Data Hero Awards

The EMC data hero awards honor data practitioners that have made a profound impact on individuals, organizations and the world. The winners include:

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The data hero awards, sponsored by EMC, honor data practitioners that have made a profound impact on individuals, organizations and the world. The winners include:

Visionary: Vivek Kundra, Data.gov

• Vivek Kundra and Data.gov increase innovation and transparency in the federal government.

Consumer Services: LinkedIn

• The leading networking tool serving over 100 million professionals.

Health Care: Jeffrey Brenner, The Camden Coalition

• Analyzing crime incidence data to reveal where the health care system is failing.

Life Sciences: The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

• Transforming medicine by using cutting-edge large-scale technologies.

Technology IT Infrastructure: Apache Foundation, Hadoop

• An open-source software framework harnessing commodity hardware for large-scale computing tasks.

Public Services: GVFI.org

• Humanity's data-driven line of defense against global pandemic threats.

See more and read use cases at

www.greenplum.com/media-center/big-data-use-cases/data-hero-awards