(Note: While I am still the President and CEO of AvalonBridge and remain committed to helping companies grow through strategic consulting and targeted investing, in March of 2016 I decided to go in-house with ATA and take over as CEO to help pursue and shape opportunities in the filed of data science for reasons, at least in part, that may become evident in this blog post.) Some would tell you that data science and full stack developer talent are the two toughest types of peo

One of the huge values of the big data era is the ability to mine and analyze massive amounts of information to draw very sophisticated conclusions. That’s a wonderful advance of science that continues to prove its value and I am among the many who are thrilled to see how far we can push this technology to better our lives. However, there’s a key missing element to today’s big data analytic conversation – trust. I was at a breakfast this morning of industry technology execut

A historic convergence of humanity, technology and social connectivity has disrupted, upended and rendered ineffective traditional models of the way we work, generate revenues and create value. The industrial age is dead and we have already entered a new economic age. The rules of the game have changed. People and organizations are seeking lives with purpose. Value generation today is driven primarily through intangibles. Up to 80-90% of the market cap of publicly traded com