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Tony is responsible for the business analytics research practice including business intelligence, location intelligence and operational intelligence. He is an expert in helping business and IT organizations develop strategies to use information and analytics to take smarter actions and make better decisions. Tony is responsible for researching the intersection where information can be used and enhanced with business technology innovations including: business analytics, big data, cloud computing, business collaboration, mobile technology and social media. Tony is an expert in market research and business intelligence with decades of experience. Tony has helped business and IT use technology across marketing, sales and customer service and brought one of the first global deployments of a web-based architecture for Voice of the Customer (VOC). Tony is an accomplished author with his book titled Into the River: How Big Data, the Long Tail, and Situated Cognition are the Changing the World of Market Insights Forever. Tony has held research and consulting positions in the technology industry over the last two decades and worked at companies like General Electric, TNS and Ipsos. Tony holds a BA in Political Science from the University of California, San Diego and an MBA with a focus in Business Analytics and Computing Systems (BACS) from the San Francisco State University School of Business. His work has been published in Business 2.0, Marketing News and many other publications. You can find Tony on Twitter at @tonycosentinovr and on LinkedIn. Email him directly at tony.cosentino@ventanaresesarch.com

Keith Olsen is a solution architect with Forsythe Technology Canada, Inc., an IT infrastructure integrator headquartered in Toronto, with offices in Edmonton, Vancouver, Winnipeg and Calgary.

Jason Echols brings more than 13 years of experience in the technology market to Ixia where he is responsible for leading product marketing, partner strategy and developing regional markets for network visibility products, including the Anue NTO. Previously, Jason was product manager for Dell’s Ethernet networking business. During his tenure at Dell, he had lead roles in various aspects of the business including Ethernet product management, storage product management and customer data center design. Jason holds an Bachelor Degree in Business Management from Texas State University and a Master of Business Administration from Baylor University.

Dean Bedard is chief operating officer at eSage Group, an enterprise business intelligence consultancy. Dean has more than 20 years’ experience helping leading organizations make sense out of sales, marketing and operational data, including big data. eSage Group’s customers include Disney, Microsoft, Chase, Classmates.com, ViAir, Wireless Services, and many more.

Jacob Spoelstra is the global head of R&D at Opera Solutions. With more than 19 years of experience in machine learning, he focuses in particular on neural networks. Prior to joining Opera Solutions, he led a custom fraud analytics consulting team at Fair Isaac and held analytics leadership positions at SAS, ID Analytics and boutique consulting company BasePoint. Jacob holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pretoria and a Ph.D in Computer Science from the University of Southern California. You can reach him at jspoelstra@operasolutions.com.

Joseph Milana is the global head of Analytics at Opera Solutions. His areas of expertise include statistical modeling, data mining, online marketing, and fraud detection. Before joining Opera Solutions, he was a chief scientist at Fair Isaac, working in research and development and leading new product initiatives and core algorithmic development. He holds a Ph.D in Theoretical Physics from SUNY at Stony Brook and a B.S. in Applied & Engineering Physics from Cornell University. You can reach him at jmilana@operasolutions.com.

Sarah Anderson is a senior editor at Opera Solutions. With more than 12 years of editorial experience in tech publishing, she focuses on leveraging big data and predictive analytics to improve business growth. She has held editorial positions at PC Magazine, Laptop Magazine and Computer Shopper. Sarah holds B.S. degrees in English and Business Management from the University of South Dakota. You can reach her at sanderson@operasolutions.com or follow her on Twitter at @seander01

Rajesh is a seasoned technology executive with 20+ years of experience in Enterprise Software.  In his current role as Enterprise Architect at Agilent Technologies, he is focused on Business Intelligence, SOA, Mobile and B2B integration. He led the transformative strategic initiative to build mobile capabilities at Agilent Technologies delivering key enterprise mobile apps spanning all businesses and functions, integrating enterprise systems like Oracle eBusiness Suite, Siebel, SAP, HR, and others.   Before Agilent Technologies, Rajesh worked at Oracle Corporation helping many of the fortune 500 companies achieve their strategic initiatives and business challenges. He has deep expertise in development, implementation and management of complex global enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, product lifecycle management, content management, web, business intelligence/ analytics systems.Rajesh is a frequent speaker at industry events – most recently he presented at Oracle Open World on how corporations can leverage investments in enterprise SOA infrastructure to build mobile capabilities. In his free time, Rajesh likes to exercise his creative drive using photography. Rajesh holds bachelors in Electrical Engineering and masters in Computer Science.