David Pope

David leads the pre-sales technical team for SAS US Energy which solves business problems in the Oil & Gas and Utilities industries using advanced analytics. He earned a BS in Industry Engineering and a Computer Programming Certificate from North Carolina State University. He enjoys growing others' careers, mentoring, and sharing information. He has over 29 years of business experience working with SAS across R&D, IT, Sales and Marketing in the Americas and Europe. He is an expert in working with data and producing insights through the use of analytics. David has presented at SAS Global Forum, the 2012 SAS Government Leadership Summit, IBM’s Information on Demand(IOD), EMC World, CTO Summit Conferences, is the author of the book: “Big Data Analytics with SAS”, and he currently holds 14 patents for SAS in several countries: US, CA, Norway, UK, China, and Hong Kong. He also has the honor of serving as the chairman for the all volunteer Advisory Board for the UNC Center of Excellence in Community Health.