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.
Matt is a DevOps engineer and solution architect with over 10 years of experience in systems administration, architecture and design, primarily in the on-premises data center. He has a new found passion for Cloud and DevOps processes, tools and techniques and enjoys helping customers and the community realize value from technology. Over the past several years Matt has experienced first-hand the power of the communities within the wider IT industry and enjoys learning from others and, where possi
... moreble, giving back. Matt has presented at several conferences in Australia and America and has been a VMware vExpert since 2016. Outside of the tech life, his 2 young children keep him busy and when time permits he indulges his love of music by picking up one of his guitars and making everyone around him wish they had ear plugs!
Jason Browning is a data and analytics professional with extensive experience in both the public and private sector, currently serving as the chief data officer at Montana State University. As a Tableau Desktop Certified Professional, Jason loves to build data visualizations that both inform and inspire. He is capable of wrangling messy data both inside and outside of Tableau, and using SQL to perform complex queries. He holds a Ph.D. in higher education administration from the University of Wy
... moreoming. He loves to interrogate information systems with SQL to answer business questions and satisfy his data consumers. Jason lives in Bozeman, Montana, with his wife and two canine companions, and loves to get outdoors or do woodworking. Even in these pursuits, he is looking for the next data viz inspiration!
Janani has a Masters degree from Stanford and worked for 7+ years at Google. She was one of the original engineers on Google Docs and holds 4 patents for its real-time collaborative editing framework. After spending years working in tech in the Bay Area, New York, and Singapore at companies such as Microsoft, Google, and Flipkart, Janani finally decided to combine her love for technology with her passion for teaching. She is now the co-founder of Loonycorn, a content studio focused on providing
... morehigh-quality content for technical skill development.
Wes Higbee is passionate about helping companies achieve remarkable results with technology and software. He’s had extensive experience developing software and working with teams to improve how software is developed to meet business objectives. Wes launched Full City Tech to leverage his expertise to help companies delight customers.
Although his primary focus is on outcomes, implementation often includes technical competency. Wes frequently speaks about impactful aspects of software developm
... moreent including effective automated testing, database delivery automation, distributed version control, refactoring, aesthetics of code, continuous integration, and continuous delivery. He speaks professionally to help organizations improve and volunteers at user groups, code camps, and community organizations.
He’s a Pluralsight author. He writes extensively about both technical and non-technical aspects of software development. His written work includes articles featured on VeraSage, MSDN Magazine, InfoQ, and JetBrain’s TeamCity Blog. He’s been interviewed on The Businessology Show and Art of Value about how important value is in software development. And, he occasionally gets highly technical in a shared screencast or webinar.
Vlad is an Office 365 consultant helping organizations get the most out their Microsoft 365 Digital Workplace. IT Professional at heart, Vlad focuses on helping administrators deploy, manage, automate, and configure governance across services such as SharePoint, OneDrive for Business, and Microsoft Teams.
As an author, Microsoft Certified Trainer and recognized international speaker, Vlad has helped over a million IT Professionals and end-users across the globe to better understand and to ge
... moret the most out of Office 365 and the greater Microsoft 365 platform. Vlad is the author of three SharePoint books published by Apress and over 25 courses on Pluralsight covering Microsoft 365, Azure, and the Power Platform.
Maaike is trainer and software developer. She founded training agency Brightboost in 2014 and spends most of her days and nights working and learning. Training gives her the opportunity to combine her love for software development with her passion to help others boost their careers and be successful. She has trained professionals in the field of Java, Spring, C#, Python, Scrum, React and Angular. A lot of her time is spend staying up-to-date with the latest developments in her field. Next to the
... more practical training and programming experience, Maaike has a lot of experience with short technical consulting projects and providing learning solutions for complex software development departments.
Avdhesh Gaur is a Senior Data Scientist, an instructor, an author, a storyteller and consultant as well when it comes to bringing insights out of data and presenting the story behind. His career spans more than 10 years with a focus on taking down various business requirements by building Data-driven BI models using Tableau, SQL, Hive, and numerous Statistical data analysis Techniques. Avdhesh Gaur got one of his submissions to Tableau accepted on 7th January 2019. On average, only 1 out of ev
... moreery 10000 tableau public profile holders can achieve this feat marking him under the top 0.01% of the profound Tableau Authors, when it comes to creating efficient dashboards with tableau. Even though, He has authored numerous courses covering the fundamentals of data visualization. There was a time when he couldn't figure out, What's something new that he can do tomorrow. That's why he feels immense joy in creating and sharing the content that can help us learn something new each day.
Ben is a Power BI & Data Specialist with a healthy interest in Microsoft BI and planning tools. He has over 30 years of customer and implementation experience, has been a Microsoft MVP for 14 years, is a frequent speaker at several European conferences, and blogs and creates videos on a semi-regular basis. He is actively engaged in providing consultancy to UK FTSE companies, and co-runs the Manchester Power BI User Group.
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
A highly technical, marketing technology solutions architect with 7 years of experience. Baneen has worked with industry-leading SMEs and enterprise businesses to create and develop marketing automation solutions and roadmaps in line with business requirements. With a data-driven focus and a passion for customer-centric solutions, Baneen specializes in designing and delivering architecturally robust solutions across Marketing Cloud, Personalization, and CDP.
In her spare time, she enjoys cuddli
... moreng her cat, playing the taiko drums and is learning to figure skate!
Currently an IT leader in Denver Colorado's FinTech sector Russ has focused on
database engineering, modelling, administration, and BI since 1997. Russ is a passionate trainer and community volunteer presenting regularly
at tech events and local user groups around the US. In 2019 much of Russ' focus turned to cloud based data lakes specifically on Google BigQuery, and the emerging world of large language models.
Amine is a Data expert with 10+ years in analytics, skilled in SQL, Tableau, Qlik Sense, and Power BI. He excels in making data science accessible by blending technical skills with engaging learning experiences.
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