Guest speaker: Pat Warner
Director of PR and External Affairs, Waffle House, Inc.

Waffle House prides itself on keeping its 1,900+ locations open 24/7, 365 days a year – even through hurricanes and natural disasters. When a Waffle House goes offline, something major has probably happened in that community. This is why the Federal Emergency Management Agency uses something called the “Waffle House Index” to determine the extent of damage or flooding in an area once a storm hits. The company has established its own Waffle House Storm Center where team members track the latest models from the National Hurricane Center and match them against restaurant locations, providing an indication of impact on those locations and how and where to stage their response teams. As Director of PR and External Affairs, Pat Warner uses data to tell the Waffle House story and help get resources where they can do the most good. Pat has over 19 years of experience in communications at Waffle House and earned his B.S. in Broadcast Journalism from Middle Tennessee State University..

#DataInTheATL is a speaker series hosted by Georgia State University Library that connects the university community with prominent members of the Atlanta data community. Invited speakers show the importance of data science in making informed decisions and how they use data analysis and expertise in their daily work.

Location: CURVE, Georgia State University Library, 2nd floor of Library South, 103 Decatur Street SE, Atlanta, GA 30303. Map it.