They come from three corners of the world, and yet don't know each other. Ji Huang is from Dalian, China; Begam Afia from Accra in Ghana; and Chloe Akinyi is from Mombasa in Kenya. But they have these two things in common – they're Java and Python geeks, just graduating out in 2017 with a major in Computer Science. And the three of them are hell–bent on becoming Big Data Engineers. The ABDE™ program of DASCA is connecting them up together, and with their dreams. Disclaimer: The theme, context, and subject underlying this message are factual. The names of individuals mentioned here are changed. DASCA strictly protects and closely guards the identity of all its clients and customers, and does not reveal their names, pictures, or any other personal or professional information in any of its marketing or advocacy communication.

His bulging left arm isn't for the fainthearted. A graduate of the State Engineering University of Yerevan, Yuri Balendin is on the SBDE™. He can be easily confused for an NBA hop who never misses his air shots. But he hasn't ever played basketball, though he did kick some soccer around in school, alright. Programming, instead has been his tallest love. When Yuri rolls up his sleeves, a menacing eye of an anaconda glints at you with hunger. For many girls in his company, this is the literal eye candy on Yuri's six feet three frame. Yuri, honestly, wanted a Python, and his tattoo–artist girlfriend cheekily gift–painted him an anaconda! A Python addict working as a software engineer with an Armenian company, Yuri has fallen in love with this piece of art and is in pursuit of a career in Big Data engineering. “I am incubating an IoT (Internet of Things) hotshop”, he says with a glint in his eyes. Good luck Yuri. Disclaimer: The theme, context, and subject underlying this message are factual. The image/ graphic used here is only for effect. The name of the individual mentioned here is changed. DASCA strictly protects and closely guards the identity of all its clients and customers, and does not reveal their names, pictures, or any other personal or professional information in any of its marketing or advocacy communication.

A PhD in Mathematics, Dr. Christopher Afolabi is now an expert in Decision Science and teaches courses in Business Statistics and Information Design in a Kenyan university run by the Catholic Church. He also loves trying out new ideas to get his graduating business, economics, and mathematics students better jobs. In one of his best–selling ideas – the double–whammy–as he calls it –he gets graduating students to acquire at least two skill–based or domain–focused international certifications. Ever since he's heard about DASCA, the ABDA™ is his hot double whammy favorite with around 130 students queued up for the ABDA™ sign –up. Disclaimer: The theme, context, and subject underlying this message are factual. The image/ graphic used here is only for effect. The name of the individual mentioned here is changed. DASCA strictly protects and closely guards the identity of all its clients and customers, and does not reveal their names, pictures, or any other personal or professional information in any of its marketing or advocacy communication.

Nine others in his band are full geeks. But Mayank Jaysimha is three quarters geek and one quarter wannbe Scientologist (sic!), just in case. The ten of them share the breezy dream of doing the planet's craziest thing on 3D printing. Shacked up in a 200 square feet enclosure where Mayank once ran his coffee house in Kumbalgodu, the gang wants to soon move to Swissnet India incubators six miles east, into the heart of Bengaluru, India's IT capital. They swear and cuss in Scala, and when we last heard from them, they were signing up for SBDA™. Incidentally, their prototype cross–platform 3D printing app is alpha–testing till this page was written. “Big Data Analytics is the brain of our app-engine. We’ll need at least a score of certified analytics guys in our team in the next few weeks. Hope DASCA makes things affordable for us…” says Mayank with a wink. Disclaimer: The theme, context, and subject underlying this message are factual. The image/ graphic used here is only for effect. The name of the individual mentioned here is changed. DASCA strictly protects and closely guards the identity of all its clients and customers, and does not reveal their names, pictures, or any other personal or professional information in any of its marketing or advocacy communication.

His English is only a tad better than Mr Obama's Mandarin. But his command on R rivals Rafael Nadal's testing crosscourt smashes. "Mucho ruido y pocas nueces” Junipero Ademar had grumbled mid last year during one of the DASCA brainstorming sessions on the EKF™. That seriously helped. Then, in the dying weeks of 2015, we emailed across the rushes of the DASCA credentialing model for Big Data Scientists to him. A week later, Junipero's excited email in deliciously broken English confirmed he wanted all the Senior Big Data Analysts in his Cupertino–based outfit SDS™ certified! He found the qualification, red hot! Thankfully, his juniors know a little more English. And they also like the Tomatino, unlike Junipero, who hates the color Red! Disclaimer: The theme, context, and subject underlying this message are factual. The image/ graphic used here is only for effect. The name of the individual mentioned here is changed. DASCA strictly protects and closely guards the identity of all its clients and customers, and does not reveal their names, pictures, or any other personal or professional information in any of its marketing or advocacy communication.

Nick Anderson had actually arrived quite early on the Big Data show–in late 80s. With a doctorate in game theoretic applications in knowledge pricing, he swore by the potential of the Dark Knowledge theory invented by Geoffrey Hinton (yes, yes, the Google AI guy!). In 2010, Nick advised the team of some gangly Data Science geeks at GE working to build the ambitious new Industrial Internet. Two years later, GE finally launched its software to help airlines and railroads move their data to the cloud, and connect its machines and plants in real time to increase efficiency and reduce downtime. Nick was on cloud nine, really. A fresh new ground had been broken, and how. Of course, PDS™ is exactly for Big Data bosses like Nick. We're proud of you, Mr. Anderson! Disclaimer: The theme, context, and subject underlying this message are factual. The image/ graphic used here is only for effect and published with permission. Nick Anderson is not the real name of the individual featured in the story. DASCA strictly protects and closely guards the identity of all its clients and customers, and does not reveal their names, pictures, or any other personal or professional information in any of its marketing or advocacy communication.