Mark Cooper, Founder and Principal at The Data Brains; Partner, Producer, and Co-Host at Counter Threaded Productions
Dr. Mark Cooper, founder and principal at The Data Brains, has more than 30 years of experience in data and analytics, including as technical director at FedEx Services with a primary focus on enterprise data architecture and analytics. His passion is driving business action through the use of data. He has recently partnered with John Ladley on the Rock Bottom Data Feed, an irreverent yet practical data-focused podcast that isn’t a pile of technobabble and repetition of old advice, with a target audience of everybody because everybody is involved with data.
Mark is the author of “6 Secrets for Delivering Impossible Projects.” If you gravitate toward the most difficult problems or seek out the most interesting and impactful challenges, then “6 Secrets for Delivering Impossible Projects” will give you the tools for successfully delivering your own impossible projects. The book is available at Novel Memphis, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble.
Mark began his career as a data warehouse developer and later transitioned to enterprise architect. His contributions and innovations have been recognized with the highest individual and corporate team awards, industry awards, and a U.S. patent. He has presented at conferences around the world, published four books, and served as technical editor on two others. Mark earned his B.S. from Duke University in Computer Science and Chemistry and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from UCLA where his concentration was Artificial Intelligence.
The Data Brains is a data strategy consultancy that recognizes that a company’s most valuable asset is the understanding of its data.
Counter Threaded Productions produces the Rock Bottom Data Feed podcast.
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