James Kobielus is IBM's
Big Data Evangelist. He is an industry veteran who spearheads IBM's thought
leadership activities in big data, data science, enterprise data
warehousing, advanced analytics, Hadoop, business intelligence, data management,
and next best action technologies. He works with IBM's product management
and marketing teams across the big data analytics portfolio. Prior to
joining IBM, he was a leading industry analyst, with firms including
Forrester Research, Current Analysis, and Burton Group. He has spoken at
such leading industry events as IBM Information On Demand, IBM Big Data
Integration and governance, Strata, Hadoop Summit, and Forrester Business
Process Forum. He has published several business technology books and is a
very popular provider of original commentary on blogs, podcasts, bylined
business/technology press publications, and many social media.