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CTO shares tips for impact and efficiency from a career spanning startups, government and NGOs

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Tyrone Grandison, chief technology officer for Pearl Long Term Care Solutions. Grandison, who lives in Seattle, has launched and led numerous startups, worked for the White House and government agencies during the Obama Administration, holds an adjunct professorship, and done research and consulting.

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Which Government, Non-Profit and NGO Have Big Data/CDH Lessons Learned To Share?

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If you are in or know people in government, non-profits or NGO’s that have leveraged Hadoop in service to missions please nominate them for recognition as part of the 2014 Data Impact Awards presented by Cloudera. This year there is a special category for government, non-profits and NGOs. SOCIAL IMPACT. By Bob Gourley.

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Tech CEOs: How can you learn government mission needs?

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By Bob Gourley If you are a tech CEO building an awesome new capability there is a very high likelihood that government technologists will have an interest. Here are my top ten tips on identifying the government mission needs most relevant to your activities: Top Ten Ways To Learn Government Mission Needs Relevant To Your Technology.

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Have You Ever Had A Complaint/Suggestion About How The Federal Government Buys Technology

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Everyone with any history in or around government has stories they can tell about federal government procurements. Perhaps the first 535 reasons are the 535 voting members of the US Congress that have the funding, oversight and legislative powers for how government works. It really is a different beast.

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30 July Analyst Forum: Incredible Agenda And Even Greater Attendees

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Moderator: Dr. Colleen “Kelly” McCue, Senior Director, Social Science & Quantitative Methods, DigitalGlobe Analytics. Roberts, Senior Program Manager, IACP Technology Center, International Association of Chiefs of Police. Abe Usher, Chief Technology Officer, HumanGeo. We love you guys.

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How Trainline’s CTO stays on track with professional development

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Few would swap sunny San Francisco and the innovation of Silicon Valley for a train ticketing company serving disgruntled UK commuters, but try telling that to Trainline CTO, Milena Nikolic. There’s a reported international expansion on the horizon, government contracts to win and a new CDO, hired from Meta, now reporting into Nikolic. “I

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30 July Analytics Forum: A cross-sector gathering of the greatest minds in analytics

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Moderator: Dr. Colleen “Kelly” McCue, Senior Director, Social Science & Quantitative Methods, DigitalGlobe Analytics. Abe Usher, Chief Technology Officer, HumanGeo. Carmen Medina, Specialist Leader, Deloitte Consulting. Student, Computational Social Science, George Mason University.