In this episode of the Big Data Beard Podcast, Cory and Brett chat with Disney’s very own Becky Kirby and Teddy Benson about the most magical technology conference of the year… Disney Data Analytics Conference. For years, Disney has been a data analytics pioneer using their massive amounts of data to enhance their customer’s experience from the second they arrive at the park to the moment they leave. The team chatted with Teddy, Director of Data Integration at Disney, about his team’s role in integrating and analyzing the tons of data Disney collects with the goal of always enhancing their visitor’s magical experience. Teddy talks about the challenges, use cases and trends that his team is seeing day in and day out. The team also got a sneak preview from Becky into what is in store at Disney’s 18th Data Analytics Conference to include themes, speakers and a party that will be sure to be the talk of the industry for the next year. Tune in to hear more and to see how the Big Data Beard team can get you a discount to attend this magical conference.
This is a must attend conference and you can save $400 off your pass to this magical conference using our promo code “DATABEARD-2018” during registration.
Music from this episode is by Andrew Belle.
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[…] On an episode of the Big Data Beard Podcast, Benson describes his group’s role analyzing Big Data and using it effectively. His team of more than 150 employees includes about 45 solely dedicated to data science. That fact shows dedication at Disney to the best use of data. Looking beyond personalization, Benson cites recommendations they offer guests on the parks. What confuses me is how rarely I’ve seen a successful use of those tools. The FastPasses that Disney selects up front are rarely the right choices for me, so I’m still working manually. […]