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xD is an emerging technologies group at the Census Bureau, whose mission is to advance the delivery of data-driven services through new and transformative technologies. WhirlWind has a strong relationship with the Census Bureau and xD, actively recruiting the best and brightest technologists with expertise in emerging technologies that drive data innovation at the Bureau and other federal agencies.

xD started as a group of technology specialists from across the Census Bureau. The first members joined in 2017, when data science, artificial intelligence, and other emerging technologies were in the early stages of deployment. They have since explored creative ways to get funding and continuously bring in talent to build a strong foundation for a team designed to keep pace with the latest trends. xD is quite different from many government programs in the ways the group is funded, how they acquire talent, and how they work on projects.

WhirlWind has been able to help this small, but mighty team with building out their fellowship program in support of data management.  xD and WhirlWind collaborated most recently to engage talent from the private sector and recent graduates from top universities for the Emerging Technology Fellowship (ETF) program, or for other roles of service to the government. This fellowship brings together experts in data science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and product management, with innovators across the federal government to solve pressing technology problems, save taxpayer money, and position the Census Bureau as a leader in federal data innovation. The ETF is a way to temporarily bring in people who have fresh ideas and expertise for terms of one to four years. This program maintains an active list of project portfolios at https://www.xd.gov/projects/.

Recruitment for the ETF is fluid and evolves to meet portfolio priorities as the team identifies opportunities for innovation. When new positions are available, the ETF Program Manager will actively recruit for fellows. Fellows join the team for an opportunity to work on proof-of-concept technology projects that will help the Census Bureau be prepared for a more data-driven future. This dynamic xD team of both federal staffers and contractors is made up of experts in all types of emerging technology disciplines, for example, data science, privacy-enhancing technologies, and artificial intelligence, etc.  xD also plays a part in a job rotation program for some of the most talented members of the US Census Bureau workforce.

WhirlWind is proud to be a part of the promise of what xD brings to the Census Bureau!

Join us now to see how you can get engaged.

National Harbor, MD

WhirlWind Technologies today announced they have partnered with CloverDX, the enterprise Data Management Platform company, to further enable Government agencies a path to rapid modernization. This announcement demonstrates WhirlWind’s commitment to the Data Management marketplace by ensuring that their portfolio of products and services can provide real business value to clients.

The CloverDX Data Management Platform facilitates automated data ingestion, multi-cloud data migrations, application integration, real-time data processing, data transformations and data quality management. As a result of this partnership, Whirlwind Technologies reenforces its commitment to the data management marketplace.

WhirlWind Technologies data experts are now armed with additional tools and expertise to help organizations manage complex data management use cases across the lifecycle of their data.

“The ability of our customers to now be able to access, harmonize, transform, process and move data spanning various endpoints and across any cloud or on-premises infrastructure has never been more important as agencies work to modernize, innovate and bring new services to citizens. We are pleased to be working with CloverDX and we look forward to demonstrating the real value this partnership delivers for our clients,” said KoJo Addae-Mintah, CEO, and founder of WhirlWind Technologies.

“Our data management platform offers a mature, well-proven environment for managing data pipelines of any complexity,” said David Pavlis, CEO and Founder of CloverDX, “CloverDX is a great fit to enable WhirlWind’s vision of delivering on a unified architecture to their customers, and we are delighted to have them as a partner to help tackle their customer’s data challenges.”

About CloverDX

CloverDX helps organizations tackle tough data challenges. The CloverDX Data Management Platform brings enterprise automation and a productivity boost to those who want to challenge the status quo and solve hard problems once and for all. CloverDX’s powerful transformation capabilities and focus on automation from A-Z, all backed by a reliable and scalable operations foundation, helps companies build and manage better data pipelines and deliver better data outcomes. Find out more at www.cloverdx.com.

Media Contacts:
Annette Hagood: ahagood@wwindtech.com

Jay Benedetti: jay.benedetti@cloverdx.com

National Harbor, MD

WhirlWind Technologies today announced they have partnered with Databricks, the data and AI company. This announcement reenforces the commitment that Whirlwind has, to solving problems with Big Data infrastructures, analytics, and AI.

Our new Data Management Services will leverage the power of Databricks’ Lakehouse Platform to uncover actionable insights from data

The Lakehouse Platform unifies data teams with an open, scalable platform for data-driven use cases. The Lakehouse architecture unifies data engineering, data science, machine learning and analytics within a single platform.

“At WhirlWind we are committed to helping our customers succeed with Big Data,” said KoJo Addae-Mintah.  “Our experience in large scale data engineering and data science will help shape solutions for the complex data and AI issues we see facing our clients in government today.”

Media Contact:
Annette Hagood: ahagood@wwindtech.com