Ian Ghent
Mariner Innovations
Apache Spark: The new Language of Analytics
Presentation Synopsis: The world of analytics is currently in the midst of a seismic, once in a lifetime technology shift. Apache Spark, initially developed by Canadian Computer Scientist Matei Zaharia, is fundamentally changing the analytics landscape. Organizations of all sizes are embracing this revolutionary technology at a record pace. Blazingly fast, highly scalable, fault-torrent and easy to use, Spark supports a wide range of analytical, data science, AI, and data processing use cases.
Analytics and Spark expert Ian J. Ghent will guide you through the history of the project, noting the evolutionary steps the platform has taken since its initial release in 2014. He will provide an overview of fundamental concepts, and a survey of some of the sleek tools that are part of the Spark ecosystem, including a live demonstration.
Speaker Bio: Ian is a data science guru with over 15 years of industry experience. He has a strong background in Apache Spark and SAS based analytical solutions. His formal training comes from an Honours Computer Science degree from Lakehead University, along with Base and Advanced Programming SAS certifications. His broad expertise, has been leveraged by many clients in the government, financial, software, retail, health care, and telecom sectors in Canada and abroad. He has a wealth of experience developing data integration, data warehousing, automation, reporting, and statistical and analytical applications. His past includes 5 years at SAS Institute Canada, working with a large variety of clients from different industries, along with 3 years at Capital One Canada working as a statistician. He is now Founder and President of Wise With Data Inc.
Mariner Innovations
Apache Spark: The new Language of Analytics
Presentation Synopsis: The world of analytics is currently in the midst of a seismic, once in a lifetime technology shift. Apache Spark, initially developed by Canadian Computer Scientist Matei Zaharia, is fundamentally changing the analytics landscape. Organizations of all sizes are embracing this revolutionary technology at a record pace. Blazingly fast, highly scalable, fault-torrent and easy to use, Spark supports a wide range of analytical, data science, AI, and data processing use cases.
Analytics and Spark expert Ian J. Ghent will guide you through the history of the project, noting the evolutionary steps the platform has taken since its initial release in 2014. He will provide an overview of fundamental concepts, and a survey of some of the sleek tools that are part of the Spark ecosystem, including a live demonstration.
Speaker Bio: Ian is a data science guru with over 15 years of industry experience. He has a strong background in Apache Spark and SAS based analytical solutions. His formal training comes from an Honours Computer Science degree from Lakehead University, along with Base and Advanced Programming SAS certifications. His broad expertise, has been leveraged by many clients in the government, financial, software, retail, health care, and telecom sectors in Canada and abroad. He has a wealth of experience developing data integration, data warehousing, automation, reporting, and statistical and analytical applications. His past includes 5 years at SAS Institute Canada, working with a large variety of clients from different industries, along with 3 years at Capital One Canada working as a statistician. He is now Founder and President of Wise With Data Inc.
