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Christian Rudder Chats OK Cupid & Data in A Continueing Series Sponsored by The Arts + Business Council

February 24, 2015 by HughE Dillon 1 Comment

On the morning of February 10th the
Arts + Business Council hosted OkCupid Co-Founder and President
Christian Rudder at Philadelphia Performing Arts: A String Theory
Charter School. Rudder discussed his innovative approach to researching
data through the lens of a demographer.

Steven Haas, Esq. Co-Chair, Corporate Practice Group, Cozen O’Connor, Zack Seward, Editor-in-Chief, Technical.ly,
OkCupid Co-Founder and President Christian Rudder and Karin Copeland, Executive Director of
the
Arts + Business Council
 Before Rudder spoke to a general admission crowd a VIP/Sponsor breakfast was held.

  Title Sponsor – Cozen O’Connor
Co-Sponsors – CapTech Ventures, Inc., Comcast Business, Independence Blue Cross, KPMG, Safeguard Scientifics, University City Science Center
Media Partner – Technical.ly
Host Sponsor: String Theory Schools
In Partnership with: Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce
Services provided by: Yorn
 Karin Copeland, Executive Director of
the
Arts + Business Council

 Christian Rudder Chats OK Cupid and how data plays a key role in determining how romantic matches are made in the dating world. It was quite fascinating, and surprising to those in attendance, especially the singles looking for love that other OK Cupid members vote on your photo on a scale from 1 – 5 how hot or not you are. If you consistently are voted a 1 or 2, then you will never be in the category to meet a 5. Rudder also went on to discuss how men prioritize a women’s look higher than all other qualities, where women are looking for much more than just a pretty face. 
Another clue to being match up with more potential soul mates: Read Your OK Cupid mail. If you’re not opening those emails than OK Cupid may think you’re not as interesting as you think you are. PS THERE’s nothing they can do from preventing the sender from seeing you open the email. He says they understand that that is why some people are reluctant to open the emails, but it is a double edge sword. Data it helps run the site for matches, and it helps raise your status for the potential white picket fence and 2.5 kids.
OkCupid’s Christian Rudder speaks during a Q&A session with Technical.ly’s Zack Seward.
Rudder is currently on tour promoting his book, Dataclysm: Who We Are (When No One’s Looking)

Then audience members heard from a
panel of local data experts who dive into data on a daily basis to learn
more about their customers and practices. Panelists included moderator
Vicki Boykis, Data Scientist, eMoneyAdvisor LLC;
Todd Homa, Data Architect & Sr. Manager, CapTech; Gary Kurtzman,
MD, Managing Director, Safeguard Scientifics; and Somesh Nigam, Ph.D.,
Sr. VP and Chief Informatics Officer, Independence Blue Cross.

Christian Rudder is touring the country promoting his book, Dataclysm: Who We Are (When No One’s Looking)

 The Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia (ABC)
strengthens the creative sector, including arts, culture and for-profit
creative businesses, by engaging the business, legal & technology
communities, providing capacity-building services, and serving as a
thought leader and a convener. ABC, with the support of the Greater
Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, is uniquely positioned to actively
connect the creative sector with the business, legal and technology
communities.

They have great networking events, innovated speaker series and educational programs that you will enjoy.

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