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 16 higher education institutions and NJEdge, 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 | Peggy Brennan-Tonetta – Executive Director, Economic Development and Innovation and Associate Director, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, Rutgers University |
Secretary | Edward Chapel – Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Edge |
Treasurer | Manfred Minimair – Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science; Program Director, B.S. Program in Computer Science and Certificate Program in Data Visualization and Analysis, Seton Hall University |
Committee Vice-Presidents
Academic Membership | Adam Scarzafava – Associate Vice President, Marketing and Communications, Edge |
Affiliate Membership | Jessica Paolini, Assistant Director, Economic Development and Innovation, NJ Agricultural Experiment Station, Rutgers University |
Education & Training | Rashmi Jain – Department Chair and Professor of Information and Operations Management, Feliciano School of Business, Montclair State University |
Entrepreneurship | David Belanger, Senior Research Fellow, Stevens Institute |
Research Collaborations | J.D. Jayaraman – Associate Professor, Department of Finance, New Jersey City University |
Government Relations | Matthew Hale – Associate Professor and MPA Program Chair, Department of Political Science and Public Affairs, Seton Hall University |
Advanced Computing Tech | Demetrios Roubos – Associate Director, Information Security, Stockton University |
Marketing and Outreach | Jane Cheng – Faculty, Data Science Institute, St. Peters University |
Contact Information for State Partners – OIT, CCIC, EDA, DOL
- 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 – Richard Kasmin rkasmin@njeda.com
- NJ Department of Labor – Sabrina Shelton sabrina.shelton@dol.nj.gov