Bio
Daniel Castro
Daniel Castro is a senior analyst with the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), a non-profit think tank in Washington, D.C. His research focuses on issues relating to technology and the information economy, including data privacy, information security, e-government, electronic voting, accessibility and health IT. He has experience in the private, non-profit and government sectors. Before joining ITIF, Mr. Castro worked as an IT analyst at the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) where he audited IT security and management controls at various government agencies. He contributed to GAO reports on the state of information security at a variety of federal agencies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). He has a B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and an M.S. in Information Security Technology and Management from Carnegie Mellon University.
Mike Driscoll
Michael E. Driscoll has a decade of experience developing large-scale databases and predictive algorithms for digital media, financial, and life sciences firms. He is the CTO and co-founder at Metamarkets and Chairman of Dataspora, a big data & analytics consultancy he founded in 2007. Previously, he founded the online retailer, CustomInk.com, and worked as a software engineer for the Human Genome Project. Michael holds a Ph.D. in Bioinformatics from Boston University and an A.B. from Harvard College.
Daniel Kraft
Daniel Kraft, MD, Stanford Medical Center and Singularity University. Kraft is a partner at Proteus Venture Partners.
Tim O'Reilly
Tim O'Reilly is the founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, Inc., thought by many to be the best computer book publisher in the world. O'Reilly Media also publishes online through the O'Reilly Network and hosts conferences on technology topics, including the O'Reilly Open Source Convention, the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference, and the Web 2.0 Conference.
O'Reilly's blog, the O'Reilly Radar, "watches the alpha geeks" to determine emerging technology trends, and serves as a platform for advocacy about issues of importance to the technical community. O'Reilly is on the boards of MySQL, CollabNet, Safari Books Online, Wesabe, and ValuesOfN, and is a partner in O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures.
Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran
Vijay Vaitheeswaran is an award-winning correspondent for The Economist. In his two decades on staff, he has covered development issues, energy and environment, health care, and innovation. He is an expert advisor to the World Economic Forum/Davos and a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He also teaches at NYU's Stern Business School. Mr. Vaitheeswaran has addressed groups ranging from the U.S. National Governors' Association and the U.N. General Assembly to the TED, AAAS and Aspen Ideas conferences. His most recent special reports for The Economist were on innovation and on technology in health care. His latest book, ZOOM, was named a Book of the Year by the Financial Times. Mr. Vaitheeswaran is also the author of Power to the People, a book on the future of energy.
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- Economist, The
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