by CDO Review Staff | Oct 18, 2018 | Chief Data Officer
North Dakota continued the overhaul of its statewide IT operations with the hiring of Dorman Bazzell as the state’s first chief data officer. Bazell’s appointment this month came on the heels of the elevation of Julie Cabinaw as “Chief Reinvention Officer” in July and...
by CDO Review Staff | Oct 18, 2018 | Chief Data Officer
Healthcare data analytics firm DataGen has appointed Kate Poglitsch as its new Chief of Analytics. In addition to her regular data analytics duties, Poglitsch will supervise DataGen’s healthcare-focused development of Medicare policy analytics and emerging healthcare...
by CDO Review Staff | Oct 18, 2018 | Chief Data Officer
Eileen Vidrine, a ten-year veteran of the US Army, has been selected as the Air Force’s new chief data officer. Vidrine had actually been serving as the Air Force’s chief data officer for the last four months but was only named to the post formally in October. Monica...
by CDO Review Staff | Oct 18, 2018 | Deals
Data analytics firm Guavus has landed a $10.5 million contract with telecom operator Reliance Jio. Guavus is to provide Reliance Jio with real-time predictive analytics and marketing insights gleaned from the immense pool of data that Jio accumulates from its hundreds...
by CDO Review Staff | Oct 18, 2018 | Issues & Insights
With the text analytics market seen growing from 2017’s $3.9 billion to an expected $9 billion by 2025, it is no wonder that many companies are rushing to gear up into machine learning AI for text analytics. Experts warn, however, that the lemming-like rush into...
by CDO Review Staff | Oct 18, 2018 | Issues & Insights
Does Deep Learning AI deserve all the hype it is getting? Or are its limits catching up to reality? Ronald Schmelzer, managing partner and founder of AI firm Cognilytica, explains in greater detail in this excerpt from CTOvision.com: Deep learning is being applied...
by CDO Review Staff | Oct 18, 2018 | Issues & Insights
Data must always be grounded in context. Are we measuring the right things? What other explanations could there be for observed user behavior? Are you indicators leading or lagging? Always ask if your data-based decisions create value for your users. How you use your...
by CDO Review Staff | Oct 18, 2018 | Jobs and Salaries
Mike McNamara, CIO and EVP of Target receives a base salary of $468,482 per year but stock options and other compensation could boost his total earning to over $10 million annually. But most CIOs are not McNamara and their pay is decidedly more modest. Women CIOs, in...
by CDO Review Staff | Oct 18, 2018 | Issues & Insights
GPU giant Nvidia has announced that its new open source GPU-acceleration platform called Rapids could transform the data analytics space with its ability to process huge amounts of data “to make accurate predictions at an unprecedented speed.” Carly Page reported on...
by CDO Review Staff | Oct 18, 2018 | Deals
Netradyne, a startup that focuses on comprehensive, real-time driver analytics to encourage safer driver behaviour, has received $12 million in Series B financing from Microsoft’s corporate venture arm M12 along with smaller contributions from Point72 Ventures and...
