Data, Spying & CEOs #databeat

We covered Databeat last week & here are a couple of interesting talks we filmed.
The balance of keeping data both flowing & protected.  Mobile devices have become the ultimate data collecting equipment.  What are the right ways to leverage this & create profitable data platforms with a sustainable user contract? What impact does the more holistic approach of gathering data about not only things but the processes between which things play? What does this demand of regulations & approaches? Opportunities in data as currency, as authentication token or even ways to refine governance, as well as its risks this explosive material can represent.  

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Rachel Sheinbein, CMEA: Women’s Collaborative Style can Succeed in Venture Capital

Rachel Sheinbein Principal Energy and Materials team CMEA Capital. She is a board member for Solaria, Danotek Motion, and Arcadia Biosciences and an observer for Reel Solar and Contour Energy. Before CMEA, Rachel was a consultant for start-ups in the areas of bio-plastics, solar and water. For 9 years prior, Rachel worked at Intel, in wastewater systems, Environmental Health & Safety, and Supply Chain Strategy. Rachel is the President of the board of Expanding Your Horizons Network, a non-profit that encourages girls in math, science, engineering and technology. In addition, Rachel volunteers in various roles for Astia, the California Clean Tech Open and ImagineH2O. Rachel holds a Chemical Engineering degree with a concentration in Environmental Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. Rachel was also a sponsored fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where she received an MBA and a Masters in Civil and Environmental Engineering, with a focus on operations and supply chain. You can find Rachel @ CMEA blog & on Twitter: @RachelSheinbein

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Salman Khan, Khan Academy #TIECon

Salman Khan is the founder & faculty of the Khan Academy a not-for-profit organization with the mission of providing a free world class education to anyone, anywhere.  It now consists of self paced software & with over 1m unique students per month, the most used educational video repository on the Internet (over 30m lessons delivered to date).  All 2000+ video tutorials, covering everything from basic addition to advanced calculus, physics, chemistry & biology have been made by Salman.  Prior to Khan Academy, Salman was a senior analyst at a hedge fund & had also worked in technology & venture capital.  He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, an MEng & BS in electrical engineering & computer science from MIT & BS in mathematics from MIT.  You can find Sal on Twitter @khanacademy

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