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Kathryn Buford

As a scholar, social entrepreneur, and consultant, Kathryn has led and consulted on projects for The Embassy of Jamaica, Americorps, BBC, Sony Entertainment, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and various small businesses, creative agencies, nonprofits and media brands. Her writings and commentary have appeared in publications like BBC, GOOD, CNBC and Live Unchained -- her former blog (of 6 years) for women and creatives across the African Diaspora. She holds a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Maryland, College Park with concentrations in social theory and social and cultural entrepreneurship.

Latest from Kathryn Buford

Essential CDO traits: Surprising skills for success

NEWS By KATHRYN BUFORD12 YEARS AGO

Even with great minds, diligent teams and hefty budgets, Big Data had stumped the c-suite. While CTOs and CMOs are continuing to work closely together, even together, they lack the particular expertise to analyze and draw the most profit maximizing, cost-cutting insights …

New Alpine Chorus 4.0 simplifies analytics, boosts ROI

NEWS By KATHRYN BUFORD12 YEARS AGO

Today Alpine unveiled Alpine Chorus 4.0, with claims to be the first platform enabling access to all enterprise data, which Alpine Data Labs CMO, Bruno Aziza, explains is no small feat. Other noteworthy Alpine Chorus 4.0 advantages include bi-directional integration between Hadoop …

Fastweb prepares for innovation at IBM Edge| #IBMEdge

NEWS By KATHRYN BUFORD12 YEARS AGO

Alessandro Perrino and Matteo Frareo Barutti of Fastweb join Dave Vellante in theCUBE. In his ongoing coverage of this year’s Las Vegas Conference, Vellante inquires about Fastweb’s operations. Fastweb is a Fiber Optic Service Operator based in Milan, Italy to residential and …

How cost-effective IT helps to fight cancer | #IBMEdge

NEWS By KATHRYN BUFORD12 YEARS AGO

In their ongoing coverage of IBM Edge 2014, Dave Vellante and Jeff Frick speak with Tahir Ali, Director of Enterprise Technology for City of Hope National Medical Center. While the gamut of experts, technologists and business leaders, join theCUBE, Vellante says the …

What #NotYourAsianSidekick Meant to Twitter

NEWS By KATHRYN BUFORD12 YEARS AGO

Twitter will stay cool and relevant, not only because of the influencers who make snarky, witty tweets that make us laugh, but, also because of the campaigns that have larger political goals. These progressive users represent the cool that money can’t buy. …

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