Dan Kenshalo has joined Black Knight Financial Services [1] as the head of the Data & Analytics division’s Innovation Laboratory, the company announced.
Heading up the laboratory, Kenshalo will work in support of the Data & Analytics group’s Advisory Solutions and Data Sciences team.
Before joining Black Knight, Kenshalo was a senior associate at Booz Allen Hamilton, where he led a large professional services consulting team with a focus across multiple industries. His experience includes extensive knowledge of Hadoop technology, an open-sourced software framework for data storage and large-scale processing that makes it possible to analyze large datasets to reveal trends.
He also spent 12 years supporting the U.S. Department of Defense in designing and developing multi-petabyte systems for storing and accessing massive amounts of data.
“Dan brings a wealth of experience in both consulting, systems and technology that can help our clients with a wide array of challenges, including the analysis, storage and processing of rapidly growing datasets,” said Kevin Coop, president of Black Knight’s Data & Analytics division.