BigData.SG October Meetup: Tuesday Oct. 2nd, 6-9pm @ Singtel Idea Hub, 8 George Street

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We're kicking off the fall season with one great speaker on two great topics.

When: Tuesday Oct. 2nd, 6-9pm 

Where: Singtel Idea Hub, 8 George Street

Map: http://goo.gl/maps/YIO5S

The location is easy to get to, it's walking distance from Raffle's Place MRT, Clarke Quay MRT and most of the CBD.

First off, check out "The Human Face of Big Data" and, if you are so inclined, download the app and participate in generating some big data. http://www.thehumanfaceofbigdata.com/

Singapore is one of the "Mission Control Centers" for the HFoBD event and our special guest speaker this month is Michael Holland, VP of Marketing from EMC.  Michael is in town to participate in the HFoBD event--and has graciously offered to come speak to our group.

RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/537231969627067

Agenda: 

6.00 PM – 7.00 PM – Networking w/ beverages & snacks

7.00 PM – 7.20 PM – Introduction to Human Face of Big Data by Michael Howard

7.20 PM – 7.50 PM - How Big Data & Data Science transform Marketing by Michael Howard  

8.00 PM - onward  - Tech talks, TBA

Michael Howard is currently Vice President of Marketing at Greenplum, a division of EMC. Prior, he had an advisory position with EMC on the  architecture and business development of Cloud offerings for their Information Intelligence Group. Formerly, Michael Howard was the CEO of Ingrian Networks (acquired by Safenet), CEO of Outerbay (acquired by HP), VP of the Internet Division at Veritas, and VP of Datawarehousing at Oracle. He serves on a number of boards, including Acunu, and Analytica.