Dan Defend
About the Author
Dan Defend earned his Masters in Computer Science from University of Illinois. He has experience at Motorola as an Engineering Manager first in Unix OS and then in embedded cell phone software where he also led analysis and data-driven improvement using Digital Six Sigma methodology. He is currently leading the Data Quality program at Yahoo! where significant improvements are underway involving centralized monitoring and data cleansing across Yahoo!’s audience data pipeline and relying heavily on organizational leverage and distributed ownership and accountability.
Dan is based in the US state of Illinois.