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Big Data Ignite | 2019 Speakers

Tim Merkle
Chief of Staff, Global Information Technology | Steelcase, Inc.
Sheldon H. Jacobson
Founder Professor of Computer Science | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Felix Elwert
Romnes Professor of Sociology and Biostatistics | University of Wisconsin
Jowei Chen
Associate Professor of Political Science | University of Michigan
Keli Christopher
Executive Director | The STEM Greenhouse
John Muyskens
Graphics Editor | Washington Post
David J Corliss
Business Analytics Lead Data Scientist | Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
Chris Kucharczyk
Senior Data Scientist & Designer | IDEO
Nick VanderLaan
Owner and Principal Consultant | VanData LLC
Elliott Church
Attorney | Law firm: Kreis, Enderle, Hudgins & Borsos, P.C.
Austin Zellner
Solutions Architect | MongoDB
Brendan Bonthuis
Director of Insights and Analytics | Gordon Food Service
Thomas Quasarano
Assistant Attorney General | State Operations Division - Michigan
Dinesh Pillai
Senior Enterprise Solution Architect | Meijer
David Proksch
Senior Sales Engineer | Snowflake, Inc.
Kris Pachla
Director | Regional Math and Science Center/MiSTEM Network Region 8
Rachel Levy
Customer Engineer | Google Cloud @ Google
Dawn McCotter
Teacher Programs Manager | Van Andel Institute
Randall Pruim
Professor of Mathematics and Statistics | Calvin University
David Zeitler
Associate Professor | Grand Valley State University Statistics
Roy Hasson
Manager fo World Wide Business Developement | AWS
GVSU Graduate Students
| Grand Valley State University
Brenna Kizer and WMRUG
| Spectrum Health
Pat Bailey
Professor | Calvin University
Neil Carlson
| Calvin University
Michael Bloem
Co-Chair, Research Comittee | Big Data Ignite
Greg Terrell
CEO | LooUQ
Brent Hawkins
Owner | TR Data Strategy
Chad Botbyl & Jim Carson
Senior Buisiness Intellegence Analyst, Data Science Manager | Service Express
Matthew Kauffman
Retired Journalist | The Hartford Courant
Michael Morisy
Co-founder and Chief Executive | MuckRock
Mark Fei
| Confluent
Rob Montroy and Anthony Watkins
| Van Andel Institute
Patrick Anderson
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Digital Studies | Grand Valley State University
Jorge Lozano
Supervisor, Applied Data Science | Steelcase
Ivan Assenov
| Scale Campaign
Jim Carson & Jake Blough
Data Sceince Manager and Cheif Technology Officer | Service Express
Randy Kerber
| Independent Consultant
David Shirey
Founder, Consultant | Shirey Consulting Services
Yunju Lee
Assistant Professor | Grand Valley State University
Mukundan Agaram
Cheif Enterprise Architect | Delta Dental of Michigan
Laura Kapitula
Associate Proffessor | Grand Valley State University
Dani Rubinoff
President | Visuance
Marisa Kwiatkowski
Investigative Reporter | USA Today
Steve Howard
Systems Engineer | Confluent
Peter Bradley
Director of Honors Program | Ferris State University
Adam Yatooma
Customer Engineer | Google Cloud @ Google
Eric Anderson & Dr. Katy Rey
Data Scientists | Steelcase, Inc.
Kent Stroker
Senior Solutions Engineer, IoT and Edge, West Coast | VMware
Brian Tol
Vice President of Engineering | SpinDance
Omar Malik
Graduate Student | Grand Valley State University

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Networking After-Party Hosted by Google, MongoDB, Confluent & Collibra at ROAM restaurant

In addition to the world-class talks and workshops, one of the most valuable parts of attending Big Data Ignite is the opportunity to network with industry leaders. This year, we are excited to announce an additional event to the schedule. Google, MongoDB, Confluent, and Collibra will be hosting a social event after the 2nd day of the conference.

Registered conference attendees are invited to attend for networking, socializing and winding down Tuesday evening after the event. You will get to enjoy free drinks and appetizer dishes from around the world at the famous Sanchez Grand Rapids ROAM restaurant.

This exclusive event will be available to registered conference attendees only and attendance is limited, so be sure that you get your tickets to attend Big Data Ignite now!