Seth Familian
Founder + Principal, Familian&1
AUTOMATING
BIG DATA
INTRODUCTION
SETH FAMILIAN
FOUNDER + PRINCIPAL, FAMILIAN&1
2
Corporate Strategy User Experience Design
Creative ProcraftinationTeaching + Education
Growth Hacking
AUTOMATING BIG DATA
THE
ANALYTICS
PROCESS
3
“Long” Data
AUTOMATING BIG DATA
THE “OLD SCHOOL” APPROACH
4
Raw 

“Header”

File
2
1
Affiliates
Lookup File
Update Loop
Summary Index
saved
searches
scheduled
searches
TRANSFORM
Instantly

Generates
EXTRACT LOAD
Channel

Dashboards
AUTOMATING BIG DATA
SEGMENT-CLEARBIT ENRICHMENT
5
RAW DATA EXTRACT
Core Website
Enrichment of
email addresses
AUTOMATING BIG DATA
“NEW SCHOOL” EXAMPLE 1
6
RAW DATA EXTRACT LOADTRANSFORM
Traffic Sources 

& Session Stats
RAW DATA
Behavioral Segments,
Funnels, Retention &
LTV
EXTRACT
Additional aggregation
and data refinement
Core Website
Social Engagement Footprint
Unified social

footprint metrics
Enrichment of
email addresses
CRM data store for
easy segmentation +
analysis
Additional context 

on Twitter followers
More flexible segments,
funnels + retention
metrics
AUTOMATING BIG DATA
“NEW SCHOOL” EXAMPLE 2
7
LOAD
Custom
dashboards
synced with
70+ APIs
Traffic Sources 

& Session Stats
Realtime (RT)
TRANSFORMRAW DATA EXTRACT
Core Website
Social Engagement Footprint
heavy-duty query tools already in place
App Databases
Custom aggregation scripts
Postgres or
Redshift DB
Daily
Pull
Internally-reported metrics
summarized for triangulation
Daily CSV
Behavioral segmentation 

+ in-app messaging
RT
Behavioral Segments,
Funnels, Retention & LTV
RT
Unified social

footprint metrics
Unified app downloads
& ratings metrics
App Store Activity
email address
enrichment
AUTOMATING BIG DATA 8
MORE
ADVANCED
AUTOMATION
DISCUSSION TIME
WORKING WITH BIG DATA 9
QUESTIONS · FEEDBACK · IDEAS · INSIGHTS
A BIT ABOUT ME 10MY GENERAL ASSEMBLY WORKSHOPS
THANK YOU
KEEP IN TOUCH!
11
SETH@FAMILIAN1.COM · @SETHFAM1

Automating Big Data (Dec-2016)

  • 1.
    Seth Familian Founder +Principal, Familian&1 AUTOMATING BIG DATA
  • 2.
    INTRODUCTION SETH FAMILIAN FOUNDER +PRINCIPAL, FAMILIAN&1 2 Corporate Strategy User Experience Design Creative ProcraftinationTeaching + Education Growth Hacking
  • 3.
  • 4.
    “Long” Data AUTOMATING BIGDATA THE “OLD SCHOOL” APPROACH 4 Raw 
 “Header”
 File 2 1 Affiliates Lookup File Update Loop Summary Index saved searches scheduled searches TRANSFORM Instantly
 Generates EXTRACT LOAD Channel
 Dashboards
  • 5.
    AUTOMATING BIG DATA SEGMENT-CLEARBITENRICHMENT 5 RAW DATA EXTRACT Core Website Enrichment of email addresses
  • 6.
    AUTOMATING BIG DATA “NEWSCHOOL” EXAMPLE 1 6 RAW DATA EXTRACT LOADTRANSFORM Traffic Sources 
 & Session Stats RAW DATA Behavioral Segments, Funnels, Retention & LTV EXTRACT Additional aggregation and data refinement Core Website Social Engagement Footprint Unified social
 footprint metrics Enrichment of email addresses CRM data store for easy segmentation + analysis Additional context 
 on Twitter followers More flexible segments, funnels + retention metrics
  • 7.
    AUTOMATING BIG DATA “NEWSCHOOL” EXAMPLE 2 7 LOAD Custom dashboards synced with 70+ APIs Traffic Sources 
 & Session Stats Realtime (RT) TRANSFORMRAW DATA EXTRACT Core Website Social Engagement Footprint heavy-duty query tools already in place App Databases Custom aggregation scripts Postgres or Redshift DB Daily Pull Internally-reported metrics summarized for triangulation Daily CSV Behavioral segmentation 
 + in-app messaging RT Behavioral Segments, Funnels, Retention & LTV RT Unified social
 footprint metrics Unified app downloads & ratings metrics App Store Activity email address enrichment
  • 8.
    AUTOMATING BIG DATA8 MORE ADVANCED AUTOMATION
  • 9.
    DISCUSSION TIME WORKING WITHBIG DATA 9 QUESTIONS · FEEDBACK · IDEAS · INSIGHTS
  • 10.
    A BIT ABOUTME 10MY GENERAL ASSEMBLY WORKSHOPS
  • 11.
    THANK YOU KEEP INTOUCH! 11 SETH@FAMILIAN1.COM · @SETHFAM1