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Explains and sheds light on the hot but complicated topic of Big Data
Details the building, and growing pains, of a company that Fortune Magazine eventually named "one of the best places to work in America"
Candidly recounts the personal struggle of a business leader determined to keep up with a company threatening to grow beyond his executive ability
The remarkable, inspiring story of a life of problem solving---of trial, error, achievement, and adventure, told by a great storyteller
List of contents
Prologue: The Bad Guys Database
PART ONE: HARDWARE
1. Drive, He Said
2. The Boy Who Might Be Forgotten
3. The Mathematics of Change
PART TWO: SOFTWARE
4. Men in Black
5. Red Sea Change
6. Do or Die
7. Finding the Zone
8. A Theory of Time
PART THREE: BIG DATA
9. Like a Weed
10. Green Fields
11. Marriage on My Mind
12. Turning Points
13. Theater of War
14. Dawn of the Lost Decade
15. The Long Goodbye
Epilogue: Full Circle
About the author
Charlie Morgan grew up in Somerville, Tennessee and worked in banking throughout his 45-year professional career retiring from JP Morgan Chase in 2014. He has a B.S. in Management of Technology and is a Certified information Systems Auditor and Certified Information Security Manager. After retiring, he and his wife began second careers as small business owners. They own and operate two private pre-school franchises located in Texas.
Morgan said, "For years, I heard the stories and read the newspaper accounts of the US Navy exploits of my grandfather Charles Gunner Morgan. Originally, I had only his detailed scrapbook with hundreds of newspaper clippings. Then, I discovered in the bottom of his old sea chest many more documents, and two of those were signed by American presidents. This led me to begin researching his story and searching for a writer to help me tell the story. Eventually, I found my childhood friend Jacque Hillman, author and publisher, and we began the project to tell the story of Gunner Morgan."
Charlie and Paula have four children and three grandchildren.
www.gunnermorgan.com
Summary
I didn t set out to become a collector of your and your neighbors information. When I was growing up, nobody but egghead scientists talked about data. It was the mechanical age, and I was a gadget geek, taking apart my cousin s toys and trying to put them back together again. I was especially crazy about cars and engines, and had it not been for a
Foreword
hanks to Edward Snowden and the N.S.A., “Big Data” is a hot---and controversial---topic these days. In Charles D. Morgan’s lively memoir, "Matters of Life and Data", he shows that data gathering itself is neither good nor bad---it’s how it’s used that matters. But Big Data isn’t the whole story here---Morgan is also a champion race car driver, a jet pilot, and an all-around gadget-geek-turned-business-visionary. Life is about solving the problems we’re faced with, and Charles Morgan’s life has been one of trial, error, and great achievement. His story will inspire all who read it.
