Robert C. Cain (http://arcanecode.com) is a Microsoft MVP, MCTS Certified
in BI, and is the owner of Arcane Training and Consulting, LLC. He is a
course author for Pluralsight, team member at Linchpin People, and
co-author of 4 books.
A popular speaker, Robert has presented at events such as the SQL PASS
Summit, TechEd, CodeStock, and numerous SQL Saturdays. Robert has over 25
years' experience in the IT industry, working in a variety of fields
including manufacturing, insurance, teleco
... moremmunications, and nuclear power.
Amruta is an experienced Data Analyst with over 12 years of experience in interpreting and analyzing data to drive successful business outcomes. She loves tackling hard problems using data manipulation as her superpower and has worked with market leaders from various fields including Standard & Poors, McDonalds, Mondelez International, General Electric, AMD and Beam Suntory.
Amruta is passionate about both teaching and learning and believes “The purpose of life is to discover your gift. The work
... more of life is to develop it. The meaning of life is to give your gift away”.
Amruta has an undergrad in Statistics and a Masters in Computer Science. She speaks English, Hindi and Marathi and codes in VBA, Python and R
Jared Westover is a Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert in Data Management and Analytics. When he started his education, he didn’t consider any other field than computers. Jared has been working with technology for over 15 years. He focuses on SQL Server and finding ways to tell inspiring stories with raw data. Technology became his first love while working on a Tandy back in the ’80s. Undertaking an epic quest, Jared wanted nothing more than to design video games using C. Working with data giv
... morees Jared a chance to combine his passions for technology and creativity. Tracking data, whether steps taken or money spent, has become an obsession. He loves spending time with his wonderful wife Amanda and three children in his spare time. Jared enjoys lifting weights, along with a good Netflix binge.
Alex is a Business Intelligence Developer that specializes in SSRS. She is very passionate when it comes to data and reporting.
She has particular expertise in writing T-SQL queries for extracting, loading and transforming data for reports. She has developed various types of reports such as complex drill down & drill through reports, matrix reports, sub reports, letters, charts and dashboards using SQL Reporting Services (SSRS) based on relational databases.
She has valuable experience in le
... moreading a team, project management and resource planning, client requirement analysis, report development, coding, debugging, testing, deployment, support and maintenance of business applications using SQL Server and SSRS.
Outside of work, she enjoys playing Pokemon Go, dancing Zumba, and watching anime. She also enjoys watching horror movies with her family.
Javier loves business intelligence and is always interested in continuous learning about anything in the world of data. Query tuning and query optimization are some of his strengths. He has a background in all business intelligence processes, from the data design and modeling to the visualization, through extraction and transformation with ETL processes. Javier has experience in several ETL or reporting tools, but specializes in the Microsoft BI Suite. Javier is always open to new challenges!
Venkatesh Muniyandi is a passionate IT professional having over 15 years of experience in BI, Big Data, Web & Cloud technologies. He has worked with prestigious clients like Microsoft, Bank of America, Accenture, etc in various roles and responsibilities. He believes in learning through sharing knowledge. Venkatesh is passionate in teaching and also he is an active contributor in Stack Overflow. He believes in providing training content that is aligned with practical software development job ski
... morells. His courses are focused on real-time skills/topics to make students productive at a fast pace to contribute to software development activities.
Stacia Misner Varga is an instructor, author, and principal consultant of Data Inspirations. Her career spans more than 30 years, with a focus on improving business practices through technology. Since 2000, she has provided consulting and education services for Microsoft’s data platform and authored or co-authored many books covering this topic. In addition, Stacia has been a frequent speaker over the years at technology conferences worldwide.
Gerald Britton is a Pluralsight author and expert on Python programming practices and Microsoft SQL Server development and administration. A multiple-year of the Microsoft MVP award, Gerald has led introductory classes in Python and SQL for industry-sponsored events at Ryerson University, Toronto and the University of Toronto (his alma mater).
Thomas LeBlanc (Microsoft Data Platform MVP) is a Data Enthusiast in Baton Rouge, La. He started his IT career as a COBOL programmer in 1989 while at LSU. Since then he has spent years as a developer, DBA and Data Warehousing/Business Intelligence Architect. Community involve includes the local SQL Server and Analytics User Groups as well as SQLSaturday. Speaking engagements have been a blessing at SQL Pass Summit, Live 360, VSLive and IT Dev Connections.
Viktor has been working with the Microsoft data platform for many years now. He is a Cloud Data Architect, having worked with the largest enterprise customers in different roles. His experience covers widespread knowledge in data engineering, database administration, database development and consulting. Viktor owns several Microsoft Azure certifications as well as an MCSA certification for SQL Server. He is keen to learn new technologies and he is a lifelong learner. In his latest role, he prima
... morerily works with the modern Azure data platform, including Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Databricks, Delta Lake, Spark and Power BI. His main professional interests are the ever changing cloud data ecosystems, but also machine learning and everything data in general.
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