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Machine Learning and the Importance of Rapid Experimentation: A Conversation with Moody’s Analytics Keith Berry

Keith Berry has been through it all in the tech world: from a programmer, to an electrical engineer, to a data systems head, to a program director for one of the top analytics companies. Through his career, Berry has accumulated over twenty-five years of experience and is a source ripe with knowledge when it comes to the evolution of technology.

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A Conversation with Rita Gurevich, founder of SPHERE Technology Solutions

Rita Gurevich started SPHERE, a cybersecurity company, when she was twenty-five, an age not that far away from most of the participants in this year’s International Conference. When I asked what she wished she would have known when she was just starting out, her answer surprised me with its simplicity and subtlety.

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Rebecca Taylor, Janice Sullivan, and Bruce Migliaccio: Innovation in Fashion

In the hour long seminar, they stressed creative vision as essential to steering the success and growth of a high quality brand like Rebecca Taylor. According to Janice Sullivan, the fashion industry is currently “undergoing a change of seismic proportions,” fueled by consumers spending less on clothes and more on experiences like vacations, destination weddings, spa treatments, and travel.

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