my name is christie wilson, [speaker not understood] a big data company headquartered [speaker not understood]. we have over 5200 customers worldwide. i mention that specifically because i'm here to strongly lend our support to the creation of a chief data officer position. the existence of the company speaks to the power of [speaker not understood]. there are two main points i'd like to make. one is there is a huge economic opportunity here through the creation of both businesses in the private sector as well as increasing the sort of economic livelihood and opportunities that our citizens face. the second point that i would like to make today is open data is absolutely integral to a modern democracy. we must make data open, accessible, and valuable to all people throughout the world. and san francisco has both the [speaker not understood] because of our proximity being at the heart of technology and also because of our former sort of leadership in this area of really amazing opportunity to continue to search forward and be a leader in that area. so, both personally and also as a representat