Anderson Speaks at Google: “Free Harmonized Data to the People”

KnowledgePlex CEO Troy Anderson delivered a Google Tech Talk on the history, mission and future of DataPlace. He described the many challenges of collecting, organizing, classifying and displaying data online. We encourage you to watch the Google Video of the Tech Talk and visit DataPlace.org to see how data can empower stories.

Google’s abstract of Troy’s Tech Talk
Organizing the world’s information is great, but you end up with a lot of GIGO. While technology can clean up some things, without human intervention, you’re still going to be left wanting. See what happens when cleaned up geodata meets some of the more pressing problems facing society today; and the humorous, or less humorous side, of what happens when you don’t bother.

Troy Anderson, CEO of KnowledgePlex, Inc.
Troy joined the Fannie Mae Foundation in 2002 to re-launch and grow the Foundation’s KnowledgePlex and DataPlace initiatives. Troy brings a diverse set of experiences to this venture. He was Vice-President/Co-Founder of CEDCO, his Native American tribe’s economic development corporation; Management Consultant at Keane; President of StockMaster (an online financial site, which was acquired by Red Herring); and Senior Vice-President of IT & Interactive at the Industry Standard.

About KnowledgePlex, Inc
Operating as a nonprofit, KnowledgePlex, Inc. seeks to level the playing field with knowledge sharing, content management, local data, and GIS software applications to help our affiliates succeed. Our systems help partners organize and display data efficiently and cost-effectively. We understand local data and metrics, which help our partners operate at their highest level and better tell their story.