Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Virginia Galt
Publication Date: November 12, 2025 - 16:00
Tech pioneer David Keith set out to democratize data
November 12, 2025
In the 1970s, decades before the term Big Data entered the lexicon, computer scientist David Keith revelled in building massive databases and writing comprehensible programming language so users could get the most out of those treasure troves of information.
“He had the idea that data was of value and that he needed to democratize it to make it accessible to people who were not computing professionals. This was unusual at the time,” says software executive Leslie Goldsmith, a protégé and former colleague
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