Decoding Jeff Jonas, Wizard of Big Data

His inventions (he has about a hundred to his credit) are based on programs that "data mine" torrents of information into usable form formulated with a cunning purpose: What can the data tell you that you didn't think to ask? The applications for these programs include fingering potential terrorists, catching fraudulent behavior in casinos, smoking out evidence of global money laundering, and reuniting families separated by natural disasters. He also created a newly hatched system that can potentially flag possible asteroid collisions over a 25-year arc.