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{{short description|Canadian software developer researcher and entrepreneur}}
{{Distinguish|Dave Thomas (programmer)}}
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=== Agile, Big Data, Fast Data ===
Thomas has guided several startups in Big Data and Fast Data, including [https://kx.com kx]. His own R&D operation in Ottawa, Bedarra Labs, is now the R&D arm of First Derivatives plc, kx's parent company.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bedarra.com/company_release.html |title=Bedarra Research Labs Company Overview |publisher=Bedarra.com |date= |accessdate=2020-01-30 |archive-date=2017-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510230634/http://www.bedarra.com/company_release.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
=== YOW conferences ===
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In 2008, he brought a conference much like JAOO to Australia. English speakers tended to spell out the acronym, while Danes and Germans pronounced the name "Yow". As the conference became less Java-oriented, the decision was made to remove all doubt and call it simply YOW. In Europe, JAOO was renamed GOTO conference in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gotocon.com/aboutjaoo/ |website=GOTO conference |title=About GOTO |access-date=2020-06-10}}</ref>
There are now Yow conferences and other events every year in several Australian and Asian cities.
== Awards ==
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