Nike Victory (EDO)

Many are interested in data science as a career. In this presentation, we’ll break data science down into smaller pieces that can be better understood and might help you with deciding if some or all of data science is a career path that you want to pursue. We’ll also get into some of the additional skills critical to success as a data scientist with the objective of being effective and/or contribute meaningfully to a data science project, and not just get the job title.

Beyond the more mechanical question of what it takes to be a data scientist, we’ll also talk about business adoption of data science into business processes and decision making. These two topics tie together when we think about being effective with data science.

Some questions we’ll try to answer:

• What different kinds of data scientist (and data science) exist?
• What different kinds of work exists under the data science umbrella?
• Technical skills needed.
• Business skills needed.
• How can a non-data scientist contribute to a data science team?

Bring your questions and let’s go exploring!

Speaker: Asoka Diggs - Data Scientist @ Intel

After 15 years of experience in a variety of data management disciplines, including database administration, ER modeling, ETL development, and data architecture, Asoka completed his MS Predictive Analytics at Northwestern University and has been a practicing data scientist for 4 years.

His daily technical work focuses on text analytics and figuring out how to optimize performance for processing bigger and bigger data sets. He also has a passion for the organization transformation involved in adopting analytics as a source of competitive advantage, exploring critical questions such as: How does an organization get there? What needs to be done? What organization design and leadership changes are needed to get the most benefit from analytics?

Schedule

8:30 – 9:00 am – Sign In
9:00 – 10:15 am – Presentation
10:15 – 10:30 am – Break, Chapter Announcements
10:30 – 11:30 am – Presentation continued

Cost

Free for members (including ALL employees of corporate members)
$15 for non-members
$5 for students with valid student ID

About DAMA Portland

The Portland Metro Chapter of the Data Administration Management Association has been serving the Portland data community since 1984. We are a not-for-profit, vendor independent, professional association dedicated to advancing the concepts and practices of enterprise information and data resource management.

Our primary purpose is to promote the understanding, development and practice of managing data, information and knowledge resources as key enterprise assets.

The DAMA Portland Chapter is dedicated to delivering thought provoking data-centric presentations that will make you more successful in your job. Please join me, the rest of the DAMA board, and other fellow lovers of data at this regular chapter meeting in downtown Portland. For more information and to register go to: http://www.damapdx.org/

Future Presentations

April (19-Apr): Meta Data Catalogs for Modern Data Lakes
May (17-May): Real Time Databases
June (21-Jun): Data Management for the Internet of Things
July (19-Jul): Real Time Databases

Thanks for your support of local Data Education, we look forward to seeing you there!

Please join ISSA Portland April Symposium presenting the topic of: Cloud Security Symposium

You can register at the link below until end of day Tuesday April 18, 2017 for the early registration pricing.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/issa-portland-april-2017-cloud-security-symposium-tickets-33123690851?ref=ecal

Space is limited, so please register soon.

When: Thursday – April 20, 2017 – 8:30am to 1:30pm

Agenda:

8:30am – Doors open 9 AM – Case Study: Implementing CASB @ Deloitte Paul Sukhu, Senior Manager | Cyber Risk Services
10 AM – Cloud Automation & Security Bots - DivvyCloud - Jeremy Snyder
11AM - Container Security – Twistlock - Joshua Thorngren 12-12:30 PM – Lunch Is Served 12:30-1:30 PM – Micros-Segmentation (Speaker TBD)

Where:

Nike Victory (EDO) 15475 SW Koll Pkwy Beaverton, OR 97006

Price: The chapter meeting is subsidized by chapter memberships and sponsors. There is a nominal fee of $10 (member) or $25 (non-member) for preregistered attendees. Walk in attendee’s are welcome but will be charged $30 at the door. If you wish to become a member, please visit http://portland.issa.org/join-issa-portland/ for additional details.

CPEs: The chapter maintains proof of attendance for members but it is the member’s responsibility to ensure that these CPE's are credited to their respective accounts. This luncheon will offer 1 CPE per hour of attendance.

Chapter Sponsors: ISSA Portland would like to thank our program sponsors, who help make high quality programs like this possible.

Platinum Sponsor: Vectra GOLD Sponsor: Optiv, Tenable, Netskope SILVER Sponsor: FireEye, RiskIQ, OBS

Additional information can be found on our website at: http://portland.issa.org/