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Data Analytics: Demystifying the Buzz and Exploring Practical Applications in Private Equity

March 23, 2018

THE DATA ENGINES OF AI AND ANALYTICS. One example is artificial intelligence, or AI - technology that’s designed to mimic human thinking and behavior (and improve upon what humans do). AI has come a long way since 1997, when IBM’s Deep Blue supercomputer beat Gary Kasparov at chess. Deep Blue accomplished that without processing power for a lot of data. Since then, computing capabilities have changed dramatically, creating striking examples of what happens when AI analyzes enormous data sets in milliseconds.

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For nearly 20 years, Beehive was a full service digital agency providing a wide range of services with a great team to deliver those services. But my passion and interest lie in data visualization. Rather than spending all of my time managing staff and clients, I wanted to be more deeply involved in client work. So the time has come to return to what Beehive was in the very beginning: me working directly with clients, understanding their business and their thought leadership/marketing/training/sales objectives, translating those objectives into a vision and then executing on that vision with laser focus on the trees (the details) while never losing site of the forest (the strategy and vision). Whether for thought leadership, research, advocacy or traditional marketing, information design and data visualization are at the heart of what I do every day.

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