Andrew Brust is founder and CEO of Blue Badge Insights, advising data and analytics ISVs on winning in the market, solution providers on their service offerings and customers on their analytics strategy. He writes about Big Data for ZDNet and co-chairs the Visual Studio Live! series of developer conferences. 

Andrew is an entrepreneur, a consulting veteran, an analyst and former research director. He’s also an influencer in the Microsoft ecosystem, recognized as both a Microsoft Regional Director and Data Platform MVP.