Manu Prakash is an analytics and digital marketing expert with over four years of experience in SEO, content marketing and SEM, and a documented record of success in increasing online presence and brand awareness. He has worked at the intersection of business and data science at KDnuggets, Crayon Data, Redevon IT Technologies, and Ideas2IT. As a writer, he blogs about big data, Python, data science, and machine learning. Manu is also Google Analytics, Google AdWords, and HubSpot Content Marketing certified.

Kate Tyshchenko is a data scientist with five years of management consulting experience in analyzing and drawing insights from various types of data, including financial, risk, marketing, economic, and behavioral data. For the past two years, she has been working on a marketplace for group dinners, designed and deployed an MVP and used behavioral microtargeting to develop marketing campaigns which helped her to determine the product-market fit and acquire users over a short period. At Deloitte, Kate has evaluated the effectiveness of various startup and technology funding programs offered by the Government of Ontario through market research, financial analysis, and data analytics.

Fernando Ferrer is a data consultant specializing in big data analytics and statistical software implementation. He has expert knowledge of Postgres, Python, Redshift, Oracle, Hadoop, SQL, and MongoDB. His clients include AddShoppers, SkillerWhale, AppviewX, Sante Circle Health, SERMO, and Government of Estonia, among others.

Jala Smith-Huys has over a decade of experience providing social media strategy, content strategy, and community management to brands of all sizes, including Toshiba, Vacasa, Intel, and Reebok. She has collaborated with agencies such as Swift Collective, Roundhouse Agency, Mambo Media, Tenfour, and HereNow Creative. Her background and experience also include creative direction, graphic design, and PR.