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Conference Hours
August 2 - 9am - 5:15pm
August 3 - 9am - 7:30pm
August 4 - 9am - 5:15pm
August 5 - 9am - 3:45pm
Expo Hall Hours
August 3 - 10am - 6:30pm
August 4 - 10am - 4pm
Registration Hours:
August 2 - 7:30am - 5pm
August 3 - 8am - 6:30pm
August 4 - 8am - 5pm
August 5 - 8am - 3pm
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Derek Preston
Chief Technology Officer
Mirago
Derek was a founder member of the Mirago team and is in charge of steering
Mirago's research and development strategy. As Chief Technology Officer he
is responsible for the indexing, search and advertising systems used by
Mirago. Prior to Mirago, he led the project to develop Compsoft's flagship
client server relational database products. His experience ranges from
Assembler to C++ and spans two decades of developing data analysis and data
management software.
Colleagues recollect hearing Derek say in 1996 "...what I would find really
interesting is to get the chance to manipulate huge amounts of data...".
Well, he certainly got his wish. Today he tends to spend his time crunching
data on Terabyte servers, whilst discussing the intricacies of the search
algorithms and the latest attempts to spam the index. Bliss!
Derek also tends to be the public face of Mirago at the various Search
Engine conferences and SEO meetings. If you meet him at one of those events,
he will happily talk to you for hours about the pleasures of indexing
"...huge amounts of data...".
Outside of work, Derek's interests include coral reef and wreck diving with
family who live in Bermuda and cross country cycling in the UK. At weekends
in the summer he can be found cooking a barbeque for family and friends,
together with Pimm's No 1... of course!
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For information or complete details on exhibiting or any sponsorship opportunity please contact Frank Fazio, Jr. at ses@jupitermedia.com or call (203) 662-2976.
For registration help or information, please email our Registration Department at registration@jupitermedia.com or call 203-662-2857.
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