Bio:

Since 2004, Adriana Beal has been helping Fortune 100 companies, innovation companies, and startups in the U.S. gain business insight from their data, make better decisions, and build better software that solves the right problem. For the past 5 years she has been working as a Data Scientist, mostly in the IoT and mobility spaces. She recently became the Lead Data Scientist at Social Solutions, where she is using advanced analytics to help nonprofits measure and maximize their impact. Adriana has two IT strategy books published in her native country, Brazil, and work internationally published by IEEE and IGI Global. Her educational background includes a B.Sc. in electronic engineering and MBA in strategic management of information systems from top schools in Brazil, and a Big Data & Data Analytics certificate from the University of Texas.