Data Scientist. Public Speaker. Consultant. Astrophysicist. Space Scientist.

Big Data & Data Science advisor, TedX speaker, consultant, researcher, blogger, Data Literacy advocate.

Worldwide top influencer since 2013.

• 2017: #1 and #2 (different lists) Big Data, #1 Data Science, #2 Machine Learning, #4 MarTech.
• 2016: #1 Big Data, #1 Data Science, #2 Machine Learning / AI, #13 IOT, #16 Data Security.
• 2015: #2 Big Data, Data Mining, Data Science.
• 2014: IBM Big Data & Analytics Hub Hero
• 2014: #2 Data Mining.
• 2014: Top 33 most noted Data Scientists on Twitter
• 2014: #14 Top Big Data Executives and Experts to Follow on Twitter
• 2014: #27 in "Top 50 Big Data and Customer Experience - Top Influencers"
• 2013: #1 Big Data.

Data Scientist -- Transdisciplinary data science research, applications, and consulting across a variety of fields -- transcending traditional discipline boundaries.

Specialties: Public Speaking, Data Science, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Data Analytics, Big Data, X-Informatics (Discovery Informatics, Science Informatics, and more), Scientific databases, Scientific data mining, Computational-X (Computational Science, and more), Astroinformatics** (Data Science for Astronomy), Observational Astronomy (ground-based and space-based), Computational Astrophysics, Higher Education, Science Education and Public Outreach, Project Management, Proposal-writing.

**co-creator of the field of Astroinformatics: see Astroinformatics: data-oriented astronomy research and education and A 21st Century Approach to Astronomy

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