Located in San Francisco Bay Area, Kent Langley is a hands on entrepreneur and big data/data science systems and operations expert. He focuses on building/assisting companies wanting to deploy scalable distributed systems and effective technology teams.

As a faculty member at Singularity University Kent teaches Big Data/Data Science and Exponential Organizations to groups including the most senior executives of several F100 companies. He teaches, mentors and advises at SU for the Executive Program Participants, the Graduate Studies Program and custom corporate programs around the world. Recent lectures include companies such as Dow Agrosciences, Ernst and Young Irish Entrepreneur of the Year, Grupo Brescia, Bayer, IAG, AB Inbev, Ingersol-Rand, and The Coca-Cola Company.

Designing, building, and operating the teams, processes and technologies that run complex distributed cloud native systems for companies is Kent’s passion. A recent list of startups he has done this for are nScaled, Revinate, Zignal Labs, Direct Dermatology, Ekho and Invicta Medical. As a consultant Kent has designed and recent work for large organizations like Dell, Autodesk and CA Lottery.

Kent’s most recent research is in two key areas searching for future opportunities. One, the impact and potential disruption that data and its use or lack thereof can have on corporations small and large. Two, the growth, impact and opportunities associated with the Internet of Things and Block Chain.

Specialties: Big Data/Data Science, Exponential Technology Disruption, Data Analytics, Social Media, Distributed Systems, Cloud Native Applications, Cloud Computing, Technology Operations, Scalability, Technology Start Ups, Exponential Organizations.