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About 47Lining

47Lining’s Story

47Lining was founded in 2013 with the intent of driving innovation with cloud-native data and analytics solutions. The leadership team has a rich history of designing and developing enterprise software systems across verticals, including oil and gas, mining, energy, life sciences, gaming, ad tech, retail analytics, financial services, and media and entertainment.

In 2018, Hitachi Vantara — now Hitachi Digital Services — acquired 47Lining. Today, we’re focused on helping industrial enterprises drive business transformation expanding available data, retiring bespoke applications, and adopting cloud-based Enterprise PaaS solutions.

From the start, 47Lining has been focused on delivering cloud-native, microservices-based solutions. As part of our commitment to driving innovation on the cloud, 47Lining works closely with Amazon Web Services (AWS), and is an AWS Premier Consulting Partner with Machine Learning, Data & Analytics, and Solution Provider Competency designations.

Meet Our Leadership Team

Mick Bass

Mick Bass

Vice President

Mick has more than 20 years of experience in the design of distributed systems, as well as the definition, build, and launch of managed service platforms. Over his storied career, he’s held multiple C-level executive positions at various technology and consulting firms and is focused on helping enterprise customers generate value by aligning big data services and capabilities with high-value business problems.

  • BS in Computer Engineering, University of Illinois
  • MS in Management of Technology, MIT
  • AWS Professional-Level Certified Solutions Architect
Brian Lloyd

Brian Lloyd

VP of Engineering

For nearly 20 years, Brian has been designing and delivering robust software solutions for a broad range of technologies for customers across industry verticals, including media, finance, e-commerce, and government. Prior to leading the 47Lining engineering team, he built out large-scale platforms for companies such as Everyday Health.

  • AWS Professional-Level Certified Solutions Architect
Carla Cole

Carla Cole

Vice President

Carla focuses on sales, marketing, and customer success at 47Lining. She partners closely with our customers to translate requirements into big data solutions, helping them solve their most pressing business questions, and optimize ongoing processes. Prior to 47Lining, Carla held a variety of technology development, business, and product management roles, helping launch digital service platforms at Ticketmaster and Hewlett-Packard.

  • AWS Associate-Level Certified Solutions Architect

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