Creating Community for Big Data & Analytics

Making connections and deriving business value is at the heart of big data and analytics innovation. Launching an online community that connects engineers, customers, partners and academics that are building and deploying big data technology is speeding the innovation process from the shared experience, expertise, knowledge and best practices. Recently Teradata Aster worked with Mzinga to create a Developer Portal, designed to foster innovation among the elite group of data scientists, developers and programmers who use SQL MapReduce to further the science and practice of analyzing data for business value. In this joint session, Mzinga and Teradata Aster will discuss the portal’s role in driving relevant conversations, innovation, and significance in the context of current trends in big data analytics.

* Best practices for creating a community that fosters sharing and innovation

* How data scientists benefit from the community to more efficiently learn about and apply Teradata Aster SQL-MapReduce technology to real business analysis and decision-making

* The power of collaboration features to inspire and foster learning, brand visibility, collaboration and support

* Metrics and ROI received from the community and benefits for customers and end users.

Navdeep Alam brings more than 12 years of experience in software engineering, architecture and development to his role as Mzinga's Director of Data Architecture. Nav is charged with architecting and developing the business & social intelligence and the data mining and analytics that accompany Mzinga OmniSocial, as well as designing the human and content relevancy models & networks and the underlying social activity trend algorithms.

Nav's additional experience includes:

• Immediately prior to Mzinga, Nav led a team of developers as the Principal Software Engineer for KnowledgePlanet, Mzinga's predecessor company, where he was the principal architect and developer of the company's Firefly Simulation Developer project.
• As a Software Engineer for Knowledge Impact, Nav served as principal architect and developer of the company's thin client, database-driven knowledge and learning management web portal technology and technical support portal. Nav was also the principal architect and developer of the company's Performance Support Systems.
• Previously, at Calgary's Nova Chemical Research and Technology Center, Nav worked in the Information Technology and Application Support group, where he provided Y2K support and developed an interactive Laboratory Information Management System Web Tutorial application.
• Earlier, at Syncrude Canada Ltd., Nav served as a Unix System Administrator for Data Services.
• Nav began his career as a computer programmer with Exploration Innovations/EI Processing Inc.

Nav graduated from Canada's University of Calgary with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and a background in Applied Mathematics and Physics. He earned his Master of Science degree in Computer Science, with a focus on artificial intelligence, from Boston University.

Mzinga is a pioneering provider of social intelligence solutions, services, and analytics that improve business performance. Through a combination of enterprise-class technology, strategy and online moderation services, Mzinga social solutions enable businesses to increase revenue and lower costs by improving brand visibility, workplace satisfaction, and customer loyalty. Headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, Mzinga supports more than 15,000 communities and 2.5 billion monthly page requests from 40 million unique visitors in 160 countries worldwide.