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Make Data Work
September 25–26, 2017: Training
September 26–28, 2017: Tutorials & Conference
New York, NY
Ben Snively

Ben Snively
Data and Analytics Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Ben Snively is a specialist solutions architect on the Amazon Web Services public sector team, where he specializes in big data, analytics, and search. Previously, Ben was an engineer and architect on DoD contracts, where he worked with Hadoop and big data solutions. He has over 11 years of experience creating analytical systems. Ben holds both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in computer science from Georgia Institute of Technology and a master’s in computer engineering from University of Central Florida.

Sessions

1:30pm–5:00pm Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Building your first big data application on AWS
Big data and the Cloud, Data Engineering & Architecture
 Location: 1E 15/16 Level: Intermediate
Secondary topics:  Architecture, Cloud
Ryan Nienhuis (Amazon Web Services), Radhika Ravirala (Amazon Web Services), Allan MacInnis (Amazon Web Services), Ben Snively (Amazon Web Services (AWS))
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Want to learn how to use Amazon's big data web services to launch your first big data application on the cloud? Ryan Nienhuis, Radhika Ravirala, Allan MacInnis, and Ben Snively walk you through building a big data application using a combination of open source technologies and AWS managed services. Read more.
5:25pm–6:05pm Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Serverless big data architectures: Design patterns and best practices (sponsored by AWS)
Sponsored
 Location: 1E 06
Ben Snively (Amazon Web Services (AWS))
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How do you incorporate serverless concepts and technologies into your big data architectures? Ben Snively shares use cases, best practices, and a reference architecture to help you streamline data processing and improve analytics through a combination of cloud and open source serverless technologies. Read more.