Mark Whitehorn specialises in Analytics and Data Science.
Mark works with national and international companies, designing Data Science solutions. In addition to his consultancy practice he has also acted as an expert witness in cases of patent infringement and for the police in cases of computer fraud.
He is a
well-recognised commentator on the computer world. He is a regular
contributor to The Register, has written numerous white papers and
also eleven books on databases and analytics. The first one, Inside
Relational Databases has been selling well since it was published in 1997
and is now in its third edition. It has also been translated into three
languages.
Mark is also an associate with QA Ltd. He has developed several of the company's courses (data science and big data course, database analysis and design, MDX, Dimensional modelling) and teaches them all.
On the academic side, Mark is the emeritus Professor of Analytics at the University of Dundee where he designed and runs a Masters course in Data Science. There he also works with the prestigious Lamond labs. applying Analytics and Data Science to proteomics.
For relaxation he collects, restores and races historic cars which keeps him out of too much trouble. He only wears a tie under duress, doesn't possess a suit that fits and unashamedly belongs to the beard-and-sandals school of computing.