NoSQL Search Roadshow San Francisco 2013

Leon Guzenda, Founder, Objectivity, Inc.

Leon Guzenda

Biography: Leon Guzenda

Leon Guzenda was one of the founding members of Objectivity in 1988 and one of the original architects of Objectivity/DB. He currently works with Objectivity's major customers to help them effectively develop and deploy complex applications and systems that use the industry's highest-performing, most reliable DBMS technology, Objectivity/DB. He also liaises with technology partners and industry groups to help ensure that Objectivity/DB remains at the forefront of database and distributed computing technology. Leon has more than 35 years’ experience in the software industry. At Automation Technology Products, he managed the development of the ODBMS for the Cimplex solid modeling and numerical control system. Before that, he was Principal Project Director for International Computers Ltd. in the United Kingdom, delivering major projects for NATO and leading multinationals. He was also design and development manager for ICL's 2900 IDMS product. He spent the first 7 years of his career working in defense and government systems. Leon has a B.S. degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Wales.

Presentation: Extracting Extra Value From The Billions Or Trillions Of Relationships In Your Existing Database Or Big Data System

Time: Thursday 12:30 - 13:15 / Location: To be announced

Leon will describe the emerging world of graph (relationship) analytics and show how to quickly find extra value in the relationships in your sturdy old legacy database or your shiny new Big Data setup. He will briefly cover the topic of graph databases and show how they relate to conventional databases and other Big Data technologies. He will cover case studies that use InfiniteGraph, Objectivity's enterprise scale graph database, in hybrid analytics applications in areas ranging from the Intelligence Community and finance to social network based advertising and "seed to consumer" tracking systems.