Speakers

Thomas Bosilevac – Founder, Mashable Metrics
Thomas is a 15yr veteran developing and managing data-driven Interactive Projects for Fortune 100 companies and Top-Tier brands. Most recently he has leveraged this experience founding MashableMetrics which focuses on bringing disparate cloud-based datasets into a cohesive ActionCard and MashBoards. Thomas specializes in mapping business processes with actionable data insights from online, offline and public datasets to assure data becomes an active part of the rhythm of business (RoB).

Howard Dresner – Dresner Advisory Services, LLC
Howard Dresner is President of Dresner Advisory Services, LLC, an independent advisory firm, and is a recognized authority in the areas of business intelligence and performance management. Prior to his new venture, he spent thirteen years at Gartner, where he was a research fellow and lead analyst for business intelligence and served as chief strategy officer at Hyperion until forming his own consultancy in 2007.

Howard is a worldwide authority on business intelligence — the process for exploring and analyzing structured, domain-specific information to discern business trends or patterns thereby deriving insights and drawing conclusions. Domains include customers, suppliers, products, services and competitors.
Twitter:  @HowardDresner

Wayne Eckerson – BI Leadership Forum
Wayne Eckerson has been a thought leader in the data warehousing, business intelligence, and performance management fields since 1995. He has conducted numerous in-depth research studies and is the author of the best-selling book “Performance Dashboards: Measuring, Monitoring, and Managing Your Business.” He is a noted keynote speaker and blogger, and he consults and conducts workshops on business analytics, performance dashboards, and business intelligence, among other topics. For many years, Wayne served as director of education and research at The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI) where he oversaw the company’s content and training programs and chaired its BI Executive Summit.

Wayne is also a principal consultant at BI Leader Consulting (www.bileader.com) where he provides advice and assistance to both user and vendor organizations. He is also founder of BI Leadership Forum (www.bileadership.com), a network of BI Directors who meet regularly to exchange ideas about best practices in BI and educate the larger BI community. Wayne is also director of research at TechTarget where he writes a popular weekly blog called “Wayne’s World”  that focuses on industry trends and examines best practices in the application of business intelligence. (See www.b-eye-network.com/blogs/eckerson.)  He can be reached at weckerson@bileader.com.
Twitter: @WEckerson

Pat Hanrahan – CTO and Co-founder, Tableau Software
Pat Hanrahan is Tableau Software's CTO. He is also the CANON USA Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. Pat's research has included visualization, image synthesis, and graphics systems and architectures. He was also a founding employee of Pixar (NASDAQ: PIXR), where he was the chief architect of the RenderMan™ Interface - a protocol that has revolutionized the modern graphics and entertainment industries. Prior to Pixar, Pat directed the 3D computer graphics group in the Computer Graphics Laboratory at New York Institute of Technology. Pat is the winner of two Academy Awards, the Spirit of America Creativity Award, the SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Achievement Award and the SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Lifetime Achievement Award. He is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.


Cindi Howson – BI Scorecard
Cindi Howson is the founder of BI Scorecard, a resource for in-depth BI tool evaluations based on exclusive hands-on testing. She is the author of Successful Business Intelligence: Secrets to Making BI a Killer App, a TDWI faculty member, and a frequent contributor to Information Week. She is a frequent speaker at BI industry events around the world and has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal and The Irish Times. As a consultant, she advises clients on BI strategies and tool selections. Prior to founding BI Scorecard, Howson was a manager at Deloitte & Touche and a BI standards leader for a Fortune 500 company. She has an MBA from Rice University.
Twitter:  @BIScorecard

Claudia Imhoff – Intelligent Solutions, Inc
A thought leader, visionary, and practitioner in the rapidly growing fields of business intelligence and customer focused-strategy – Claudia Imhoff, Ph.D. is a popular and dynamic speaker and internationally recognized expert on analytical CRM, business intelligence, and the infrastructure to support these initiatives – the Corporate Information Factory (CIF). Dr. Imhoff has co-authored five highly-regarded and popular books on these subjects and writes monthly columns (totaling more than 60) for technical and business magazines. She has served on the Board of Advisors for DAMA International. She is an advisor and a faculty member for The Data Warehousing Institute and serves as an advisor for several technology and commercial companies.  She is a member of the Advisory Board of the Daniels School of Business at the University of Denver and is on several technology companies’ advisory councils.
Twitter: @Claudia_Imhoff

Paul Kedrosky – Infectious Greed
Dr. Kedrosky is an investor, speaker, writer, media guy and entrepreneur.  In his spare time he is a dangerous Twitterer, contributing editor for Bloomberg, and the editor of Infectious Greed, one of the most popular financial blogs available over the Interweb.

He is an active investor in public and private equities, despite having watched both sorts of sausages being made. Dr. Kedrosky has more than fifty early-stage investments to his credit, and rather than brag in an unseemly way about his many successes he will continue to point to that “fifty” number. Fifty, fifty, etc.

Dr. Kedrosky has a Ph.D. in the economics of technology (which he mostly uses when bluffing outside of poker), a master’s degree in finance (which he mostly uses when bluffing in poker), and an undergraduate degree in engineering. http://paul.kedrosky.com/
Twitter: @pkedrosky


Robert Kosara – Eager Eyes
Robert Kosara is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department at UNC Charlotte. His research interests are in Information Visualization (InfoVis), Visual Analytics, visualization for communication, and theoretical foundations of visualization.
Twitter: @eagereyes

Stephen McDaniel – Freakalytics
Stephen McDaniel has over 20 years of experience as a teacher, consultant, leader, innovator and author in the fields of visual analytics, business intelligence, data warehousing and data mining. He is author of “Rapid Graphs with Tableau Software“, “SAS for Dummies” and is an instructor for the American Marketing Association. 

As co-founder of Freakalytics, LLC, a Tableau Education Partner, Stephen regularly teaches public and on-site Tableau courses. Freakalytics was founded to help people learn how to take quick, decisive, yet informed action in their business. Freakalytics offers data warehousing, visual analytics and dashboard consulting with a strong emphasis on client empowerment.
Twitter: @Freakalytics

Abhishek Mehta – Tresata
Abhishek Mehta is the co-founder of Tresata, a firm singularly focused on making Hadoop work for banking and financial services.  The goal?  Help transform the way the financial services industry views data. Mehta's history is a rich combination of stints as a visionary technology expert and as a practical, in-the-trenches business leader. His experience includes 2 years as Executive in Residence at MIT Media Lab and Managing Director at Bank of America for 8+ years. He has also held leadership positions at Cognizant Technology Solutions and Arthur Andersen.  He is founding Director & President at Foundation ten10, and a Faculty Member for Graduate School of Retail Bank Management at Consumer Bankers Association.
Twitter: @ab_hi_

David O'Connell – Nucleus Research
David O'Connell contributes to Nucleus Research's industry-leading body of research by performing interviews, writing research reports and building ROI tools. O'Connell follows a number of sectors, including integration, collaboration, business intelligence and workforce management. As a former commercial banker, O'Connell is particularly skilled in evaluating how solutions impact the roles of the CFO, controller and treasurer, and has been writing and presenting technology-oriented business cases for more than 10 years. He is the author of numerous ROI reports, evaluation reports, tools and case studies. You can reach him at doconnell@nucleusresearch.com.
Twitter: @NucleusResearch


Cheryl Phillips – Data Enterprise Editor, The Seattle Times
Cheryl Phillips is the Data Enterprise Editor for The Seattle Times and a former board president with Investigative Reporters and Editors, a national journalism training organization, where she served on the board for a decade. Phillips coordinates data-related enterprise journalism across the Seattle Times newsroom. She has edited a number of award-winning stories that made compelling use of data visualizations. One of the most recent was an investigation into the myth-busting reasons behind the foreclosure crisis, "Rescue From Foreclosure? Frustration, Anger Grow." The joint project with The Seattle Times and ProPublica received The Gannett Award for Innovation in Watchdog Journalism and a first place award in the National Association of Real Estate Editors' 61st annual journalism contest. She also was the sole journalist in the newsroom in 2009 when a gunman shot and killed four area police officers in a coffee shop. She was integrally involved with the subsequent breaking news coverage, which received a Pulitzer Prize. Phillips also worked as deputy investigations editor and a reporter on the investigations team, writing or editing several stories which received national awards and has twice been a member of reporting teams that were finalists for a Pulitzer Prize. Previously, she has worked at USA Today and newspapers in Michigan, Montana and Texas.

Simon Rogers – The Guardian Datablog
Simon Rogers is editor of the guardian.co.uk/data (http://www.guardian.co.uk/datablog, http://www.twitter.com/datastore), an online data resource which publishes hundreds of raw datasets and encourages its users to visualize and analyze them. He is also a news editor on the Guardian, working with the graphics team to visualize and interpret huge datasets. He was closely involved in the Guardian's exercise to crowdsource 450,000 MP expenses records and the organization’s coverage of the Afghanistan and Iraq Wikileaks war logs. Previously he was the launch editor of the Guardian's online news service and has edited the paper's science section. He has edited two Guardian books: How Slow Can You Waterski and The Hutton Inquiry and its impact. In 2010, Simon received a special commendation from the Royal Statistical Society in its awards for journalistic excellence. His Factfile UK series of supplements won silver at the Malofiej 2011 infographics award and the Datablog won the Newspaper Awards prize for Best Use of New Media, 2011.
Twitter: @smfrogers

Jason Alvey – Senior Research Analyst, Intel
Jason Alvey is a Senior Research Analyst for Intel's Staffing Market Intelligence team. He program manages a global team of labor market experts responsible for influencing talent decisions related to Intel's growth and talent acquisition.  Jason regularly consults with business leaders throughout Intel on matters related to site selection and risk mitigation. Jason's team is considered to be foremost experts in matters related to the availability of talent and critical skills within the semiconductor industry and has been profiled in multiple business publications.

Sheel Bhatiani – Lead Software Developer, Cheyne Capital
Sheel Bhatiani is a partner at Cheyne Capital and deputy to the CTO.  Sheel runs the development team of 15, overseeing (and participating in) all development across all business units.  He has worked at Cheyne for two and a half years; major achievements in this time have been reworking the risk systems and building out a data warehouse together with Tableau analytics on top.  Sheel is active in several strategic initiatives to upgrade our software platform.  Prior to Cheyene Capital, Sheel spent two years working in a joint venture with Cheyne launching an Austrian Bank.  Previous to that he spent 5 years working at a structured credit asset manager as a software developer.  Sheel holds an MSc in Computer Science from Cambridge University.
Twitter: @SheelBhatiani

Jon Boeckenstedt – Associate Vice President for Enrollment Policy & Planning, DePaul University
Jon Boeckenstedt, associate vice president for Enrollment Policy & Planning, has been with DePaul since 2002. In his role, he provides leadership and strategic direction for DePaul University’s enrollment planning, specifically for undergraduate admission, based the university’s position and prominence in the higher education market.

Jon has 30 years of enrollment experience, specifically in the strategic side of enrollment management, including predictive modeling, geodemography, market segmentation and the application of corporate strategy techniques to higher education institutions and other not-for-profits. He was among the first in the nation to present on the concept of branding higher education institutions and considers it a special interest.

Jon has worked at Mount Mercy and Grinnell Colleges in Iowa, the University of Dallas in Texas, Communicorp (a marketing consulting firm working with not-for-profits) in Atlanta, and St. Bonaventure University in New York, where he spent seven years as dean and then vice president of Enrollment Management. He earned his bachelor of arts in English Literature from Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, and his master's degree in management and marketing from the University of Maryland University College.
Twitter: @TenSecondCynic


Charles Boicey - Informatics Solutions Architect, University of California, Irvine
Charles Boicey is the Informatics Solutions Architect at University of California, Irvine, an academic research institution and medical center with a strong commitment to quality patient care and academic excellence. Charles is responsible for the development and implementation of the enterprise data warehouse and the solutions that support the users of the enterprise data warehouse.

Over 20 years in the healthcare field. Scope of expertise encompasses trauma critical care nursing, designing technology-enabled processes, leading the clinical model for transformation, coordinating clinical work flow, ensuring the use of standardized data elements in clinical systems to meet clinical and research data warehouse requirements, leading teams through development, launch and directing training.

Charles is a Registered Nurse, certified in Nursing Informatics, certified Project Management Professional, CPHIMS and received his MS in Technology Management from Stevens Institute of Technology. He is an active member of AMIA, ANIA-CARING, HIMSS, IEEE and PMI.
Twitter: @UCIrvine

Scott Burrill – Managing Director, Rosenblatt Securities
Scott Burrill, CFA, is a Managing Director and a partner at Rosenblatt. Scott is responsible for analytics, consulting and technology. He advises money managers and traders on such topics as portfolio construction, trading strategies, capacity analysis and pre- and post- trade analysis. He also has been instrumental in leading the effort to cloud computing at Rosenblatt. Prior to joining Rosenblatt in 2005, he spent 17 years in several key buy-side positions, including: Head of Trading Strategies at Russell Investment Group; portfolio manager/head-trader at CalPERS; and EVP/Director of Trading at Westpeak Global Advisors, a start-up quantitative equity manager that grew to more than $10 billion in assets under management during his tenure. Scott is a graduate of UC Davis and UOP McGeorge School of Law. He Is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a Member of Chicago Quantitative Alliance.

Besides his interest in financial markets, he is an avid reader, skier, and passionate about business model development, new media, visualization, design, politics, European travel and personal and cultural transformation.

He makes his home in Laguna Niguel, California with his wife and three children.

Scott Chandler – Revenue Management, American Airlines
Scott Chandler is a senior manager in the Revenue Management department at American Airlines. His team has two roles, split between crafting the data strategy of the department as well as implementing best practice business processes used in RM. Prior to joining RM last year, Scott spent 14 years in the Operations Research group at AA and was a key researcher in the implementation of the O&D revenue optimization and forecasting system for the airline.  He has a BA in Economics and an MS in Operations Research from the University of Texas at Austin.


Brett Cohen – Senior Search Business Intelligence Analyst, AOL
Brett is a Senior Search Business Intelligence Analyst at AOL with over 5 years experience in web analytics.  At AOL, he specializes in Search growth and engagement, channel search, and homepage search.  Brett is responsible for making sure the leadership team has a holistic view on AOL Search performance and has helped develop a complete search reporting suite in Tableau.  Prior to AOL, he worked as an E-commerce Analyst and Market Optimization Specialist at Charming Shoppes and a Market Research Analyst at Marketing Solutions Corporation.  Brett holds a BS and an MS in Economics, both from Lehigh University. 
Twitter: @BrettCohen19

Ted Corbett – Director of Knowledge Management, Seattle Children’s Hospital
Ted Corbett, Seattle Children’s Director of Knowledge Management, has led the business intelligence community at Seattle Children’s for over three years. Prior to joining Seattle Children’s, Ted was a Senior Manager in the Business Intelligence practice at Hitachi Consulting where he helped drive business intelligence success at non-healthcare companies like Microsoft, Starbucks, WaMu and Qwest.
Twitter: @TedCorbett

Jared Crafton – Manager, Ernst & Young
Jared Crafton is a manager in Ernst & Young’s Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services.  Jared specializes in text analytics, forensic data mining and electronic discovery services. Jared has extensive experience handling the information management and electronic discovery needs for large scale, complex litigations, investigations and proactive anti-fraud programs.  A Tableau Certified Professional, Jared is experienced with providing clients leading anti-fraud based innovation, research and analytics, including, link analysis, text data mining, metadata analysis, entity extraction, and predictive modeling that seek to identify or predict fraud risk variables, data anomalies or data inefficiencies that can lead to unnecessary costs or enterprise risks.  Jared leads teams to help clients discover patterns and anomalies in huge sets of disparate data, with a focus on unstructured, text-based data sources such as email and corporate file share networks.

Lee Feinberg - Senior Manager, Decision Planning and Visualization, Nokia
Lee Feinberg joined Nokia in 2009 with the vision of "making data a part of every conversation."  Lee's team has since brought Tableau into Nokia, providing nearly 1,000 employees access to dashboards and analysis.  He is a member of Tableau's Customer Advocacy Board and founder of the Tableau NJ/NY User Group.

Lee joined Nokia from his management consulting practice Unfair Revenue, which helped clients identify growth opportunities using the Internet, social marketing, and mobile platforms.  The firm guided investment decisions by gaining control of customer information and then driving interactions in digital channels.  

Previously, as strategy director at Microsoft-Razorfish on the Ford Motor Company account, Lee established an analytics performance management practice and launched the social media site autoshows.ford.com.  Lee also worked at Digitas, where he served on IBM's corporate task force to define online metrics standards and introduced visualization technology that became a new service in Digitas' Media Operations division.  He has worked in online analytics since 2002.

Lee has a history of driving change at the world's leading companies including AT&T, CIBC, JP Morgan Chase, and Johnson & Johnson.  He received a B.S. and M.S. from Cornell University and holds a U.S. Patent for a PC-telephone interface.  Lee is a member of the Cornell Entrepreneur Network and the Sandler Sales Institute.  He also serves as an advisor to the social marketing technology companies Pheedo and GraffitiWall.

Craig Fryar – Analytics Architect – Business Intelligence, BioWare, Inc.
Craig Fryar really likes to build stuff. He has spent much of his last 25 years building new ideas, companies, teams and products. During his career he has served in key positions in executive management, strategic planning, business development, product and project management at technology and videogame companies including Apple, Dell, Ashton-Tate, Interplay, Online Alchemy and Peninsula Gameworks. Earlier this year Craig launched an analytics team at BioWare Austin (a Division of Electronic Arts) that gauges player experiences and system performance, providing actionable analysis and game design optimization for the forthcoming Star Wars®: The Old Republic™ MMORPG.
Twitter: @GameBizViz

Robert Hanley – Sr. Finance Analyst, BMC Software, Inc.
Robert Hanley is a Sr. Finance Analyst at BMC Software, Inc, supporting the Mainframe Service Management business unit.  Robert began utilizing Tableau in January 2010 and the software has greatly impacted his work, as well as BMC.  With his influence, use of Tableau at BMC Software has increased dramatically, and many executives rely on the reporting and dashboards created using Tableau Desktop.  Robert has spent his entire career in various corporate finance roles, mostly supporting business units directly.  He worked at Ford Motor Company and Baxter Healthcare prior to joining BMC Software.  His interest in Tableau peaked after reading the works of Stephen Few and Garr Reynolds.  Robert lives in Houston, TX, and enjoys playing golf and tennis and spending time with his wife and two really cute dogs. 
Twitter: @Rhanley313

Clifford Hodges – Regional Manager, Leadtime Performance, General Motors
Clifford Hodges has worked for General Motors for 35 years in various customer facing operations. Assignments have included field sales, service and marketing, computer operations, order management and Order to Delivery. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan with degrees in business and economics. He is a board member of the Central Michigan University Research Corporation. The Research Corporation focuses on connecting business leaders with IT vendors to implement Business Intelligence solutions.  He travels to General Motors' International Operations from his home in suburban Detroit.

Victoria Hoskovec – Executive Director of Technology, Millard Public Schools
Victoria Hoskovec is the Executive Director of Technology for Millard Public Schools.  Millard is the third largest public school district in Nebraska, serving over 23,000 students.  She is a graduate of the Millard district and has a BSBA from the University of Nebraska - Omaha.  After working In the corporate environment, she accepted a position with Millard as a hardware and software support specialist at the District office.  After spending 5 years in this role, she spent the next 7 years as a Microsoft SQL database administrator and software development manager for a local educational service agency serving 19 Eastern Nebraska public school districts.  Since returning to Millard in 2007, she has managed a 30 person IT staff consisting of network, telephone, and server and desktop hardware and software support.  Victoria Is married and the mother of three boys who attend or have graduated from Millard Public Schools.

Tom Hudgins - Consultant Solutions Engineer, EMC
Tom Hudgins is a 16 year veteran of EMC, having started in software development and software configuration management for EMC backup products. He was part of the team that created EMC’s Proven Solution offerings that integrate EMC products with applications such as Exchange and SQL Server. He also managed the EMC SAP Solutions Engineering group. Tom is now leading a solution development team as part of the Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence Engineering group at EMC. This group focuses on Data Warehouse and Analytics solutions involving the EMC Greenplum database and Hadoop software and appliances. His team also conducts customer proof of concepts and develops product demonstrations and tools to support EMC Sales and Field Architects.
Twitter: @EMCcorp

Alex Kerin – Senior Workforce Management Consultant, Kronos
Dr. Alex Kerin is a Senior Workforce Management Consultant for Kronos. Alex holds a Ph.D. in bioengineering, and worked at M.I.T. as a research fellow where he conducted data analysis and statistics on large datasets. From there, Alex moved to Circadian, a consulting firm specializing in workforce management and shift schedule optimization. Here he worked with corporate boards, union leaders, and front-line shift workers to improve productivity, health, and safety, and to reduce absenteeism and turnover. Alex was also the public face of Circadian, featured in places like Business Week, the Boston Globe, and on National Public Radio. In 2005, Alex joined Kronos as a product marketing manager, responsible for Workforce Analytics. In 2009, Alex started a consulting company specializing in data analytics and dashboard design. More recently, Alex was pleased to rejoin Kronos in the workforce management consulting role, helping customers identify areas where they can lower cost, mitigate risk, and improve productivity.
Twitter: @AlexKerin


Andrew Kriebel – Manager, Trade Spend Optimization, Small Store, Coca-Cola Refreshments
Andrew Kriebel is the Manager, Trade Spend Optimization, Small Store at Coca-Cola Refreshments, North America’s leading owner and marketer of nonalcoholic beverage brands and the largest manufacturer, distributor and marketer of concentrates and syrups used to produce nonalcoholic beverages.

Andrew started with Coca-Cola in 2005 and, up until his current role, has held a variety of positions including Project Manager of Solutions Development and Sr. Manager of Forecasting & Planning.  In his current role, Andrew is responsible for providing the thought leadership necessary for CCR's CR/Drug/Emerging Customers to evolve into a world class CPG pricing & trade management organization.  Part of this work includes designing & conducting event optimization analytics against customer base, providing input into and developing tools for CCR's customer segmentation approach and driving best practices for trade management, including the creation of 'user-friendly' tools and programs.

In addition to being a co-founder of the Atlanta Tableau User group (the first of its kind in the US), Andrew has used his extensive knowledge of data visualization best practices to win and be nominated for several industry awards.  He holds a B.S. in Mathematics from Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, FL and has completed course work at Clemson University towards a M.S. in Mathematical Sciences.
Twitter: @VizWizBI

Zach Leber – Assistant Director of Informatics, The Broad Institute
Zach Leber has extensive experience in scientific software and medical device development.  With physics and computer science degrees from Harvard University, Zach was the principal designer and developer of the XKnife radiation surgery system used worldwide to treat brain tumors.  At the Broad Institute since 2010, Zach has led the development and deployment of Tableau Desktop and Tableau Server throughout the DNA sequencing lab.  Zach has a passion for data visualization and interface design.
Twitter: @BroadInstitute

Paul Lilford - Director, EPM & BI for UnitedHealthcare, a division of UnitedHealth Group
Paul Lilford has been with UnitedHealth Group for 5 years, providing and evolving an analytic environment to support a wide range of business solutions to cross-functional groups of users.  His key focus is to develop a scalable enterprise environment that drives analytics, performance management, and self-service.  Paul’s team provides the server based environment for users of Tableau throughout the organization, along with developing and supporting specific projects that utilize Tableau for delivery.  Paul has 18 years of experience in the EPM and BI space, 11 in the software industry with a leading EPM provider and holds a BS in BA with concentrations in Entrepreneurship and an MIS from Northeastern University.


Marta Magnuszewska - SIU Intelligence Analyst, Allstate Insurance Company
Marta Magnuszewska graduated from DePaul University in 2005 with a Bachelor in Science majoring in Finance.  In March of 2006 Marta joined Allstate Insurance Company as a Product Analyst, utilizing Tableau to study and analyze Allstate’s competitive position among the other property and casualty insurance carriers.  In July of 2010 Marta was one of the first three SIU Intelligence Data Analysts to join the newly formed Claims Fraud Analytics Team.  Marta introduced Tableau to the team, senior leadership and 300+ Allstate field investigators and adjusters.  Professionally, Marta exercises a principle of high quality work and a job well done. Personally, Marta enjoys traveling and sightseeing.

Joe Mako – Visualization Expert, S2 Statistical Solutions
Joe Mako has used Tableau extensively since 2008, creating interactive viewpoints of data to enable people to get answers to their complex questions easily.

Currently, Joe specializes in integrating complex databases from health insurance companies, hospital networks, and the government to enable better evidence-based decision-making. These databases frequently require extensive ETL to prepare data for Tableau.  Once prepared, Joe connects the disparate data sources to Tableau and creates visualizations to answer the research questions at hand.

Joe is very active on the Tableau user forums, solving a variety of situations for many Tableau users ranging in skill from beginning to advance. I have used/administrated Tableau Server/Desktop/Public/Reader and deployed many workbooks to answer questions from disciplines including health outcomes research, health economics, retail point of sale, profit & loss and telecommunications.

Huriya Manzar – Senior Analyst, MBIA
Huirya Manzar is a Senior Business Intelligence Analyst at MBIA, working in the IT department and heading the Reporting Architecture Committee in the company. In her role, Huriya helps make strategic decisions about the BI platforms for the company. She has led projects to retire legacy reporting tools and bring new ones on board. This year she has evaluated Tableau and PowerPivot for MBIA’s ad-hoc reporting needs. In the ad-hoc world she has hands-on experience with Cognos, SSRS Models, Power Pivot and now Tableau. Huirya has also worked with Hyperion Essbase Cubes, Crystal XI and Oracle Reports.

Jennifer Monnig – Manager of Staffing Reporting & Analytics, Intel
Jennifer is the Manager of Staffing Reporting & Analytics at Intel.  Over the past 6 years she has developed statistical modeling & analytics solutions supporting Intel's global headcount management & Intel's Staffing analytics.  Her group works closely with partners across Intel business groups, Finance & HR to provide a strategic & holistic look at talent acquisition impacting strategic business decisions through analytics.  Jennifer received her BA in Economics & Political Science from Albion College, & holds an MBA from the University of Notre Dame. 


Larry Mullen – Director of Operational Reporting for OptumHealth Financial Services, United Health Group
Larry Mullen has been with UnitedHealth Group for 6 years working in various reporting and analytic leadership roles.  His key focus is presenting actionable data to business owners to drive performance.   Larry has served as Director of Distribution Analytics for UnitedHealthcare (UHC) where he was responsible for reporting on UHC’s 35,000+ distribution partners, and is currently Director of Operational Reporting for OptumHealth Financial Services, where his team develops analytics for customer service, claim and bank operations. In both roles, Larry and his team have extensively used Tableau to create interactive dashboards to enable data driven decisions at all levels of the organization.   Larry also has 7 years of experience in the consulting industry with Accenture and holds a BS and an MBA from the University of Notre Dame.
Twitter: @LMullenJr

Bala Narasimhan – Director, Product Management, ParAccel
Bala has been with ParAccel since 2007 and currently heads Product Management for ParAccel's analytic platform. Bala brings a depth of experience in bringing best-of-breed data and analytics software to market.

Prior to this role, Bala worked as an engineer at ParAccel and developed key features in ParAccel's analytic platform. Prior to ParAccel, Bala held engineering roles at Oracle and designed and developed key features in the Oracle database 10g and 11g releases. Bala started off his career at Hewlett Packard Company as a OS kernel engineer. He holds a bachelors degree and masters degree in Computer Science.
Twitter: @BalaNarasimhan

Jeremy Osinski – Senior Associate, Ernst & Young
Jeremy Osinski is a senior associate in Ernst & Young's Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services practices. Jeremy specializes in forensic data mining, text mining, electronic discovery and anti-money laundering services. Jeremy is experienced with designing anti-fraud analytics on structured and unstructured data sources, including text data mining, metadata analysis, entity extraction, and predictive modeling.  As a Tableau Certified Professional, Jeremy has led several initiatives to develop and tightly integrate rapid-fire data visualization into Ernst & Young's forensic analytics and electronic discovery service portfolios. Jeremy has served many top clients in the design and implement of custom data visualizations to model and detect bribery, corruption, asset misappropriation and laundering of funds.

Mike Roberts – Data Visualization & Analytics Manager, Bridgepoint
Mike Roberts wants people to see information rather than scroll through information.  While the data piles up, Mike continues to stress the importance of Visual Analytics. As the Data Visualization & Analytics Manager for Bridgepoint Education, Mike continues to believe that transforming data into information is the most important task anyone can undertake.  He speaks at his local Tableau User Group and has also been leading a Tableau adoption program at his company. When he is not working, you can find Mike running Ultramarathons.  


Naomi Robbins – Consultant, MBIA
Naomi B. Robbins is the author of Creating More Effective Graphs, published by John Wiley (2005).  She is a consultant, keynote speaker, and seminar leader who specializes in the graphical display of data. She trains employees of corporations and organizations on the effective presentation of data. She also reviews documents and presentations for clients, suggesting improvements or alternative presentations as appropriate. Naomi received her Ph.D. in mathematical statistics from Columbia University. She had a long career at Bell Laboratories before forming NBR, her consulting practice.
Twitter: @NBRGraphs

Doug Rausch – Product manager, Business Intelligence & CRM, Mercer
Doug Rausch is the global product manager for Business Intelligence and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tools at Mercer.  This includes the corporate data warehouse and a web portal for delivery of financial results and client performance metrics. Doug is also the IT Relationship Manager for Sales & Marketing and Human Resources.  This role partners with executive sponsors to define a strategic roadmap for technology-related initiatives and to ensure effective communication and prioritization of initiatives within IT.
Twitter: @DougRausch

David Stone - Senior Manager - Analytics Platform, eBay Inc.
David Stone is Senior Manager of the Architecture team responsible for the eBay 100+ Petabyte Analytics Platform in San Jose California. The mission of his role is to provide a Next Generation Analytics Platform for the internal eBay Analyst community. This platform is comprised of Teradata, BI and Visualization applications woven together in a social collaboration portal designed to support self-service analytics. David led the effort to implement a 7,000+ Interactor Tableau Server at eBay. He served on the Teradata Product Advisory Council for several years and is a member of the Tableau Customer Advocacy Board.  Before working at eBay he helped build the Wal-Mart Data Warehouse for 13 years in a number of roles including ETL developer, DBA, DW Manager and Solutions Architect. 

Lloyd Tokerud - Analytics Manager, First Choice Power
Lloyd Tokerud is the Manager of Analytics at First Choice Power, a retail electricity provider in the deregulated Texas market. He leads a team of analysts and developers in creating a BI platform that the company uses to drive decisions and insight. Prior to joining First Choice, he worked nine years with PepsiCo, in the Finance function at their Frito-Lay division, where he learned best practices in corporate performance management and reporting. He is a native Californian who has obtained his Texas “green card” via marriage to a native girl. He found himself very unpopular with his friends and new family when he cheered the Giants to their victory over the Rangers in the last World Series. He holds an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin, and he and his wife live in Dallas with their new daughter.

The BI implementation at First Choice has been an effort to pull data from multiple transactional-based systems into a centralized sequel-server data warehouse. The architecture and design of that data warehouse has been shaped and optimized by the choice of Tableau as its reporting vehicle. Using BI concepts that put the speed of value creation at the front, they have built their data structures to leverage the power of Tableau to its maximum effectiveness in delivering actionable insights as soon as possible. As they tell their internal customers, “scope, accuracy, and speed – pick two.” Along the way, they have gone through an education of “hard knocks” that have left them with some practice lessons in what to do, and, as importantly, what not to do.
Twitter- @FirstChoicePwr


Kerem Tomak – VP, Marketing Analytics, Macy’s
Karem Tomak joined Macys in 2010 and since he has established a marketing analytics infrastructure and team organization for Macys.com, built a statistical estimation method for the impact of online channel on offline sales, and built his analytics team from six to 16 employees. Prior to joining Macys.com, Tomak was Vice President of Analytics with SymphonyIRI dedicated to supporting Walmart Stores and a Principal Research Engineer with Yahoo! Inc. Throughout his career at Yahoo! and SymphonyIRI, Tomak built data driven marketing models for capturing customer behavior online and offline. Some of the projects he completed include yield optimization models for online ads and pricing/assortment optimization models for a variety of SKUs in different retail categories. He has significant experience building effective analytics teams and enjoys developing his leadership teams’ talent.

Stuart Watson – VP of Emerging Media and Technology, Camelot Communications
Stuart Watson, a geek dressed in marketer’s clothing, joined Camelot Communications after venture backed start ups Performics (second employee hired and now owned by Google/Publicis) and founded/CEO of Syndicate IQ (a syndication marketing services provider).  He works with great people at Southwest Airlines, NING, Gold’s Gym, Neiman Marcus, and others managing various marketing/media programs delivering tangible, quantified results.  Recent projects include an actionable attribution measurement solution, dynamic creative/landing page testing frameworks, and real-time bidding strategies to leverage 1st party and 3rd party data.
Twitter: @shoesiq

Tami Williams – Director of Assessment, Research and Evaluation, Millard Public Schools
Dr. Tami Williams is the Director of Assessment, Research, and Evaluation for Millard Public Schools in Omaha, Nebraska.  Her passion is fostering data driven decision making that impacts student success.  Job responsibilities include managing state and district assessment data collection, evaluating district programs, and promoting research best practices.  Prior to this role she has served as a high school mathematics teacher, behavior interventionist, and middle school administrator.   She is in her thirteenth year in public education.  She holds a BS in Mathematics, MS in Educational Administration, and a doctorate in Education.  Tami is married, the mother of two children who attend Millard Public Schools, and is actively involved in community organizations.

Steve Wexler – Data Revelations
Steve Wexler is a Certified Tableau Professional who has developed thousands of interactive data visualizations.  As Director of Research and Emerging Technologies for The eLearning Guild, Steve designed, developed, and managed the world’s largest e-Learning data collection and analysis laboratory.  As Director of Research Systems for i4cp, Steve applied data visualization and advanced quantitative research expertise to transition the company from a static survey publication model to an online interactive model.

As founder and president of WexTech Systems, Inc., Steve was a pioneer in the development and use of single source publishing software and embedded help systems.  Steve also helped create AnswerWorks, a natural language search engine embedded in scores of commercial products that are used by millions of people every day.  Steve was also chief architect for Microsoft Windows 95 Starts Here, the official learning companion to Microsoft Windows 95.

Steve has consulted to and developed systems for major corporations including Microsoft, The Department of Defense, Chase, American Express, and Citigroup Global Markets Holdings.  Steve has also written several best selling computer books and is a top presenter at trade shows and conferences.
Steve attended Princeton University and was awarded a fellowship from the University of Miami.
Twitter: VizBizWiz


Lynzi Ziegenhagen – Director, Technology Solutions, Aspire Public Schools
Lynzi Ziegenhagen has deep expertise in using technology and developing software to solve organizational challenges: she has run her own consulting business serving nonprofits, managed projects and created solutions for organizations as diverse as The Children’s Partnership, where she advised community technology centers across California, to the Department of Defense, where she initiated and led a large systems design and implementation effort.  She created the technology solutions team at Aspire three years ago to deliver timely, accurate and actionable data to teammates across the organization.  More recently, she has created http://www.Schoolzilla.org to share Aspire's unique use of data with data heroes at other schools across the country.
Twitter - @Aspire

Dana Zuber – VP, Strategic Planning Manager, Wells Fargo
Dana Zuber Is a strategy and analytics executive at Wells Fargo and was an early adopter of Tableau Software for visual analytics.  A student of Edward Tufte and self-confessed Tableau junkie, Dana has been using amazing data visuals to tell stories and uncover ah-ha's for years.  Dana presents regularly to Wells Fargo senior executive leadership teams in addition to speaking at internal meetings and conferences.  She is a guest speaker on the topic of data visualization at both Stanford and Sonoma State Universities and also spoke at the 2009 Tableau Users Conference to rave reviews.   Dana Zuber lives in Northern California with her husband and two boys.

Ty Alevizos – Senior Sales Consultant, Tableau Software
Ty Alevizos is a Senior Sales Consultant for Tableau Software. Ty joined Tableau in April of 2008 and brought with him 15 years experience in software sales, design, and release management. Prior to coming to Tableau, Ty held several positions at I-many Inc., WindRiver Systems and Netopia Inc. Ty graduated from U.C. Berkeley with a degree in music composition.

Francois Ajenstat – Director of Product Management, Tableau Software
As Director of Product Management, Francois Ajenstat is responsible for product strategy and product planning combining customer and partner feedback to set the strategic vision and leading the execution of new features and products. Prior to joining Tableau, Francois worked at Microsoft for 10 years in a number of different groups including SQL Server, Office and Trustworthy Computing. Prior to joining Microsoft, Francois worked for Cognos Corporation (acquired by IBM) leading strategic alliances with key industry partners such as IBM, HP, and Microsoft.

James Baker – Senior Software Engineer, Tableau Software
James Baker is a Senior Software Engineer in his fifth year with Tableau. Having worked on various pieces of Tableau Server since version 1.0, James is currently enjoying the challenges of web application work on the mobile and web visualization clients.  You will frequently find James on the Tableau Forums, where he tries to be generally helpful but also enjoys discussing ways to enhance the usability and simplicity of Tableau.  His prior experience ranges from AI to circuit board design.  James holds a M.S. in Computer Science from Northwestern University and a B.S. in Computer Engineering from Washington State University.

Andrew Beers – Vice President of Product Development, Tableau Software
Andrew Beers is the Senior Director of Engineering for Tableau Software and is currently responsible for the development of Tableau’s product line. Andrew joined Tableau in October 2004 and brought with him seven years of hands-on and leadership experience in software engineering. He applied this experience at Tableau initially by developing major components of the Tableau Desktop product, then leading the creation and delivery of the Tableau Server product. Prior to coming to Tableau, he held leadership positions in the engineering groups at Align Technology, a medical device company in Silicon Valley, CA. He holds an MS in Computer Science from Stanford University. In his spare time, he enjoys cooking and photography.

Curt Budd – Sales Consultant, Tableau Software
Curt is a sales consultant with Tableau Software.  He focuses primarily on helping customers in the western United States as they solve some of their most complex business intelligence (BI) and data visualization needs.  Curt has been involved in the BI and data warehouse market since the early 1990s.  He has held roles in sales, consulting and product management at numerous BI vendors including Oracle, Business Objects, and Microsoft.


Ross Bunker – Senior Software Engineer, Tableau Software
Ross Bunker is a Senior Software Engineer for Tableau Software. Ross has been building software for 15 years. At Tableau since 2005, Ross has contributed multiple features including the calculation engine, hyperlinks and Tableau Server’s server and web client components. Prior to Tableau, Ross spent 6 years at Microsoft leading the development of the query execution engine for SQL Server 7.0 and SQL Server 2000 before moving on to roles at Westside.com and BEA Systems. Ross graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University with a B.S.E. in Computer Science.

Dan Cory – Program Manager, Tableau Software
Dan Cory is the Program Manager for Tableau Desktop. Before joining Tableau in 2010, he worked on a variety of data visualization products include ArcView from ESRI, Microsoft MapPoint, Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services, and Microsoft Excel. When not visualizing data, Dan serves as Seattle coordinator for MATHCOUNTS, a national middle school mathematics contest, and plays games with his two daughters.

Andy Cotgreave – Senior Product Consultant, Tableau Software
Andy Cotgreave has been a Tableau user for four years at the University of Oxford. In that time he helped develop the university's business intelligence program and revolutionized its reporting capabilities. He also blogged for UK consultancy The Data Studio, posting tips and tricks for the benefit of all Tableau users.
He's recently joined the Tableau team as a Senior Product Consultant and intends to continue spreading the good word of Tableau in his new role.

Austin Dahl – Development Manager, Tableau Software
Austin Dahl is a Senior Software Engineer for Tableau Software and leader of the Special Projects development team. This team customizes Tableau software for customers and other 3rd parties, including Oracle/Hyperion. Austin joined Tableau in the 2006 with over 15 years of industry experience, spanning diverse application areas such as audio-video search, in-silico biological modeling and analysis and interactive 3D graphics for design and manufacturing. He has degrees in computer science from the University of Washington and mathematics from Carleton College.

Jennifer Day – Director of Field Marketing and Communications, Tableau Software
Jennifer joined Tableau in 2009 bringing over fifteen years of professional marketing experience in the technology industry developing and implementing Field Marketing and Communications programs for a wide variety of audiences and industries.  Jennifer runs Tableau’s field marketing programs which include user groups, partner programs and international expansion programs.

Meredith Dicks – Sales Consultant, Tableau Software
Meredith joined Tableau in 2010 and has 15 years of experience in the Business Intelligence and Performance Management arena including such diverse areas as GIS and Financial Consolidation. He has always had a keen interest in usability and in previous product management roles has constantly strived to build products that work the way the users do. In Tableau Software he has found a company of people who share this passion. He has a postgraduate degree in Geography, with a dissertation in HCI.

Alan Doerhoefer – Server Development Manager, Tableau Software
As the Server Development Lead for Tableau Software, Alan is focused on all aspects of improving Tableau Server. Recently he's had a particular focus on improving Tableau Server's performance and scalability. Prior to working at Tableau, he was the Development Manager for the Platform Infrastructure group at Expedia.com, where he helped lead the development team that created Expedia’s third generation application infrastructure and messaging systems.

Erin Easter – Lead Technical Writer, Tableau Software
Erin Easter is the Lead Technical Writer for Tableau Software. Erin joined Tableau in October 2005 after graduating from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Science in Technical Communication. At Tableau, Erin writes the online and offline product manuals for Tableau Desktop. She also moderates the support forums and assists with a variety of special projects. In her spare time, she likes mountain biking, backpacking, and ridiculous 80’s movie montages. She’s also a card carrying member of the House Rabbit Society.

Alan Eldridge – Sales Consultant, Tableau Software
Alan Eldridge is a Sales Consultant at Tableau Software, based in Melbourne, Australia. He supports customers and partners throughout the far-flung corners of the globe that aren’t in North America or Europe. Alan has an embarrassingly long history in the BI market having worked at Microsoft for 4 years as a SQL/BI technical specialist and for 10 years before that at Business Objects/Crystal Decisions/Seagate Software. Despite what Christian says, he still thinks Crystal Reports is a good product (for what it does).

Matthew Eldridge – Chief Architect, Tableau Software
Matthew Eldridge is Tableau Software’s Chief Architect. Matthew joined Tableau in March of 2004, prior to which he was an architect at a venture-backed semiconductor company. Matthew holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and an MS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, both in computer graphics architecture.

Meave Ellsworth – Director of Customer Operations, Tableau Software
Meave Ellsworth has helped build the Customer Operations teams and the business systems that Tableau uses to delight customers and ensure that we can handle quick and nimble responses to our growth.   Meave has a long held passion for building companies in the Pacific Northwest and has enjoyed being a part of the missionary work at Tableau Software bring valuable insights through data exploration and visualization since Desktop version 1.5 (2005).  Prior to Tableau, Meave held Executive Administration, Operations and Human Resource positions with an array of companies in both the technology start-up space and large corporate environments like American Medical Response, Inc.  In these roles she managed a portfolio of startup companies with a local venture capital group to build the general and administration business units and service organizations to be efficient and customer focused.  Meave holds Bachelor of Arts (International Studies) and a Technology Management MBA from University of Washington.

Elissa Fink – Chief Marketing Officer, Tableau Software
Elissa Fink is Tableau Software’s Chief Marketing Officer. With 20+ years helping companies improve their marketing operations through applied data analysis, Elissa has held executive positions in marketing, business strategy, product management, and product development.

Prior to Tableau, Elissa was EVP Marketing at IXI Corporation, a firm specializing in marketing information. She has also served in executive positions at Tele Atlas, TopTier Software, and Claritas, Inc. Elissa also spent time selling advertising for the Wall Street Journal. Elissa holds a B.A. from Santa Clara University and an MBA in Marketing and Decision Systems from the University of Southern California.

Jesse Gebhardt – Senior Product Consultant, Tableau Software
Jesse Gebhardt serves as Tableau’s North American Senior Product Consultant.  Jesse is an expert in guiding prospects and customers through their complex business problems using Tableau.  Since joining the organization in 2008, he has worked with hundreds of customers to help them master Tableau’s products.  Jesse recently moved from Seattle to California, where he is happily cheering on his alma mater, the USC Trojans (and cursing their outrageous, unprecedented, and unholy NCAA sanctions.)

Deepak Ghodke – Director of Strategic Sales, Tableau Software
Deepak Ghodke is the Director for Strategic Sales at Tableau and is responsible for the Sales and Customer Success in strategic customer accounts in Commercial and Government space. He has worked at Tableau for more than 3 years and has worked with many of the biggest and successful Tableau customers. Prior to joining Tableau he has worked in Sales, Product Strategy and Professional Services at Oracle, Hyperion Solutions and i2 Technologies.

Deepak has extensive experience in using visualization technology over the past decade in areas such as Supply Chain, Business Intelligence and Financial applications. He is a follower of Stephen Few and Edwards Tufte’s work and has a keen interest in advanced visualizations and accurate presentation of data. Deepak holds a Masters in Industrial Engineering from University of Nebraska, Lincoln and Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai.

Matt Higgins – Senior Sales Consultant, Tableau Software
Matt Higgins has more than 20 years experience in the tech industry, including technical & sales leadership positions at Brio Technology, Altiris, & VMware. An ex-Oracle DBA, Matt has been designing, building and selling database/data access applications for longer than he cares to admit.

Daniel Hom – Data Analyst, Tableau Software
Dan Hom is a Data Analyst tasked to find data that tell great stories, primarily in the financial industry. He champions Tableau Public by creating visualizations for the web and cultivating a community of users to do the same.  With a multimedia journalism background, Dan’s your man to talk to if you dream of numbers and stories at night.

Matt Jenks – Product Consultant, Tableau Software
Matt Jenks, Product Consultant provides technical support and product expertise to the sales team and customers. He works with a wide variety of clients from all over the U.S. and Canada, helping them find the best ways to utilize Tableau in order to get the most from their data – as well as make their viz’s shine. As such, Matt finds great satisfaction in helping customers, as he measures success in smiles and “wow’s!” Prior to joining Tableau, Matt worked as a Restructuring Consultant in the Los Angeles area, focusing on large corporate bankruptcies during the global economic downturn. Matt is a graduate of Pepperdine University with a degree in Economics and Applied Math, though he oozes Washington Huskies purple and gold.

Dan Jewett – VP, Product Management, Tableau Software
Dan Jewett is Tableau Software’s Vice President of Product Management. Dan joined Tableau from Hyperion Solutions where he was VP of Development responsible for the business intelligence products, including Interactive Reporting, Financial Reporting, Web Analysis, SQR, and the System 9 Workspace. Prior to Hyperion Dan was at Brio Software serving in a number of capacities including VP of Business Intelligence and VP of System Architecture. Dan holds a bachelor’s degree in business from California State University, Sacramento, and a master’s degree in business administration (finance) from California State University, Long Beach.

Kiyoshi Jones – Product Consultant, Tableau Software
Kiyoshi Jones provides technical support for the sales team and prospective clients.  He is a problem-solver and enjoys being able to help lead people towards their goals.  Before joining Tableau, Kiyoshi worked for the Seattle School District for 5 years where he was crucial in upgrading the District’s network infrastructure and leading new software deployments.  Kiyoshi is interested in research and has a BS in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology from the University of Washington.

Dirk Karis – Software Engineer, Tableau Software
A member of the Special Projects team at Tableau, Dirk works on mapping and server tools for upcoming software releases.  He previously worked for Microsoft for 8 years following its acquisition of Intrinsa Corporation.  Dirk holds a B.S. in Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Mike Kravec – Sales Consultant, Tableau Software
Prior to Tableau, Mike held positions at Rockwell as well as small startups focusing on machine vision, Human Machine Interfaces, data collection and analysis for the manufacturing industry. Michael holds a BE in Electrical Engineering from the Stevens Institute of Technology.


Jun Kim - Senior User Researcher, Tableau Software
Jun Kim is Tableau’s Senior User Researcher.  His background is in perceptual and cognitive psychology.  He worked for 10 years at Microsoft Games Studio and 1 year at Windows Phone and joined Tableau in June 2011.  Jun’s been a Tableau user since version 1.5 and has used Tableau to analyze user behavioral data, user enjoyment, sales, etc.   

“I love using Tableau to answer questions and generate more questions to answer.  My passion and goal is to enable everyone to have fun learning and using Tableau.”

Tim Lens – Product Consulting Lead, Tableau Software
Tim joined Tableau Software in 2011 as the Product Consulting Lead. As a technical resource for Tableau’s sales team, he helps customers understand their data and solve real business problems with informative visualization solutions. Prior to his work at Tableau, Tim worked at Microsoft, where he led a team of licensing analysts. Tim has a BS in Computer Science and previously held roles in Sales, Support and Consulting.

Jock Mackinlay – Senior Director of Visual Analysis, Tableau Software
Jock Mackinlay is Tableau Software's Senior Director of Visual Analysis. At Stanford University he pioneered the automatic design of graphical presentations of relational information. He joined Xerox PARC in 1986, where he collaborated with the User Interface Research Group to develop many novel applications of computer graphics for information access, coining the term "Information Visualization." Much of the fruits of this research can be seen in his book, "Readings in Information Visualization: Using Vision to Think." Jock has a Ph.D. in computer science from Stanford University.

Matt McWhorter – Sales Consultant, Tableau Software
Matt McWhorter is passionate about helping organizations of all types better understand their data. As a sales consultant with Tableau he brings over 10 years experience working in data warehousing and business intelligence. Matt has worked on some of the largest data warehouse deployments in the world and has an unrelenting drive to ensure the consumers of data in any organization are well served. Matt lives in Atlanta, GA and holds a Computer Information Systems degree from Georgia State University.

Jeff Mills – Sales Consultant, Tableau Software
Jeff Mills has been bringing his unique blend of technical knowledge and customer experience, for the past 3 year, to customer deployments of Tableau Desktop and Server.  Jeff was a customer of Tableau's and one of the first Tableau Server users in the field.  This is his 4th Tableau Customer Conference, and 3rd as an employee.  Jeff lives in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul.  However, he is in the better of the two cities in St. Paul.

Molly Monsey - Trainer, Tableau Software
Molly is part of Tableau’s Training team and has been conducting public and on-site training courses since February of this year. Starting at Tableau in 2009 as a Product Consultant, Molly served as a technical resource for the sales team providing support and training for internal and external audiences. Prior to Tableau Molly worked at Bank of America as a loan specialist responsible for analyzing and auditing data for thousands of outstanding loans. Prior to that Molly worked with a company that sold a business intelligence solution specific to government spending where she helped companies win public sector contracts. Molly is a local Seattleite and a graduate of the University of Washington Business School.

Matt Morgenroth – Server Team Lead, Tableau Software
Matt Morgenroth has been with Tableau Software since November of 2007.   He has been with the Tableau Support organization since its first days.  Matt is currently the Server Team Lead and is very focused on sharing his knowledge with coworkers and customers to help people get the most from their experience with Tableau Server.  Matt worked previously as a technician at AT&T Wireless.

Robert Morton – Software Engineer, Tableau Software
Robert Morton joined Tableau in the spring of 2008 and quickly discovered his inner data nerd. Robert has developed data connectors ranging from Teradata to Hadoop, and has worked on data blending, query compilation and ODBC connectivity. When not thinking about data, Robert develops technologies for licensing and OEMs. Prior to Tableau Robert worked on the Intel Atom microprocessor performance team. Robert has a BS EE and MCS from Rice University. Robert always finds time to enjoy cooking, and in his spare time he enjoys traveling and outdoor sports.

Kelly Osterhout – Marketing Assistant, Tableau Software
Kelly joined Tableau in 2010 to apply her diverse background which includes over 7 years of marketing experience.  Kelly is responsible for the success and growth of our nationwide network of Tableau User Groups.  She enjoys engaging customers and incorporating their feedback to improve future programs.

Ross Perez – Data Analyst, Tableau Software
Ross joined Tableau as a Data Analyst in 2009. Charged with filling the blog and gallery with interactive content, his days are spent hunting for interesting data and visualizing it with Tableau and Tableau Public. If you are wondering how to make visualizations that are not just informative, but also beautiful and engaging, then you will want to talk to Ross.

Kim Peterson – Senior Software Engineer, Tableau Software
As the lead engineer for the High Availability project, Kim Peterson is responsible for designing and implementing the High Availability feature in Tableau Server. Prior to joining Tableau, Kim worked at Amazon in its performance and monitoring group. Prior to joining Amazon, Kim worked for F5 Networks on distributing website content. Kim got his initial taste of engineering while working for Digital Equipment Corporation (acquired by HP) working with Alphas and VAXes.

Jeff Pettiross - User Experience Designer, Tableau Software
Jeff Pettiross has been dreaming about information design and user experience since he was a kid, spending hours sketching out interface elements for games he would write on his TRS-80. Since then, he has spent the last 20 years designing software and information visualizations in diverse fields including data analysis and visualization, healthcare, project management, desktop software, and engineering. Following his work at Microsoft, two small firms, and in consulting, he has been a user experience designer at Tableau since March 2011.

Wilson Po – Product Consultant, Tableau Software
Wilson joined Tableau in 2009, where he provides technical support to the sales team and customers as a Product Consultant. His work primarily involves helping customers and prospects from all industries understand the full potential of deploying Tableau within their organizations and to work through technical roadblocks that prevent them from doing so. Prior to Tableau, Wilson spent time as a financial analyst doing FP&A work at Washington Mutual where he focused on analysis reporting. Raised locally, Wilson is a graduate of University of Washington Foster School of Business in Finance and Accounting.

Marc Rueter – Senior Director, Technology, Consulting and Strategy, Tableau Software
Marc Rueter is Tableau Software’s Director of Technology, Consulting and Strategy.  He has spent over 6 years helping to build Tableau by helping to create compelling solutions for customers.  Marc also plays an instrumental role in Tableau’s product development, providing critical input based on his experience helping clients with large and complex projects. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer for SQLServer.  Prior to Tableau, he held positions at MicroStrategy and Siebel Systems.  Marc holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from Virginia Tech and an MBA from the University of Washington.
Twitter: @tableaujedi

Ivo Salmre – Program Manager, Tableau Software
Ivo Salmre is the program manager for Tableau’s server products, participating with a merry band of developers in building what will be Tableau’s next generation of server analytics products. Prior to coming to Tableau worked for 14 years at Microsoft in areas spanning developer tools, server and embedded technologies, working both in applied research and product development. Following his time at Microsoft he spent 3 years running his own software consultancy developing on software for energy management and consumer health. These days you can find him burning the midnight oil looking for ways to make Tableau Server both simpler to use and more versatile.

Faye Satta - Technical Writer, Tableau Software
Faye Satta is a member of Tableau's documentation team. Using her background and experience in Online Help documentation and user interface text, Faye focuses primarily on managing and writing content for Tableau’s Knowledge Base. Outside of the software documentation world, she enjoys reading books on her Kindle, snowboarding, hiking around Mt. Pilchuck, and perfecting her chocolate chip cookie recipe.   

Charles Schaefer – Product Consultant, Tableau Software
Charles joined Tableau in December 2010, and now leads the company’s Product Consulting team for all Enterprise Accounts.  He works with clients in all parts of North America, helping them develop Business Intelligence platforms that can apply to all levels of an organization.    In his spare time, Charles plays jazz piano, explores Seattle looking for new restaurants, and defeats his coworkers in Fantasy Football leagues.  After being introduced to Tableau at a previous job, Charles is excited to be attending his first Tableau Customer Conference as an employee.

Scott Sherman – Senior Software Engineer, Tableau Software
Scott Sherman is a Senior Software Engineer for Tableau Software, joining Tableau in 2006. Prior to coming to Tableau, Scott built the layout engine for SmartArt™ in Microsoft Office, designed a browser for handheld computers, and served as chief architect for a CAD system called Vdraft. In his spare time, Scott enjoys playing ice hockey, backpacking and skiing.

Brian Smith – VP, Technical Operations, Tableau Software
Brian Smith is Tableau Software’s Vice President of Technical Operations. Brian’s teams support Corporate and Online Operations, Customer Operations and Business Systems. Prior to joining Tableau, he was VP of Information Technology at Expedia Inc. where he spent 11 years helping build the infrastructure supporting the rapid growth of Expedia.com, Hotels.com and Hotwire.com. Brian holds a B.A. from the University of Washington in Economics and an MBA from the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business.

Dustin Smith – Product Consultant, Tableau Software
Dustin joined Tableau in 2010 as a Product Consultant supporting the sales team.  Focused on Tableau Digital, Dustin works with customers empowering them to unleash their Tableau visualizations on the web where they can be enjoyed by the masses.  Prior to Tableau, Dustin worked as a product and marketing specialist for Onvia Inc. where, among many other things, he reigned as the resident Excel jockey.  Originally from Oregon, Dustin graduated from Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA and afterwards lived in New York City before settling in Seattle.

Paul Sochan – Director of Training, Tableau Software
Paul Sochan in Director of Training at Tableau Software.  Paul has a long held passion for both education and working with data.  He has spent 17 years working in the BI space, initially launching customer training programs for Crystal as well as internal education programs at Business Objects.  In addition to roles in education, Paul has held roles in Product Management, Sales Consulting, Implementation, Support and ran an internal BI team – all within the Business Intelligence space.  Paul holds Bachelor of Applied Science (Engineering) and BA from University of Waterloo and a Masters in Economics from McMaster University.


Nigel Stoodley – Vice President of Sales Consulting, Support and Services, Tableau Software
Nigel Stoodley joined Tableau as the Vice President of Sales Consulting, Support and Services in January 2011. Nigel has spent the last 16 years in the Business Intelligence industry holding various leadership roles in Support, Product Management, Sales Consulting, Sales and Solution Management at Seagate Software, Crystal Decisions, Business Objects and SAP. Prior to that Nigel was Lieutenant Commander in the Canadian Armed forces.

Scott Tennician – Senior Statistical Software Engineer, Tableau Software
Scott Tennican is Tableau Software's Senior Statistical Software Engineer. His responsibilities include the planning, design and implementation of Tableau’s statistical functionality. Before returning to graduate school, Scott developed network software resulting in several patents as lead of core development at F5 Networks. After graduate school, Scott developed statistical models for electric grid attached devices at Gridpoint until joining Tableau. Scott holds an M.A in Economics, a B.S. in Mathematics and a B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Washington.

Wade Tibke – Senior Marketing Manager, Tableau Software
Wade Tibke is Tableau’s Marketing Systems Manager and is responsible for all of Tableau Software’s marketing systems and data, including its CRM systems, web analytics, and customer database. He has introduced several new marketing technologies to Tableau, including automation and website optimization. With deep knowledge of databases and nearly 10 years in high tech marketing, Wade is able to comfortably travel the gap between executing marketing programs and leveraging information technology.

Ozgu Tokgoz – Director, Business Systems, Tableau Software
Ozgu has over 13 years of Enterprise Application Design and Implementation Experience working for organizations/companies such as Jet Propulsion Laboratory, I2 Technologies, and e-Rewards, Inc. where for the past 5 years he architected the CRM, BPMS, and ERP systems for the entire Quote to Bill Cycle.  Ozgu holds an MS degree from MIT where he studied at the Artificial Intelligence Lab. Besides his family, main hobbies are Tennis and Math, specifically Analytical Number Theory.

Coleman Wagoner – Product Consultant, Tableau Software
Coleman is a product consultant at Tableau Software. He recently graduated from the University of Washington Foster School of Business with degrees in Information Systems and Entrepreneurship. As a product consultant, he spends his time delivering product demonstrations and solving customer challenges.

Richard Wesley – Senior Software Engineer, Tableau Software
Richard has been writing software for 35 years. At Tableau since 2004, Richard has contributed to multiple features including the Data Server, the Tableau Data Engine, extracts, geocoding and the database connectivity architecture. Prior to Tableau, Richard spent 3 years at Bright Star Technology developing a state-of-the-art speech synthesis engine before moving on to run his own contract software house and then lead the cross-platform client team at Trusted Media Networks. Richard holds a Sc.B. from Dartmouth University and a Sc.M. from Brown University in the field of Mathematics and presented an industrial paper on the Tableau Data Engine at SIGMOD in 2011.

Lori Williams – Data Analyst, Tableau Software
If a viz falls onto the web and no one sees it, did it happen? Lori likes data visualizations, but she likes them best when they get seen and used.  She is happiest vizzing away on Tableau Public and helping others become killer analysts.  Prior to joining Tableau last March, Lori earned a PhD in Epidemiology, the study of population health.