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, the NJBDA is a consortium of 36 higher education institutions and Edge, as well as industry and government members, that builds and leverages collaborations to increase competitiveness, generate a highly skilled workforce, drive innovation and catalyze data-driven economic growth for New Jersey.
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 Committee
Executive Board
| President | Stephen K. Burley – University Professor and Henry Rutgers Chair |
| Treasurer | Peggy Brennan-Tonetta – President, MBT Consulting; Rutgers University (Retired) |
| Administrative Director | Selenny Fabre – Director of Research for YWCC, Office of Sponsored Research, New Jersey Institute of Technology |
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, PruTech Solutions |
| Research | 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 |
| Technology | Forough Ghahramani – Associate Vice President for Research, Innovation, and Sponsored Programs, Edge |
| Marketing | Demetrios Roubos – Information Security Officer, Stockton University |
Contact Information for State Partners – CSIT, OIT, CCIC, EDA, DOL
- NJ Commission on Science, Innovation & Technology, Judith Sheft, Executive Director, jsheft@njcsit.gov
- NJ Office of Information Technology – Chris Rein christopher.rein@tech.nj.gov
- NJ Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell – Mike Geraghty mgeraghty@cyber.nj.gov
- NJ Economic Development Authority – TBD
- NJ Department of Labor – Sabrina Shelton sabrina.shelton@dol.nj.gov