Data Salon: Systems Thinking, part 1

​An event series for fostering thought leadership across data disciplines and those who work closely with data practitioners. More details on our two featured speakers to come shortly!

​MC'd by Akpanoluo Etteh, Sr. Director of Data Engineering at Arcspan (fmr: Anthropic, Bandcamp) and founder of The Soundshop music salon series, and co-hosted by Michael Bartoli, Founder of Newtown Analytics (fmr: obé Fitness)

​Featured Presenters:

​Maryann Bell is an engineering and design leader with 15+ years in NYC tech, across startups, agencies, and large companies like Adobe. In 2023, she left Adobe to focus on AI and independent projects. Since then, she's been making art, writing, and vibecoding apps with friends. Maryann is OOUX-certified and now mentor and facilitate OOUX workshops at the intersection of UX and AI. Her recent work focuses on how defining system objects and their relationships leads to better, more efficient AI-assisted product development.

Keaton Boyle is a technologist and social scientist. He began his career as a software engineer at Google, served as a fellow in the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition, and currently works as the CTO of Invicta, a software company and consultancy for political campaigns. He has studied at UCLA, the University of Chicago, Harvard, and the New School for Social Research, where he is now pursuing a graduate degree in heterodox economics. His research and practice interests include the way software and data function in social systems, and he will explore how research on numbers in politics can help us understand data system adoption and use.