflix

Christine Zhang

Christine Zhang

Research Fellow at Los Angeles Times

Conor Dowling

Conor Dowling

Content Analytics Manager at Netflix

Dan Burkert

Dan Burkert

Software Engineer at Cloudera

Dave Fryer

Dave Fryer

Product Advocate at Domo

Dave Goodsmith

Dave Goodsmith

Senior Data Scientist at DataScience, Inc.

Dave Neilsen

Dave Neilsen

Developer Relations at RedisLabs

David Alves

David Alves

Software Engineer at Cloudera

David Levinger

David Levinger

Sr. Director Information Technology at Paxata

Debajyoti (Deb) Ray

Debajyoti (Deb) Ray

Chief Data Officer at VideoAmp

Derek Wilcox

Derek Wilcox

Data Scientist at ZestFinance

Dhruv Kumar

Dhruv Kumar

Senior Solutions Architect at Hortonworks

Dinesh Srirangpatna

Dinesh Srirangpatna

Data Solutions Architect at Microsoft

Dusan Bosnjakovic

Dusan Bosnjakovic

Data Scientist at Intuit

Eric Anderson

Eric Anderson

Product Manager at Google

Eric Avila

Eric Avila

Senior Anti Piracy Technologist at NBC Universal

Eric Lesser

Eric Lesser

Director of Operations at PSSC Labs

Eric Sammer

Eric Sammer

CTO and co-founder at Rocana

Gene Pang

Gene Pang

Software Engineer/ Founding Member at Alluxio

Gergely Daroczi

Gergely Daroczi

Director of Analytics at CARD.com

Girish Kathalagiri

Girish Kathalagiri

Staff Engineer at Samsung SDS Research America

Glenn Walker

Glenn Walker

COO at Ranker

Guillaume Torche

Guillaume Torche

Big Data Engineer at GumGum

Jag Srawan

Jag Srawan

Engineer at Interana

Jeanne Holm

Jeanne Holm

Deputy Mayor at City of Los Angeles

Jesse Anderson

Jesse Anderson

CEO at Smoking Hand

Jon Zifcak,  MBA, MSIM

Jon Zifcak, MBA, MSIM

CEO at Zulloo Inc.

Jonathan Gray

Jonathan Gray

CEO At Cask

Josh Andrews

Josh Andrews

Data & Analytics Architect at OnPrem Solution Partners

Juan Vasquez

Juan Vasquez

Data Programs Manager at City of Los Angeles Office of Finance

Karthik Ramasamy

Karthik Ramasamy

Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer at Streamlio

Kazuki Ohta

Kazuki Ohta

Chief Technology Officer at Treasure Data, Inc.

Kyle Polich

Kyle Polich

Principal Data Scientist At DataScience, Inc

Louis Bajuk-Yorgan

Louis Bajuk-Yorgan

Senior Director pf Product Management at TIBCO

Mark Helmstetter

Mark Helmstetter

Principal Consulting Engineer at MongoDB

Matt Ingenthron

Matt Ingenthron

Senior Director Engineering at Couchbase

Matteo Interlandi

Matteo Interlandi

PostDoc at UCLA

Mike Limcaco

Mike Limcaco

Senior Analytics Specialist at Google

Nimbus Goehausen

Nimbus Goehausen

Senior Software Engineer at Bloomberg

Oren Golan

Oren Golan

VP Software Engineering at Sanguine

Pauline Chow

Pauline Chow

Consultant / Lead Data Science Instructor @ General Assembly

Peter Reale

Peter Reale

Solutions Engineer at Datameer

Rachel Kelley

Rachel Kelley

Manager at OnPrem Solution Partners

Raj Babu

Raj Babu

CEO At Agilisium

Ravi Iyer

Ravi Iyer

Chief Data Scientist at Ranker

Raymond Fu

Raymond Fu

Practice Architect at Trace3

Tamara Dull

Tamara Dull

Director of Emerging Technologies at SAS

Thomas Sullivan

Thomas Sullivan

Chief Data Scientist at IRIS.TV

Todd Holloway

Todd Holloway

Director of Content Science & Algorithms at Neflix

Yves Bergquist

Yves Bergquist

Director, Data & Analytics Program at USC/ETC

Volunteers / 2016 Organizer

Subash D’Souza

Subash D’Souza

Director, Cloud Data Engineering at CSU - Chancellor's Office, Founder at Data Con LA & Data 4 Good

Volunteers / 2016 Committee Leaders

Abraham Elmahrek

Abraham Elmahrek

Sessions Co-Chair

Arti Annaswamy

Arti Annaswamy

Senior Manager, Reporting Solutions & Data Operations at WB

Austin Clements

Austin Clements

Location Liasion

Clarissa Pinto Ribeiro

Clarissa Pinto Ribeiro

Sponsors Co-Chair

Eduardo Ariño de la Rubia

Eduardo Ariño de la Rubia

Sessions - Data Science Co-Chair

Eric Lui

Eric Lui

Registration Chair

Jimmy Kim

Jimmy Kim

Locations & Catering Co-Chair

John Kim

John Kim

Watchmaker's Apprentice | E-Commerce

Kaloyan Todorov

Kaloyan Todorov

Managing Sr. Data Scientist at FIGS

Michael Chiang

Michael Chiang

Location Vice Chair

Oszie Tarula

Oszie Tarula

Online Marketing and Events Consultant at Hola Metaverso

Priyanka Biswas, Ph.D

Priyanka Biswas, Ph.D

NLP Content Lead at Espressive

Rich Ung

Rich Ung

Data Scientist at Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution

Subash D’Souza

Subash D’Souza

Director, Cloud Data Engineering at CSU - Chancellor's Office, Founder at Data Con LA & Data 4 Good

Szilard Pafka

Szilard Pafka

Sessions (Data Science) Chair

Weixiang Chen

Weixiang Chen

Marketing Chair

Volunteers / 2016 Volunteers

Abraham Elmahrek

Abraham Elmahrek

First Employee at FOSSA, Inc.

Alex Hon

Alex Hon

Student at USC

Amit Yakhmi

Amit Yakhmi

Business Development

Annie Chen

Annie Chen

Cyber Security Sales Intern at Novacoast

Anthony James

Anthony James

Data Scientist at Southern California Edison

Armen Donigian

Armen Donigian

Lead Data Engineer at ZestFinance

Arnold Borres

Arnold Borres

Associate Software Architect at UST Global

Arti Annaswamy

Arti Annaswamy

Senior Manager, Reporting Solutions & Data Operations at WB

Ben Perlmutter

Ben Perlmutter

Sales Engineer at Xplenty

Brandon Brooks

Brandon Brooks

Technical Recruiter at Teradata

Brian Cottrell

Brian Cottrell

Mobile Software Engineer at DIRECTV

Cecilia Luo

Cecilia Luo

MS Business Analytics candidate

Charalampos (Harry) Papadimitriou

Charalampos (Harry) Papadimitriou

Data Scientist at DataScience.com

Chen Zou

Chen Zou

Business Analyst at Machinima

Clarissa Pinto Ribeiro

Clarissa Pinto Ribeiro

Technical Recruiter at Crescent Solutions

Cris Manlangit

Cris Manlangit

Student at San Diego State University-California State University

Cristina Salajan

Cristina Salajan

Project Manager at Farmers Insurance

Dan Gutierrez

Dan Gutierrez

Data Scientist at AMULET Analytics

Darryl Nousome

Darryl Nousome

Doctoral Student at USC

Dave Nielsen

Dave Nielsen

Cloud Computing Evangelist & Consultant

Dharmesh Soni

Dharmesh Soni

Summer Intern

Dinesh Srirangpatna

Dinesh Srirangpatna

Data Solution Architect at Microsoft

Dominique (Nikki) Castle

Dominique (Nikki) Castle

Associate Insights Analyst at DataScience, Inc

Eric Lui

Eric Lui

VP, Engineering at Second Spectrum

Eric Schimansky

Eric Schimansky

Group Manager at Avanade

Frank Solomon

Frank Solomon

Chief Blogger at bitvectors.blogspot.com

Greg Sweeney

Greg Sweeney

Enterprise Software Leader at TechTrends.biz

Guan Zhou

Guan Zhou

Student at UCLA

Jae Lim

Jae Lim

Analytic Programmer/ Investor/ Thinker

Jason Brancazio

Jason Brancazio

Software Engineer, Data Services at Red Bull Media House

Jason Geng

Jason Geng

Co-Founder at Data Applications Lab

Jenny Wang

Jenny Wang

Data Wrangler at Koss REsource

Jimmy Kim

Jimmy Kim

Enterprise Account Executive at Spectrum Enterprise

Jin Wu

Jin Wu

Emerging Technologies Librarian at USC

Jing Pan

Jing Pan

Statistical Data Analyst

Joe Devon

Joe Devon

Entrepreneur & Advisor in the Tech Space

John Kim

John Kim

VP, Operations at Captive Eight

John Zhang

John Zhang

PhD Candidate at UCLA

Jovany Diaz

Jovany Diaz

Accounting Systems Analyst I at Los Angeles County Auditor-Controller

Kaloyan Todorov

Kaloyan Todorov

Senior Data Scientist at Fama

Kelly Thomassen

Kelly Thomassen

Coordinator at AdoptTogether.org

Kyle Walker

Kyle Walker

Lead Engineer at ZEFR

Manish Dwibedy

Manish Dwibedy

Graduate student at USC

Michael Chiang

Michael Chiang

Founder at Eleven Recruiting

Nandan Chandrashekhar

Nandan Chandrashekhar

Data Scientist at DeepCurrent

Nicholson Alforque

Nicholson Alforque

Autozoner at AutoZone

Nithin Reddy

Nithin Reddy

Senior Software Engineer at Enplug, Inc.

Omar Atayee

Omar Atayee

Sales Engineer at Mashape

Oswald Jones

Oswald Jones

Lead Engineer at Griddy

Oszie Tarula

Oszie Tarula

Digital Media Director at UCLA

Priyanka Biswas

Priyanka Biswas

PhD candidate at USC

Priyanka Kale

Priyanka Kale

Software Engineer

Raj Babu

Raj Babu

CEO at Agilisium

Ravin Kumar

Ravin Kumar

Supply Chain Systems Engineer II at SpaceX

Rich Ung

Rich Ung

Data Engineer at Disney ABC Television Group

Ryan Lampert

Ryan Lampert

Founder at LiftedPresence

Sanjeev Sehgal

Sanjeev Sehgal

SVP Sales Satwic

Santhosh Sunkara

Santhosh Sunkara

Graduate student at Oklahoma State University

Shashidhar Desai

Shashidhar Desai

Software Engineer in Test at Zefr

Simon Lee

Simon Lee

Senior Strategic Relations Executive at Captive Eight

Siva Bhavanari

Siva Bhavanari

Senior Data Engineer

Sooraj Akkammaddam

Sooraj Akkammaddam

ETL Architect at Core Digital Media

Spandan Karamchedu

Spandan Karamchedu

Software Developer in Test at Velocify

Stella Shao

Stella Shao

MS Business Analytics Candidate, USC Marshall School of Business

Subash D’Souza

Subash D’Souza

Director of Big Data at Warner Bros

Vivian Li

Vivian Li

Data Scientist at Enervee

Weixiang Chen

Weixiang Chen

Founder at NewMet Data

William Mo

William Mo

Partner Business Development at NovaStor

Xi Wang

Xi Wang

Senior Data Scientist at Fama

Yunyun Dai

Yunyun Dai

Senior Researcher at USC

Zia Khan

Zia Khan

VP Business Development at Allsite IT