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Sarah Battersby is a research scientist at Tableau Software. Her primary area of focus is cartography, with an emphasis on cognition. Her work emphasizes how we can help people visualize and use spatial information more effectively. Her research has covered a variety of areas, including perception in dynamic map displays, geospatial technologies and spatial thinking abilities, and the impact of map projection on spatial cognition. She works... Read More →

From Smart Mapping, to Maps We Love, to Data Visualization, I am a leader, designer, and evangelist on new mapping initiatives within Esri. I was hired to collaborate and coordinate across teams to push the boundaries of what's possible with GIS and mapping. In my current role I help to envision, research, design, and build the latest mapping technology for the worldwide leader in Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

Steve Lytle is the Director of Location Analytics at Analytics8, creators of QlikMaps. Steve has devoted his entire professional career to using, deploying, and advancing the use of mapping, geographic information, and location analytics technologies. He has worked directly within the Esri, MapInfo, Oracle, SAP, Salesforce, and Qlik ecosystems. He also gained comprehensive knowledge of geospatial data and associated contextual content while... Read More →

Bogdan Rau is the Online Data Dissemination & Visualization Manager for the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS). He manages the development, implementation, and maintenance of multiple public health surveillance tools powered by The California Health Interview Survey, including AskCHIS, CHIS' flagship online dissemination product, and AskCHIS Neighborhood Edition, a hyper-local health query system that provides health estimates and... Read More →

David has spent over 30 years developing and perfecting data driven strategies to help clients with their analytical needs. David specializes in price optimization, demand/supply forecasting, valuation analytics, market research, and strategic planning. David used his comprehensive knowledge of data and analytics to develop the DECIPHER™ Business Intelligence Platform, which Competitive Analytics uses to deliver all nine functions of the... Read More →

Aaron is our Sr. Vice President of Business Development, where he thinks creatively about the future and heads up CartoDB San Francisco. | Aaron holds a degree in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley. Before CartoDB, Aaron was CTO and Principal Software Engineer at World Resources Institute. His career started in academia, bridging gaps between biodiversity science, big data, and the web. | Outside of CartoDB... Read More →