Andy Maggio is the founder and general manager of D6 VR, a VR-based analysis and collaboration platform designed specifically to enhance insights into complex information sets and communication of those insights. Andy is a former Executive Director at Morgan Stanley, bringing fifteen years of experience in qualitative and quantitative investment research. From 2006 to 2016, Andy was a lead analyst and global economist at Morgan Stanley Investment Management. He has a Masters Degree in Economics and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. He is a graduate of The University of Notre Dame and NYU.
An Apple Education Leadership Executive will host a conversation about Augmented Reality in higher education settings, regarding both accessing and creating AR experiences.
Jack served 25 years with Fortune 500 firms serving as Vice President with two international companies. Director of Logistics at a company that did business in 140 countries. Leading boutique consulting firm for past 18 years. He also served as Executive in Residence at Niagara University since 2002 and taught logistics at three other universities. During the past decade he has published 85 articles and spoken at 165 events in 12 countries including Parcel Forum 2017 & 2018.
Chris Saxon is an Oracle Developer Advocate for SQL. His job is to help you get the best out of the Oracle Database and have fun with SQL! To help you with this he blogs at All Things SQL. He also creates videos combining SQL and magic on YouTube at The Magic of SQL. If you have questions about working with Oracle Database technology, please reach out to him. You can do this via Twitter (@ChrisRSaxon) or on Ask TOM (https://asktom.oracle.com).
Following graduation from UConn in 2016, I joined the analytics development program at Liberty Mutual Insurance in Boston. Through rotations on analytics and data science teams, I developed an appreciation for the role data plays in all functions of a business from talent to pricing. Since 2018 I have worked in the product analytics space, leveraging tools such as SAS EG, Python, Tableau and PowerBI to clean, analyze and visualize data in support of portfolio profitability and business development strategy.
This coffee chat included an overview of a number of software platforms and how they are used in visualization. We touched upon the best practices of visual analytics and the strengths and weaknesses of telling a story with data.
Nicole Mair is a 2017 graduate of UCONN’s MA Economics program. After developing an interest in healthcare research, she started her career as a pharmaceutical market researcher in New York, traveling around the world for research projects in oncology, hematology and rare diseases.
Matthew is a freelance software engineer with experience at Amazon and SolarSPELL. He has recently become involved in the blockchain space and discussed the core technology, importance and impact it will have on our lives.
Topics include: Blockchain, Programming, and Software / App Development