Salient Federal Solutions' David Vennergrund Speaks at Federal Big Data Meetup on Predictive Analytics with Big Data

FAIRFAX, Va., Nov. 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Salient Federal Solutions, Inc. (Salient), a leading provider of information technology and engineering services that include data analytics, agile development, mobility, training, and cyber security solutions to the intelligence, defense, homeland security, and federal civilian markets, announces that David Vennergrund will be speaking at the Federal Big Data Working Group Meetup in McLean Virginia. The topic is "Predictive Analytics with Big Data". The presentation will be on Monday November 3, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM.  

Mr. Vennergrund, the Director of Predictive Analytics and Data Science in Salient's Data Analytics Center of Excellence, is a recognized industry leader in predictive analytics and business intelligence. He has helped developed Salient's distinctive Proof-to-Impact Analytics™ offering and has shared his past 20 years of experience supporting Federal clients at industry forums on such topics as; data mining, fraud detection, and predictive analytics. Mr. Vennergrund will discuss analytic data proofs and their impact on missions enabled by evolving machine learning libraries, vast amounts of data, and distributed computing platforms that support relational data bases and Hadoop distributed file systems. He will provide insight on how customers benefit from predictive analytic data proofs that yield immediate value and improved mission performance. Mr. Vennergrund will share lessons learned from past predictive analytic efforts in federal healthcare, intelligence, finance, personnel, benefits, improper payment, fraud detection, and tax analytics.

"Once seen as too complicated for general use; highly-effective predictive analytics can now be practiced at-scale, by business users, on very large data sets," said Mr. Vennergrund. "The ability to assemble, analyze, and derive insight from enterprise data has never been easier. The growth of predictive analytics in decision-making increases business value as we focus on showing our customers compelling proof of positive mission impacts and increased return of investment."

Federal Big Data Working Group is organized by Dr. Katherine Goodier and Dr. Brand Niemann, two leading data scientist in the federal space. For more information on the Meetup and topics, please visit: http://www.meetup.com/Federal-Big-Data-Working-Group/.

About Salient Federal Solutions: A leading provider of Federal IT and engineering solutions enabling government and industry to respond quickly to new or surge mission requirements with exactly the right people, skills, expertise, and technical solutions. Salient is constantly working to accelerate mission impact by delivering highly adaptable technology services, engineering solutions, and domain expertise enabling customers to rapidly meet the pressing requirements of today while anticipating tomorrow's evolving challenges. Headquartered in Fairfax, VA, Salient has offices in McLean, Colorado Springs, Orlando, San Diego, and Tampa. Recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of America's Most Promising Companies and named Contractor of the Year. www.salientfed.com.

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