Today in IT I met with a variety of people from the different internal teams within the main department. My day was kicked off by an hour long conversational session with the CIO of SAS (Keith) which revolved around technology in the modern day and how SAS is undergoing a global change. My favorite parts of the day was when I got to spend time with one of my hosts who actually played professional basketball in Russia and played in college! We talked a lot about the cultural difference between Europe and America, especially revolving around data privacy. Towards the end of the day I attended a presentation on how analytical data can help the world in regards to social quality. There was a lot of discussion on how SAS can help with natural disaster, police brutality and poverty in general.
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