Cognitive Computing and Big Data Analytics

About the Technical Editors

Al Nugent is a managing partner at Palladian Partners, LLC. He is an experienced technology leader and industry veteran of more than three decades. At Palladian Partners, he leads the organization's technology assessment and strategy practices. Al has served as executive vice president, chief technology officer, senior vice president, and general manager of the Enterprise Systems Management business unit at CA Technologies. Previously, he was senior vice president and CTO at Novell, Inc., and has held CTO positions at BellSouth and Xerox. He is an independent member of the Board of Directors for Telogis and Adaptive Computing, and is an advisor to several early/mid-stage technology and healthcare startups. He is a co-author of Big Data For Dummies (John Wiley & Sons, 2013).

 

James Kobielus is a big data evangelist at IBM and a senior program director of product marketing and Big Data analytics solutions. He is an industry veteran, a popular speaker, social media participant, and a thought leader in big data, Hadoop, enterprise data warehousing, advanced analytics, business intelligence, data management, and next best action technologies.

 

Dr. Michael D. Kowolenko is currently an industrial fellow at the Center for Innovation Management Studies (CIMS) based at the N.C. State Poole College of Management. His research is focused on the interface of technology and business decision making. Prior to joining CIMS, he was a senior vice president at Wyeth ...