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Before Bheeshma Tumati shares his expertise at the Analytics 2012 Conference, we had the opportunity to ask him a few questions about the field of analytics. Tumati is a certified SAS professional with more than 16 years of experience. He works for Deloitte Consulting LLP serving in the federal sector and leads their Federal SAS Community of Practice. Tumati is currently engaged in a client project with the IRS as a SAS architect developing a sophisticated tax fraud detection system on a Big Data Analytics platform.

What do you see as the hottest trend(s) in analytics?

There is a growing interest in federal and commercial sectors for new technologies and skills to collect, store, and analyze large scale structured and unstructured data (Big Data) and using it for competitive advantage through predictive modeling, forecasting, and optimization.

What are some challenges that analytics professionals are facing today?

Understanding the rapidly advancing and emerging open source Big Data technologies and their applicability to solve the real world problems.

How will high-performance analytics (big data) affect our world?

The good news is we now have the Big Data and High Performance technologies to make sense of the historically collected data for hindsights, insights, and foresights with faster turnaround times, but the bad news is we don’t have enough talent in the market yet to implement these technologies at a large scale. Technology and use cases are still emerging and needs maturity for mass adoption.

What career advice would you give to an analytics professional to grow in their field?

Be good at what you do. Learn Hadoop, MapReduce, and statistical programming languages like R, SAS, SPSS, etc. Get your hands dirty with coding to be more successful as an analytics professional in the Big Data world.

What will attendees learn by visiting the Deloitte booth in the Exhibit Hall?

They will learn if Big Data is real or hype. How they can grow their careers in Deloitte. What are some of the initiatives Deloitte is investing in to harness the talent to tap into the Big Data and Analytics opportunities and help our clients be more successful in the new order of the Big Data world.

What are you most looking forward to at the Analytics Conference?

To listen to real people with real business problems. Learn success stories and best practices. Network with the brightest minds in the technology and analytics world. Identify business opportunities, alliance and teaming partners. Understand what our clients and competitors are looking for. Identify potential talent for hiring.

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You’ll have a chance to meet Tumati and ask him your own questions at the conference. He will be hosting a roundtable discussion on Information Management in Big Data Analytics Platform on Tuesday, October 9.  Check out the roundtables and other special events going on at this year’s conference.

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Michele Reister has worked in the Education Division at SAS since 2004. During that time she has played many roles including marketing training courses, developing product bundles, managing conferences and overseeing the division’s discount programs. Currently, she is responsible for the division’s social media strategy. Michele holds a BS in Management and Information Technology from Daniel Webster College and an MBA from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Michele is a perpetual student herself and is constantly looking for better ways to serve SAS’ user population. When she’s not expanding her knowledge of marketing, Michele enjoys group fitness classes, cooking, volunteering, reading and chasing after her two children.

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