"The Human Face of Big Data", Crystal Valentine, VP of Technology Strategy at MapR Watch more from Data Natives Tel Aviv 2016 here: http://bit.ly/2hw1MY0 Visit the conference website to learn more: http://telaviv.datanatives.io/ Follow Data Natives: https://www.facebook.com/DataNatives https://twitter.com/DataNativesConf Stay Connected to Data Natives by Email: Subscribe to our newsletter to get the news first about Data Natives 2017: http://bit.ly/1WMJAqS About the Author: Crystal Valentine is Vice President of Technology Strategy at MapR. She has an extensive background in big data research and practice. Before joining MapR, she was a professor of computer science at Amherst College. She is the author of several academic publications in the areas of algorithms, high-performance computing, and computational biology and holds a patent for Extreme Virtual Memory. As a former consultant at Ab Initio Software working with Fortune 500 companies to design and implement high-throughput, mission-critical applications and as a tech expert consulting for equity investors focused on technology, she has developed significant business experience in the enterprise computing industry. Dr. Valentine received her doctorate in Computer Science from Brown University and was a Fulbright Scholar to Italy.