Jim Meyerle is the co-founder of Evolv, a big data company that optimizes workforce performance. As a co-founder at a big data analytics software company, where recruiting talented data scientists and engineers often feels like finding a needle in a haystack, I regularly get asked about lessons learned in building world class, big data-focused R&D teams. Given that the market for these applications has exploded in popularity, I believe it’s critical that companies in this space have a battle plan for how to recruit, develop and retain exceptional big data R&D talent._ We’ve focused on assembling an R&D team with...

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