{"id":621,"date":"2021-01-19T22:41:18","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T22:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dasksummit.wpengine.com\/?page_id=621"},"modified":"2022-09-20T21:33:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T21:33:00","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pydata.org\/miami2022\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; opacity_bg_pattern=&#8221;0.6&#8243; ova_bg_pattern=&#8221;#000000&#8243;][vc_column]<div class=\"home-bg-parallax ova_slideshow_two\"><div class=\" bg-parallax bg-overlay-black-6 width-100\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/pydata.org\/miami2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/AdobeStock_143448553-scaled.jpeg)\"><\/div><div class=\"  ova_static_bg display-table position-absolute position-top position-left width-100\">\n\t\t        <div class=\"display-table-cell vertical-align-middle\">\n\t\t            <div class=\"container\">\n\t\t                <div class=\"row\">\n\n\t\t                    <div class=\"col-md-8 col-md-offset-2 text-center\"><h2 class=\"display-block font-family-alt font-weight-700 letter-spacing-2 text-uppercase text-white xs-title-extra-large sm-title-extra-large-3 title-extra-large-5\">\n\t\t                           PyData Miami<\/h2><p class=\"font-family-alt letter-spacing-1 margin-3 no-margin-bottom no-margin-rl text-gray-light xs-text-large text-extra-large text-uppercase\">\n\t\t                             WHERE USERS, CONTRIBUTORS, AND NEWCOMERS CAN SHARE EXPERIENCES TO LEARN FROM ONE ANOTHER AND GROW TOGETHER.\n\t\t                        <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t                    \n\t\t                <\/div>\n\n\t\t            <\/div>\n\n\t\t        <\/div>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;100px&#8221;][vc_row_inner el_id=&#8221;overview&#8221;][vc_column_inner]<div class=\"no-padding-rl no-padding-top padding-8\">\n                <div class=\"text-center\"><h3 class=\"font-family-alt font-weight-700 letter-spacing-2 text-uppercase xs-title-small title-medium title-sideline-base-color\">Conference Overview<\/h3><\/div>\n            <\/div>[vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; el_class=&#8221;font-family-alt&#8221;]We welcome attendees with wide varieties of experiences, expertise, and backgrounds to join us at the <a href=\"https:\/\/amperstudios.com\">Ampersand Studios<\/a> on September 22, 2022. Users, contributors, and newcomers can share experiences and learn from one another to solve hard problems and grow a stronger open-source community.[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;Schedule&#8221; style=&#8221;flat&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; color=&#8221;black&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;far fa-calendar-alt&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fpydata.org%2Fmiami2022%2Fschedule%2F&#8221; el_class=&#8221;button-primary&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1661731148409{margin-top: 40px !important;margin-bottom: 40px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_id=&#8221;pydata&#8221;][vc_column_inner]<div class=\"no-padding-rl no-padding-top padding-8\">\n                <div class=\"text-center\"><h3 class=\"font-family-alt font-weight-700 letter-spacing-2 text-uppercase xs-title-small title-medium title-sideline-base-color\">About PyData<\/h3><\/div>\n            <\/div>[vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; el_class=&#8221;font-family-alt&#8221;]PyData is an educational program of NumFOCUS, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization in the United States. PyData provides a forum for the international community of users and developers of data analysis tools to share ideas and learn from each other. The global PyData network promotes discussion of best practices, new approaches, and emerging technologies for data management, processing, analytics, and visualization. PyData communities approach data science using many languages, including (but not limited to) Python, Julia, and R.<\/p>\n<p>We aim to be an accessible, community-driven conference, with novice to advanced level presentations. PyData tutorials and talks bring attendees the latest project features along with cutting-edge use cases.<\/p>\n<h3>NumFOCUS<\/h3>\n<p>The mission of NumFOCUS is to promote sustainable high-level programming languages, open code development, and reproducible scientific research. We accomplish this mission through our educational programs and events as well as through fiscal sponsorship of open source scientific computing projects. We aim to increase collaboration and communication within the data science and scientific computing community.<\/p>\n<p>NumFOCUS is a 501(c)3 public charity in the United States.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To learn more about PyData, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/pydata.org\">pydata.org<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row opacity_bg_pattern=&#8221;0.1&#8243; el_id=&#8221;committee&#8221;][vc_column]<div class=\"no-padding-rl no-padding-top padding-8\">\n                <div class=\"text-center\"><h3 class=\"font-family-alt font-weight-700 letter-spacing-2 text-uppercase xs-title-small title-medium title-sideline-base-color\">Organizing Committee<\/h3><\/div>\n            <\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<div class=\"ova_speaker features-box \">\n                    <div class=\"overflow-hidden position-relative width-100\">\n\n                        <div class=\"position-relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pydata.org\/miami2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/D217F53E-36AE-495A-B8FA-99E1D3E8E446_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"Mark Russell\" class=\"img_large\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pydata.org\/miami2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/D217F53E-36AE-495A-B8FA-99E1D3E8E446_1_105_c-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Mark Russell\" class=\"img_small\" \/><\/div><div class=\"bg-gray-light no-padding-rl padding-6 position-relative text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <span class=\"display-block font-family-alt font-weight-700 letter-spacing-2 text-gray-dark-2 text-small text-uppercase\">Mark Russell<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                        <\/div><div class=\"ease height-100 padding-2 position-absolute position-top position-left show-on-hover width-100\">\n                            <div class=\"bg-base-color height-100 width-100\">\n                                <div class=\"display-table height-100 width-100\">\n                                    <div class=\"display-table-cell no-padding-tb padding-11 vertical-align-middle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mark-s-russell\/\"><span class=\"display-block font-family-alt letter-spacing-2 text-medium text-uppercase text-white\">Mark Russell<\/span><\/a><span class=\"display-block font-family-alt letter-spacing-1 text-small text-uppercase text-white\">Co-organizer for the lead team<\/span><div class=\"margin-6 no-margin-bottom no-margin-rl text-medium text-white\">Mark Russell is lead data operations engineer for ModMed, a Boca Raton based developer of an award-winning electronic health records software system. Mark started joining data meetup groups in the Miami area after moving here in 2015, and has contributed to the community by offering his time and talents to make events like PyData Miami 2022 happen.<\/div><\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div><div class=\"ova_speaker features-box \">\n                    <div class=\"overflow-hidden position-relative width-100\">\n\n                        <div class=\"position-relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pydata.org\/miami2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20200823_185606-2-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Samina Trachier\" class=\"img_large\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pydata.org\/miami2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20200823_185606-2-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Samina Trachier\" class=\"img_small\" \/><\/div><div class=\"bg-gray-light no-padding-rl padding-6 position-relative text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <span class=\"display-block font-family-alt font-weight-700 letter-spacing-2 text-gray-dark-2 text-small text-uppercase\">Samina Trachier<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                        <\/div><div class=\"ease height-100 padding-2 position-absolute position-top position-left show-on-hover width-100\">\n                            <div class=\"bg-base-color height-100 width-100\">\n                                <div class=\"display-table height-100 width-100\">\n                                    <div class=\"display-table-cell no-padding-tb padding-11 vertical-align-middle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/saminatrachier\/\"><span class=\"display-block font-family-alt letter-spacing-2 text-medium text-uppercase text-white\">Samina Trachier<\/span><\/a><span class=\"display-block font-family-alt letter-spacing-1 text-small text-uppercase text-white\">Co-organizer for the lead team<\/span><div class=\"margin-6 no-margin-bottom no-margin-rl text-medium text-white\">Samina Trachier joined NumFOCUS in 2021 as an Events &amp; Digital Marketing Coordinator. Before joining NumFOCUS, Samina was active in the Austin, TX events industry and acted as the Media Communications Coordinator for The OpenAir Collective. She\u2019s a graduate of New York University where she received a BFA in Game Design.<\/div><\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<div class=\"ova_speaker features-box \">\n                    <div class=\"overflow-hidden position-relative width-100\">\n\n                        <div class=\"position-relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pydata.org\/miami2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/OrgCom1.jpeg\" alt=\"Teodor Georgiev\" class=\"img_large\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pydata.org\/miami2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/OrgCom1-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Teodor Georgiev\" class=\"img_small\" \/><\/div><div class=\"bg-gray-light no-padding-rl padding-6 position-relative text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <span class=\"display-block font-family-alt font-weight-700 letter-spacing-2 text-gray-dark-2 text-small text-uppercase\">Teodor Georgiev<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                        <\/div><div class=\"ease height-100 padding-2 position-absolute position-top position-left show-on-hover width-100\">\n                            <div class=\"bg-base-color height-100 width-100\">\n                                <div class=\"display-table height-100 width-100\">\n                                    <div class=\"display-table-cell no-padding-tb padding-11 vertical-align-middle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/georgievt\/\"><span class=\"display-block font-family-alt letter-spacing-2 text-medium text-uppercase text-white\">Teodor Georgiev<\/span><\/a><span class=\"display-block font-family-alt letter-spacing-1 text-small text-uppercase text-white\">Co-organizer for the lead team<\/span><div class=\"margin-6 no-margin-bottom no-margin-rl text-medium text-white\">Teodor Georgiev is a data scientist for Gistia Healthcare. He has almost 10 years of experience in the field. He is passionate about improving data-literacy, and thus organizes PyData Miami. He has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Florida where he also automated image processing for the Interdisciplinary Microsystems Group. This is where his journey into data science began.<\/div><\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div><div class=\"ova_speaker features-box \">\n                    <div class=\"overflow-hidden position-relative width-100\">\n\n                        <div class=\"position-relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pydata.org\/miami2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/tony-tejerino.png\" alt=\"Tony Tijerino\" class=\"img_large\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pydata.org\/miami2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/tony-tejerino-300x300.png\" alt=\"Tony Tijerino\" class=\"img_small\" \/><\/div><div class=\"bg-gray-light no-padding-rl padding-6 position-relative text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <span class=\"display-block font-family-alt font-weight-700 letter-spacing-2 text-gray-dark-2 text-small text-uppercase\">Tony Tijerino<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                        <\/div><div class=\"ease height-100 padding-2 position-absolute position-top position-left show-on-hover width-100\">\n                            <div class=\"bg-base-color height-100 width-100\">\n                                <div class=\"display-table height-100 width-100\">\n                                    <div class=\"display-table-cell no-padding-tb padding-11 vertical-align-middle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tonytijerino\/\"><span class=\"display-block font-family-alt letter-spacing-2 text-medium text-uppercase text-white\">Tony Tijerino<\/span><\/a><span class=\"display-block font-family-alt letter-spacing-1 text-small text-uppercase text-white\">Co-organizer for the lead team<\/span><div class=\"margin-6 no-margin-bottom no-margin-rl text-medium text-white\">Tony is an HR and community leader focused on doing his part to help build a better world of work. He is passionate about this because he believes everyone should live fulfilling lives. For him, this requires that we all have exceptional experiences in the workplace.<\/div><\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<div class=\"ova_speaker features-box \">\n                    <div class=\"overflow-hidden position-relative width-100\">\n\n                        <div class=\"position-relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pydata.org\/miami2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Oleg.jpeg\" alt=\"Oleg Safronov\" class=\"img_large\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pydata.org\/miami2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Oleg-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Oleg Safronov\" class=\"img_small\" \/><\/div><div class=\"bg-gray-light no-padding-rl padding-6 position-relative text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <span class=\"display-block font-family-alt font-weight-700 letter-spacing-2 text-gray-dark-2 text-small text-uppercase\">Oleg Safronov<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                        <\/div><div class=\"ease height-100 padding-2 position-absolute position-top position-left show-on-hover width-100\">\n                            <div class=\"bg-base-color height-100 width-100\">\n                                <div class=\"display-table height-100 width-100\">\n                                    <div class=\"display-table-cell no-padding-tb padding-11 vertical-align-middle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/oleg-safronov\/\"><span class=\"display-block font-family-alt letter-spacing-2 text-medium text-uppercase text-white\">Oleg Safronov<\/span><\/a><span class=\"display-block font-family-alt letter-spacing-1 text-small text-uppercase text-white\">Co-organizer for the lead team<\/span><div class=\"margin-6 no-margin-bottom no-margin-rl text-medium text-white\">Oleg is a Chief Technology Officer at Motorsport Network. Oleg's expertise lies in building startups in such domains as media, e-commerce, and entertainment. He's leading multiple offshore development teams. Oleg is an entrepreneur and obsessed with machine learning and digital transformation.<\/div><\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div><div class=\"ova_speaker features-box \">\n                    <div class=\"overflow-hidden position-relative width-100\">\n\n                        <div class=\"position-relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pydata.org\/miami2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Speaker_Jacob_Jensen.png\" alt=\"Jacob Jensen\" class=\"img_large\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pydata.org\/miami2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Speaker_Jacob_Jensen-300x300.png\" alt=\"Jacob Jensen\" class=\"img_small\" \/><\/div><div class=\"bg-gray-light no-padding-rl padding-6 position-relative text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <span class=\"display-block font-family-alt font-weight-700 letter-spacing-2 text-gray-dark-2 text-small text-uppercase\">Jacob Jensen<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                        <\/div><div class=\"ease height-100 padding-2 position-absolute position-top position-left show-on-hover width-100\">\n                            <div class=\"bg-base-color height-100 width-100\">\n                                <div class=\"display-table height-100 width-100\">\n                                    <div class=\"display-table-cell no-padding-tb padding-11 vertical-align-middle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jacobml\/\"><span class=\"display-block font-family-alt letter-spacing-2 text-medium text-uppercase text-white\">Jacob Jensen<\/span><\/a><span class=\"display-block font-family-alt letter-spacing-1 text-small text-uppercase text-white\">Co-organizer for the lead team<\/span><div class=\"margin-6 no-margin-bottom no-margin-rl text-medium text-white\">Jacob is the founder of Leaky.AI, a company devoted to helping students learn A.I. coding skills. He has spent the last 5 years teaching and mentoring students in A.I. and has over 20 years of enterprise software development experience. He was the Sr. Director of Product Management at Cisco Systems and also held executive positions at VMware and start-ups in the bay area. Jacob has a M.S. in E.E. from Stanford University and a graduate from Stanford\u2019s GSB Executive program.<\/div><\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<div class=\"ova_speaker features-box \">\n                    <div class=\"overflow-hidden position-relative width-100\">\n\n                        <div class=\"position-relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pydata.org\/miami2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Sean-Mondesire-Ph.D.png\" alt=\"Sean Mondesire, Ph.D.\" class=\"img_large\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pydata.org\/miami2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Sean-Mondesire-Ph.D-300x300.png\" alt=\"Sean Mondesire, Ph.D.\" class=\"img_small\" \/><\/div><div class=\"bg-gray-light no-padding-rl padding-6 position-relative text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <span class=\"display-block font-family-alt font-weight-700 letter-spacing-2 text-gray-dark-2 text-small text-uppercase\">Sean Mondesire, Ph.D.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                        <\/div><div class=\"ease height-100 padding-2 position-absolute position-top position-left show-on-hover width-100\">\n                            <div class=\"bg-base-color height-100 width-100\">\n                                <div class=\"display-table height-100 width-100\">\n                                    <div class=\"display-table-cell no-padding-tb padding-11 vertical-align-middle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/seanmondesire\/\"><span class=\"display-block font-family-alt letter-spacing-2 text-medium text-uppercase text-white\">Sean Mondesire, Ph.D.<\/span><\/a><span class=\"display-block font-family-alt letter-spacing-1 text-small text-uppercase text-white\">Co-organizer, PyData Miami<\/span><div class=\"margin-6 no-margin-bottom no-margin-rl text-medium text-white\">Sean is an Assistant Research Professor of Big Data Analytics and Cybersecurity at the University of Central Florida's Institute of Simulation and Training. His research specialties include machine learning and big data analytics, autonomous agent decision-making, high-performance computing for simulation-based training and education, and real-time predictive modeling of large, dynamic systems.<\/div><\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<div class=\"ova_speaker features-box \">\n                    <div class=\"overflow-hidden position-relative width-100\">\n\n                        <div class=\"position-relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pydata.org\/miami2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Rashida-1.jpg\" alt=\"Rashida Sucky\" class=\"img_large\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pydata.org\/miami2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Rashida-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Rashida Sucky\" class=\"img_small\" \/><\/div><div class=\"bg-gray-light no-padding-rl padding-6 position-relative text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <span class=\"display-block font-family-alt font-weight-700 letter-spacing-2 text-gray-dark-2 text-small text-uppercase\">Rashida Sucky<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                        <\/div><div class=\"ease height-100 padding-2 position-absolute position-top position-left show-on-hover width-100\">\n                            <div class=\"bg-base-color height-100 width-100\">\n                                <div class=\"display-table height-100 width-100\">\n                                    <div class=\"display-table-cell no-padding-tb padding-11 vertical-align-middle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rashida-sucky-5b897b43\/\"><span class=\"display-block font-family-alt letter-spacing-2 text-medium text-uppercase text-white\">Rashida Sucky<\/span><\/a><span class=\"display-block font-family-alt letter-spacing-1 text-small text-uppercase text-white\">Assistant Organizer<\/span><div class=\"margin-6 no-margin-bottom no-margin-rl text-medium text-white\">Rashida is a data analyst at Davey Resource Group. Rashida is author, and engineer experienced in Data Analysis, Visualization, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, SQL, and BigQuery. She analyzes data and develops mathematical models. Rashida started as a Civil Engineer. She worked for 5 years in the construction industry and earned an M.S. in the Environment Management and Environmental Engineering. She also worked as a research assistant for three years which sparked her interest in data science, and she completed her M.S. in Applied Data Analytics.<\/div><\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<div class=\"ova_speaker features-box \">\n                    <div class=\"overflow-hidden position-relative width-100\">\n\n                        <div class=\"position-relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pydata.org\/miami2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/brittany-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Brittany Fox\" class=\"img_large\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pydata.org\/miami2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/brittany-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Brittany Fox\" class=\"img_small\" \/><\/div><div class=\"bg-gray-light no-padding-rl padding-6 position-relative text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <span class=\"display-block font-family-alt font-weight-700 letter-spacing-2 text-gray-dark-2 text-small text-uppercase\">Brittany Fox<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                        <\/div><div class=\"ease height-100 padding-2 position-absolute position-top position-left show-on-hover width-100\">\n                            <div class=\"bg-base-color height-100 width-100\">\n                                <div class=\"display-table height-100 width-100\">\n                                    <div class=\"display-table-cell no-padding-tb padding-11 vertical-align-middle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/focusgts\/\"><span class=\"display-block font-family-alt letter-spacing-2 text-medium text-uppercase text-white\">Brittany Fox<\/span><\/a><span class=\"display-block font-family-alt letter-spacing-1 text-small text-uppercase text-white\">Assistant Organizer<\/span><div class=\"margin-6 no-margin-bottom no-margin-rl text-medium text-white\">Brittany Fox is the owner and co-founder of Focus Global Talent Solutions, one of the fastest-growing niche IT staffing agencies in South Florida. She is passionate about changing the way recruitment is done in tech, guaranteeing immediate results upon engagement, and serving clients the best candidates they will ever encounter. As a huge believer in changing the face of technology, Brittany champions and supports women to help them get the roles they deserve.<\/div><\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<div class=\"ova_speaker features-box \">\n                    <div class=\"overflow-hidden position-relative width-100\">\n\n                        <div class=\"position-relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pydata.org\/miami2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/jame_devalon_headshot-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"James Devalon\" class=\"img_large\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pydata.org\/miami2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/jame_devalon_headshot-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"James Devalon\" class=\"img_small\" \/><\/div><div class=\"bg-gray-light no-padding-rl padding-6 position-relative text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <span class=\"display-block font-family-alt font-weight-700 letter-spacing-2 text-gray-dark-2 text-small text-uppercase\">James Devalon<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                        <\/div><div class=\"ease height-100 padding-2 position-absolute position-top position-left show-on-hover width-100\">\n                            <div class=\"bg-base-color height-100 width-100\">\n                                <div class=\"display-table height-100 width-100\">\n                                    <div class=\"display-table-cell no-padding-tb padding-11 vertical-align-middle\"><span class=\"display-block font-family-alt letter-spacing-2 text-medium text-uppercase text-white\">James Devalon<\/span><span class=\"display-block font-family-alt letter-spacing-1 text-small text-uppercase text-white\">Co-host<\/span><div class=\"margin-6 no-margin-bottom no-margin-rl text-medium text-white\">James Devalon is the founder of Devalon Fitness and the co-founder of performance weight management. 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