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Make Data Work
September 11, 2018: Training & Tutorials
September 12–13, 2018: Keynotes & Sessions
New York, NY
Petrus Smith

Petrus Smith
Lead Director, Data Engineering Practice, PwC

Peet Smith is the lead director for the PwC Data Engineering Practice, based in Tampa, FL. Together with his team, he has been a key player in laying the foundation for the firm’s data acquisition technologies and data analytics platform. Peet is a Chartered Accountant CA (SA) and CISA by profession and a technologist at heart; he started his career with PwC South Africa in the accounting and auditing field, but his passion for challenging the status quo has led him to pursue a career in data engineering.

Sessions

11:20am–12:00pm Wednesday, 09/12/2018
Using modern database and open source tools to accelerate client service delivery (sponsored by MemSQL)
Location: 1A 04/05
Petrus Smith (PwC)
Peet Smith explains how PwC is using modern database tools with a combination of open source technologies to automate and scale data ingestion and transformation to get data to engagement teams to help them streamline and accelerate client service delivery. Read more.