Joe Caserta is a recognized big data strategy consultant, author and educator. He is the President of Caserta Concepts, an award winning New York-based innovation technology, consulting and implementation firm founded in 2001. Specializing in big data analytics, data warehousing and business intelligence, Caserta Concepts collaborates with CIOs and their IT organizations to gain new business insights through a better understanding of their data. At the forefront of applying emerging technologies in big data, NoSQL, search, data analytics and visualization, Joe and his team collaborate with Fortune 1000 clients in the areas of finance, insurance, healthcare, ecommerce and education, among others. Joe is co-author of the industry best-selling book, The Data Warehouse ETL Toolkit (Wiley, 2004), a contributor to industry publications, and frequent keynote speaker and expert panelist at industry conferences and events. He also serves on the advisory boards of financial and technical institutions and is the organizer and host of the Big Data Warehousing Meetup Group in NYC.