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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

TD Ameritrade Chief Data Officer Discusses Appointment #MITIQ

NEWS By KATHRYN BUFORD13 YEARS AGO

In their ongoing coverage of MIT Data Quality conference, Dave Vellante and Jeff Kelly spoke with Derek Strauss, Chief Data Officer, TD Ameritrade. The three discuss his responsibilities as CDO and the importance of data science to the financial services industry. Strauss …

Data Science Education on the Rise #MITIQ

NEWS By KATHRYN BUFORD13 YEARS AGO

In their ongoing coverage of the M.I.T. Data Quality Program Conference, Dave Vellante and Jeff Kelly spoke with Michael Rappa, Executive Director of the Institute for Advanced Analytics at North Carolina State University. The three discuss the Institute’s program to produce data …

Apple Offers Expensive iOS Apps and Games for Free

NEWS By KATHRYN BUFORD13 YEARS AGO

Apple begins the week in a generous spirit, offering free apps and games at the App Store. Just two of several freebies include Traktor DJ (regularly $20) and Infinity Blade II (regularly $7). Apple has not formally launched a promotion campaign with …

Dr. Konstantin Boudnik Discusses WANdisco’s 100% Guarantee

NEWS By KATHRYN BUFORD13 YEARS AGO

Dr. Konstantin Boudnik, Director of Engineering and Big Data Distribution for WANdisco joins John Furrier and Dave Vellante in theCUBE. The three discuss WANdisco’s unique guarantees as a pioneer in the industry. Traditional high availability architecture in HDFS allows users to copy …

New Sqrrl CEO Discusses Security and Business Strategy

NEWS By KATHRYN BUFORD13 YEARS AGO

Mark Terenzoni, CEO of Sqrrl, joins John Furrier and Dave Vellante in theCUBE for their ongoing coverage of Hadoop Summit. sqrrl builds software for Apache Accumulo and enables the development of secure, real-time applications that leverage big data. The three discuss security …

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