
Hima Vasudevan
Hima Vasudevan is a Data Scientist based out of the Chicago office. She is part of the Emerging Technologies team and focusses on developing course content. Hima joined IBM in 2016 as an Analytics Data Scientist Intern and worked on a data mining project to predict power outages related to storms using IBM SPSS Modeler. She is specialized in data mining and databases and has published a Thesis in Data Mining titled 'Effectively Updating Co-location Patterns in Evolving Databases'. She has a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Engineering and Masters in Applied Computer Science from Purdue University.

Rav Ahuja
Rav Ahuja is a Senior Manager with IBM Canada Lab specializing in AI, Data Science and Big Data analytics. He is part of the Emerging Technologies team and is involved in incubating solutions for Data Scientists and Analytics Professionals. Rav is also a co-founder of Cognitive Class (CC) and leads the work on CC partnerships and offerings for businesses. He presents at events worldwide and has authored numerous papers, articles, books and courses on subjects in managing and analyzing data. Rav holds B. Eng. from McGill University and MBA from Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario.

Raul F. Chong
Raul F. Chong is a Senior Program Manager based at the IBM Toronto Laboratory. Raul joined IBM in 1997 and has held numerous positions in the company. Raul has taught many DB2 workshops, has published numerous articles, and has contributed to the DB2 Certification exam tutorials. Raul is the lead author of the book Understanding DB2 - Learning Visually with Examples 2nd Edition (ISBN-10: 0131580183). Raul co-founded BDU and has started BDU meetups worldwide.