Brian Godsey leads data science and machine learning efforts at DataStax, in particular product design, strategy and community for real-time AI and ML. Previously, Brian spent 10 years leading data science at a few early stage startups building data-centric products. His education includes a PhD in applied mathematics, specifically building novel statistical models and ML methods for high-dimensional data. Brian is also the author of the book "Think Like a Data Scientist "(Manning, 2017).