 My name is Maureen Fitzgerald Norton, and I'm the global leader for the data scientist profession at IBM. With the data science profession evolving at warp speed, the organizations can be left kind of scrambling to figure out how to get that talent and how to assess the talent. And really, once they do, how to train and retain those very valuable employees. And this is happening even more so as artificial intelligence permeates all aspects of business. There is currently a global skills shortage in the technology industry, and particularly for data scientists and artificial intelligence roles. So when all of that talent is identified, organizations are still struggling with how to ascertain the employees that are at varying levels of experience and education. Because as you can tell, when they're handing their mission critical issues over to them, they've got to make sure that the talent is really up for the challenge. Data scientists have been making a huge impact in organizations and in solving some of the most pressing problems in the world. So we see a future that looks very bright for this type of talent, and it's really important that organizations invest in it. So a lot of people are attracted to the role because it is one of the top roles. And organizations really need to focus on how once you get and hire a data scientist, how do you retain them? Data scientists actually really love the work they do, and sometimes organizations don't connect the dots well enough for them to how their work is impacting the strategy and the vision for that company. And data scientists went into that field because they really like to have an impact. The whole point of mining all of that data is to come up with solutions to problems that we really haven't been able to tackle before. So to help organizations end the data scientist, a global certification program is really needed. And this is a professional level certification that the Open Group has recently launched. And that is really designed to take a look at the holistic individual. What are the skills and experiences? What kind of problems has the data scientist solved? And it's a professional level certification, much like architects and IT specialists can earn today from the Open Group. And this is really designed to help the organizations understand the level of the certifications for the data scientist and also to help the data scientist differentiate themselves and demonstrate through this peer-reviewed process the kinds of business problems that they have solved and the methodologies they've used. So the hope is that this program from the Open Group, which is a first of a kind, is going to really have an impact for the data science community and be able to help organizations drive the insights that they really need going forward to be better positioned for the future.