Chuck Alvarez — Chief Data Officer at TechTarget

Mr. Chuck Alvarez has been Chief Data Officer at TechTarget, Inc., since April 2015. Mr. Alvarez focuses on TechTarget's Big Data strategy and new initiatives that leverages TechTarget's Deal DataTM to deliver rich demand-side research, analytics and insight to enterprise Information Technology (IT) professionals, IT vendors and institutional investors. He oversees the development of a data warehouse strategy that aggregates the wealth of demand side data that TechTarget possesses by being strategically placed between the IT buyer and seller. He also develops the analytics and visualization capabilities that makes TechTarget a leading industry source for real-time IT spending changes mined by vendor, technology, industry and geography. He is a 28-year veteran of Wall Street and pioneer in distributed computing and analytics. He has held several senior level positions on Wall Street and specializes in integration and realization of business value through the use of data. He was responsible for introducing Big Data analytics practices at Bear Stearns in 2007 and deployed the first Big Data platform at Morgan Stanley. He was a Senior Consultant with Applied Intellect.