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Exclusive News From BOEING WATCH U.S. FLY Big Data + Boeing = Breakthrough By Stefan Karisch, Director of Analytics, Boeing Global Services Photo Credit: The Boeing Company Big Data + Boeing = Breakthrough T Stefan E. Karisch Watch U.S. Fly www.watchusfly.com Director of Analytics Boeing Global Services 18 NORTHWEST AEROSPACE NEWS he office space overlooking Boeing Field is often full of the quiet chatter of Boeing employees. In front of a wall covered in bright graphics, several cowork- ers stand together around a monitor, brainstorming solutions to a vexing issue re- lated to processing large amounts of data. Since the completion of a collaboration space on this floor a few years ago, the data scientists, software engineers and other bright minds that support Boeing’s digital solutions and analytics portfolio regularly band together to overcome technical challenges.