Data Alchemy: The Path to Mastery (with Chris Williams, Alteryx Ace & Tableau Ambassador)
Release Date: 12/28/2023
Ep. 57 - With Collin Smith, The Information Lab (Data School Recruiting, Accessibility TUG, Data Skill Building)
Data Ideas
Collin Smith, Director, Data School Operations at The Information Lab US & the Accessibility Tableau User Group Leader joins for a conversation. Collin's LinkedIn Profile: The Data School's website:
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Ep. 56 - With Susan Walsh, The Classification Guru (How & Why to Network, Improving Data Quality, Supplier & Spend Classification)
Data Ideas
Susan Walsh, The Classification Guru, joins to share insights on how & why to network, the importance of improving data quality and the impact of properly classifying supplier and spend data. Find Susan on LinkedIn: Check out Susan's Book "Between the Spreadsheets: Classifying and Fixing Dirty Data:" Susan's company's website, including more info on Samification:
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Ep. 55 - My Weekly Jobs Rundown (Why and How I Create It)
Data Ideas
Quick walk through of why and how I (Dustin) create my weekly jobs rundown post published to LinkedIn. We will be back with another guest next week! My LinkedIn profile and posts can be found here:
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Ep. 54 - With Isaac Tucker-Rasbury (Data Career Planning Tips)
Data Ideas
Data practitioner and career coach Isaac Tucker-Rasbury joins the Data Ideas Podcast for episode 54. LinkedIn: topmate:
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Data Careers Summit "Make Your Mark" - Data Jobs Report (presented by Dustin Schimek)
Data Ideas
Dustin Schimek presents on the latest trends in data analytics related job postings, during the "Data Jobs Report" session at the Data Careers Summit, held in February 2024. You can follow Dustin on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustinschimek/
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Data Careers Summit "Make Your Mark" - Impressing the Hiring Manager - How to Position Yourself (Panel Discussion)
Data Ideas
What are hiring managers looking to hear in interviews for data analytics roles? How do you best position yourself and your experience to get hired? This panel discussion explores the topic and gathers perspectives from those who have been hiring managers for jobs in the data fields. It was held at the Feb 2024 Data Careers Summit, and was moderated by Brandi Beals and Dustin Schimek. Panelists include Tara Lauritsen and Brian Julius. More on each below: is a results-driven data analytics leader with over a decade of experience consulting, leading, and developing all aspects...
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Data Careers Summit "Making Your Mark" - Applied Business Use-Cases (Lightning Talks)
Data Ideas
Cait Sojka and John Heisler give "lightning talks" on applied business use-cases for modern analytics at the Data Careers Summit on Feb 23rd, 2024! Cait's talk focuses on use-cases enabled by Alteryx that you can immediately get started with, while John's talk focuses on using SQL/data engineering skills and how to position yourself. More on Cait: Cait has provided more than 1000 students from 100 different companies with data analytics training. She is Tableau Desktop Analyst certified, a certified Tableau sub-contracted instructor, and is Alteryx Designer Core and Advanced certified. Cait is...
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Data Careers Summit "Make Your Mark" - Building a Portfolio (Lightning Talks)
Data Ideas
Sekou Tyler and Andy Kriebel give "lightning talks" on building a portfolio at the Data Careers Summit on Feb 23rd, 2024! Sekou's talk focuses on building a portoflio using Power BI, while Andy's talk focuses on using Tableau Public. More on Sekou: Sekou Tyler is a self-proclaimed “data geek”: a computer aficionado who combines the scientific elements of data analysis with the narrative properties of data visualization. Sekou is a highly experienced and results-driven data analytics Independent Consultant. With over 10 years of expertise in the field, he has a proven track record of...
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Data Careers Summit "Make Your Mark" - Getting Experience Without Having the Title (Panel Discussion)
Data Ideas
How do you get a first role in data, if you haven't previously had a data related title? This panel discussion explores the topic and real life stories of those that have done it! It was held at the Feb 2024 Data Careers Summit, and was moderated by Laura Venos. Panelists include: Laura Venos (Moderator), Director of Career Services for the MS Business Analytics program at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business Kelly Adams, Data Analyst at Golden Hearts Games Liliana Torres, Data Analyst Leader Jennifer Rash, Solution Consultant for a global software engineering...
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Data Careers Summit "Make Your Mark" - Keynote Session (featuring Eva Murray)
Data Ideas
Eva Murray (Data & Tech Career Coach, Confidence Builder & Startup Advisor) delivers the keynote session at the Data Careers Summit on February 23rd, 2024. Her keynote focused on helping you stand out in the data industry by discovering your own personal niche, unique to you! Eva Murray is an experienced data professional with 13+ years of experience helping organisations make the most of data and technology solutions. She has worked across the spectrum of consulting, industry, and vendor organisations, focusing on data analysis and visualisation as well as data platforms. As a career...
info_outlineAn Alteryx Ace AND Tableau Ambassador? Brandi Beals and I interview the distinguished Chris Williams about his journey to the mastery of two leading technologies.
More on Chris:
Chris Williams is the founder and CTO of Precision Analytics Group. Chris has over 27 years of experience in designing, leading, and implementing full life cycle Business Analytics and Predictive Analytics. He's also an Alteryx ACE and Tableau Ambassador.
Be sure to follow Chris on LinkedIn, and check out his company page (linked to above & below)!
Precision Analytics Group: Overview | LinkedIn
Chris also referenced Joshua Burkhow during this episode, who was interviewed in episode 36:
As well as Brandi Beals, who co-hosted this episode as was also featured in episodes 12 & 38:
Finding Game-Changing Analytics Projects - Data Ideas | Podcast on Spotify
The Data Book Club & New Opportunities (with Brandi Beals) - Data Ideas | Podcast on Spotify