EXTRACTING COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE FROM BIG DATA
A Professional Services Company
EXTRACT COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE FROM DATA
The B23 data platform is an artificial intelligence engine to discover, transform, and synthesize data from a variety of sources to provide unique and predictive insights.
Capabilities
At B23, we build high value Big Data and Cloud analytics solutions that bring data closer to the consumer for analysis.
We understand that in today’s fast paced business environment organizations don’t have time to waste waiting on IT. B23 empowers the enterprise to ingest raw data and rapidly transform it to competitive intelligence.
Focus Areas
DEEP LEARNING & AI
B23 develops bespoke data analytic products using deep learning and artificial neural networks to provide predictive insight. Using tools such as TensorFlow and PyTorch, B23 creates its own Places-of-Interest (“POI”) data which is fused with a variety of alternative data sets in order to more accurately predict consumer behavior for over a hundred consumer businesses. Our bespoke consumer data products provide unparalleled insight for stock analysts, portfolio managers, and quants.
DATA SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
B23 bridges the “Last Mile” of data flow for data scientists and analysts so they can spend less time acquiring and transforming data, and more time analyzing data. B23 created and launched an open source software capability that we call “Last Mile” that allows data scientists to access any data set in a straight forward, automated, and repeatable manner. What Ansible/DevOps did for systems administration, Last Mile is accomplishing for data acquisition and transformation.
Data Infrastructure Automation
B23 automates the provisioning and security of cloud computing and storage systems in many of the most sensitive enterprise environments on the planet. Whether using public cloud infrastructure services from AWS or Azure or enabling complex containerized data processing workloads running on Kubernetes, B23 automates the security and provisioning with only a few mouse clicks making it simple for data scientists and analysts to access massive cloud resources in minutes.
EDGE COMPUTING
B23 enables data flow for edge computing devices and is pioneering innovative solutions for environments with low bandwidth or intermittent connectivity. Whether in remote branch offices, maritime environments, airborne systems, or locations where no networks exist B23 is enabling machine learning and AI to process petabyte scale data at the edge using open source technologies.
B23 DATA PLATFORM
VISUALIZATION
B23 is well versed with many open source JavaScript and commercial visualization applications that enable analysts, data scientists and stakeholders to collaborate and make informed decisions.
ANALYTICAL PROCESSING FRAMEWORKS (ALGORITHMS)
B23 helps scale our customers’ custom algorithms on platforms that meet their data size and temporal requirements. We assist implementing algorithms for real-time, micro-batch, and batch processing requirements.
DATA STREAMING AND INGEST
B23 uses modern data ingest and streaming technologies to get data from its source to where it can be analyzed. We select the right technology to meet source requirements, data types, throughput, latency, and analytical framework requirements.
DATA ACCESS
The nexus between infrastructure and data is what B23 calls the data access layer. B23 uses a variety of applications that are best suited for our customers’ data structure, scheme, scalability, durability, and analytical requirements.
INFRASTRUCTURE ABSTRACTION
Infrastructure abstraction and resource management helps organizations use their existing resources more efficiently. Abstracting resources across Cloud providers, compute clusters, or even single machines empowers our customers to gain more control in deciding how to best manage their infrastructure.
PROGRAMMABLE INFRASTRUCTURE
Programmable Infrastructure is the key foundation to building dynamic and automated analytical platforms. B23 uses Cloud Application Programmable Interfaces (API’s) and Software Development Kits (SDK’s) to automate the management of software defined networks, software defined storage, and virtualized machines.
Recent Media
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B23 LEADERSHIP
We started B23 to help customers see through the hype and uncertainty of analyzing large volumes of data. After working at Amazon Web Services (“AWS”) for several years, we saw the potential to harness vast quantities of computing power applied to data to generate competitive insights. B23 provides a new, refreshing source for big ideas, and most importantly provides capabilities to implement those big ideas. read more
Dave
Mark
Brad
Dave is a co-founder and Managing Partner at B23. Prior to starting B23, Dave worked at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Over the duration of his career, Dave has supported a variety of enterprise customers in the Financial Services, International Telecommunications, and Public Sector markets. Dave has an Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Virginia, and an M.B.A. from the Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland at College Park.
Mark is a Partner at B23. Before joining B23, Mark directed the corporate product development and in-house innovation center for Agilex Technologies (later acquired by Accenture). Mark is the author of a patent application for applying machine learning to natural language, and he has contributed to the Apache Spark project. Mark earned a BA in Physics from Georgetown University and an MS in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University.
Brad is a co-founder and Managing Partner at B23. Prior to starting B23, Brad worked at Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he helped Big Data, Financial, Health Care, and Public Sector customers make their transition to Cloud Computing. Brad started his professional career in the U.S. Navy where he spent 9 years as a Navy SEAL and left as a Lieutenant Commander. Brad has a Bachelors of Science degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara an M.B.A. from George Mason University.
B23 Board Advisors
peter
Peter Cohen is the principal and founder of Xendota. He is a 17 year Amazon veteran and founding member of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) team, where he spent eleven years in senior technical and business roles helping to build the business. Peter joined B23 as an Advisor to the Board November 2016.
alan
Alan Sobba has spent the past 25 years in strategic public policy and in 2007 founded Sobba Public, LLC. He has held senior management positions in several organizations including the International Derivatives Clearing Group (IDCG) and Office for the Commissioner of Baseball. Alan joined B23 as an Advisor to the Board November 2016.
Alan Sobba has spent the past 25 years in strategic public policy and in 2007 founded Sobba Public, LLC. He has held senior management positions in several organizations including the International Derivatives Clearing Group (IDCG) and Office for the Commissioner of Baseball. Alan joined B23 as an Advisor to the Board November 2016.