Big Data Ignite 2017 Speaker Lineup
Big Data Ignite brings together some of the foremost practitioners of Big Data, IoT and Cloud Computing. Our full list of outstanding speakers is below. Click any speaker to learn more about their work.

Tanmay Bakshi
Algorithmist | Darwin Ecosystem and IBM Watson

Sagar Kewalramani
Sr ETL Administrator | Meijer

Dong Meng
Data Scientist | MapR

Neil Carlson, Ph. D
Director | Calvin College Center for Social Research
Brianna Marshall
GIS Research Specialist | Calvin College Center for Social Research
Jordan Daley
Research Associate | Calvin College Center for Social Research

David Zeitler, Ph. D
Assistant Professor of Statistics | Grand Valley State University

Andrew Borgman
Biostatistician | Spectrum Health
Apurva Singh
Platform Architect | Meerutech

Basakar Gunda
Principal Consultant | Open Systems Technologies

Bhaskar V. Karambelkar
Security Analyst | Ernst & Young Global Limited

Eric Kort, Ph. D
Research Scientist | Van Andel Institute

Erik Nor
Principal Consultant & Big Data Technology Leader | Moser Consulting

Marie Cimitile, Ph. D
Provost | Grand Valley State University

Michael Bloem
Senior Analyst, Advanced Analytics | Steelcase

Patrick Bailey
Educator and Software Developer | Calvin College

Paul Egeler
Senior Biostatistician | Spectrum Health/Michigan R Users Group

Phrederick Tyrrell
Solution Engineer | MapR

Sumra Sulaiman
Data Management & Analytics Consultant | ConsultData, LLC
Elliot J.R. Church, J.D.
Attorney, Co-Organizer of Big Data Ignite | Kreis, Enderle, Hudgins & Borsos, P.C.

Tuhin Mitra
Information Technology Manager, Co-Organizer of Big Data Ignite | Calvin College

Joe Fox
Chair of the Mathematics Department, Director of Data Analytics Program | Aquinas College

Greg Terell
CEO | LooUQ Incorporated

Dave McAllister
Director of Developer Engineering | Solace Inc.

Rodrigo Abreu
Systems Engineer | Solace Inc.

Dr. Harsha Rajasimha
Global Director | NTT DATA, Inc.

Ross Wagner
Information Systems Quality Architect | Gordon Food Service

Mark Fei
Senior Technical Instructor | Amazon Web Services

Rodrigo Abreu
Systems Engineer | Solace Inc.
Dr. Harsha Rajasimha
Global Director | NTT DATA, Inc.
Ross Wagner
Information Systems Quality Architect | Gordon Food Service
Aaron Kamphuis
Principal – Data Analytics & IoT | Open Systems Technologies