ABOUT US
The New Jersey Big Data Alliance (NJBDA) was established in 2013 by Rutgers University, along with 8 higher education partners, to catalyze collaboration among New Jersey academia, industry and government in building advanced computing and data analytics capabilities and expertise.
Today, NJBDA is an alliance of higher education institutions, industry corporations and government institutions, that catalyzes collaboration in advanced computing and data analytics research, education, technology and AI.
This unprecedented alliance was recognized in 2014 by the New Jersey State Legislature as “New Jersey’s Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Consortium.” This legislation formalized the partnership among the State’s higher education institutions in building the computational and analytics capabilities and expertise in New Jersey.
Executive Board
| President | Stephen K. Burley – University Professor and Henry Rutgers Chair, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey |
| Executive Director | Peggy Brennan-Tonetta – President, MBT Consulting; Rutgers University (Retired) |
Committee Vice-Presidents
| Academic Membership | Rashmi Jain – Department Chair and Professor of Information & Operations Management, Montclair University |
| Education & Training | Nick Picioccio – Professor of Computer Science, Middlesex College |
| Entrepreneurship | Joseph Sheruda – Public Sector Client Director, Velocity Tech Solutions |
| Research & JBDAI | Jim Samuel – Associate Professor & Executive Director, Master of Public Informatics, Rutgers |
| Government Relations | Catherine Starghill – Vice President of the New Jersey Council of County Colleges, NJCCC |
| Advanced & Emerging Technologies | Forough Ghahramani – Associate Vice President for Research, Innovation, and Sponsored Programs, Edge |
| Marketing & Outreach | Demetrios Roubos – Information Security Officer, Stockton University |
State Partners
| NJ Commission on Science, Innovation & Technology | Judith Sheft, Executive Director |
| NJ Office of Information Technology | Chris Rein, Chief Technology Officer |
| NJ Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell | Mike Geraghty, Chief Information Security Officer |
| NJ Department of Labor | Sabrina Shelton, Secretarial Assistant |
| NJ Economic Development Authority | Doug MacDonald, Technology Innovation Partnerships |
