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Shaku Atre has been a pioneer in computer science, as one of the first women practitioners of database design and related technologies to achieve prominence worldwide.
Shaku Atre
President, Atre Group, Inc.
“Shaku Atre has been a pioneer in computer science, as one of the first women practitioners of database design and related technologies to achieve prominence worldwide. Known for her practical expertise, she has been an entrepreneur, text book author and trade press columnist. She has also been a key note speaker on a range of technology topics all over the world.”
- President of Atre Group, Inc.
- Developer and Main Force, Financier Behind World Woman Warrior
- Former partner with Price Waterhouse Coopers
- Held positions in various capacities with IBM World Trade Corp. for 14 years
- Has Masters of Science, Suma cum Laude, in Statistics, University of Poona, India; Scholarship to University of Heidelberg, Germany, Applied Mathematics, Thesis on Astronomy.
Steve Hilton is a co-founder and President at MachNation, the leading benchmarking and testing firm for Internet of Things (IoT) middleware and platforms.
Steve Hilton
Co-founder and President, MachNation
Steve Hilton is a co-founder and President at MachNation, the leading benchmarking and testing firm for Internet of Things (IoT) middleware and platforms. His primary areas of expertise include competitive positioning, marketing media development, cloud services, small and medium businesses, and sales channels. Steve has 26 years’ experience in the technology and communications industry. Prior to founding MachNation, he built and ran the IoT/M2M and Enterprise practice areas at Analysys Mason. He has also held senior positions at Yankee Group, Lucent Technologies, TDS (Telephone and Data Systems), and Cambridge Strategic Management Group. Steve is a frequent speaker at industry and client events, and publishes articles and blogs in several respected trade journals. He holds a degree in economics from the University of Chicago and a Master’s degree in marketing from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.
For more than 25 years now, Greg has worked as a business intelligence strategist and solution delivery leader to help business leaders use information to create and maximize value
Greg Steffine
Business Intelligence & Analytics Leader
MFor more than 25 years now, Greg has worked as a business intelligence strategist and solution delivery leader to help business leaders use information to create and maximize value, from mid-market growth organizations to the Fortune 1000. It is his goal to empower knowledge workers to improve tactical, operational and strategic decision-making through information.
Mike brings many years of experience as an IT executive and CIO, Digital Transformation Leader and Delivery leader for several Fortune 200 companies.
Mike Galbraith
VP Technology Strategy & Solutions
Mike brings many years of experience as an IT executive and CIO, Digital Transformation Leader and Delivery leader for several Fortune 200 companies. His areas of expertise include global IT strategy, Enterprise Architecture, delivery and operations, Digital Transformation, ERP systems, IoT, Big Data and Analytics. At ThoughtFocus, Mike assists clients in developing capabilities to drive innovation and competitive differentiation.
Matthew Pluster is the Director of Data Analytics and Data Platform Solutions at Skyline Technologies, an IT consulting firm that provides world-class solutions and services.
Matthew Pluster
Director, Data Analytics, Skylinetechnologies
Matthew Pluster is the Director of Data Analytics and Data Platform Solutions at Skyline Technologies, an IT consulting firm that provides world-class solutions and services. He is a data analytics development and implementation specialist with a long history of working with technology strategy. As a solution architect and organizational leader, he has a proven track record of improving decision-making at the enterprise level for many organizations.
Ryan Wilson is currently CTO of Build Intelligence, a Domo Consulting company specializing in the construction industry.
Ryan Wilson
CTO, Build Intelligence
Ryan Wilson is currently CTO of Build Intelligence, a Domo Consulting company specializing in the construction industry. Ryan has over 9 years of data analytics experience from a handful of positions in various industries ranging from biochemistry to early child care education to semi- conductors, etc. Over the past 3 years Ryan has collectively built dataflows, dashboards, and cards for over 20 companies in Domo. Currently he maintains over 3200 visualizations, 2400 datasets, and 700 dataflows, in addition to leading a team of developers and domo consultants at Build Intelligence.
Mike Brody is a Serial Entrepreneur and Co-Founder and CEO of Exago Inc., makers of a web-based solution for software companies looking to provide ad hoc reporting, dashboards, and analytics to their internal and external customers.
Mike Brody
Serial Entrepreneur, Co-Founder and CEO of Exago Inc.
Mike Brody is a serial entrepreneur and co-founder and CEO of Exago Inc., makers of a web-based solution for software companies looking to provide ad hoc reporting, dashboards, and analytics to their internal and external customers. Since the company’s inception in 2006, Mike has led Exago to its position as a self-funded and profitable player in the business intelligence software market.
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Many manufacturers obsess about performance. They have good reason to do so. In a world where products can be copied too easily by rivals, superior manufacturing productivity and profitability may be the only way to come out on top. Performance involves metrics and indicators to see where you are and what you should do about it. Manufacturing KPIs (key performance indicators) play a critical role. Businesses are trying to harness the right data sets and analyze them in the right ways to make good decisions about products, services, customers, suppliers and much more. But BI tools come in so many forms, and the choices can be overwhelming. One of those choices is whether to pursue this business intelligence in-house or utilize new cloud or SaaS BI tools. This article will attempt to explain what SaaS (software-as-a-service) business intelligence entails, the difference between on-premise and SaaS, some of the pros and cons of choosing a SaaS solution, and how to select the right BI tool for your business. Published: August 1, 2022 Effective business intelligence (BI) is critical for enterprises to generate revenue and maximize their ROI. With data increasing in complexity and volume every day, businesses need something more out of their BI software than a traditional database to store historical and transactional information for analytics. Many companies want live insights as well, and analyzing big data in real time requires a solution beyond a regular database. Data warehouse is a big data storage system that enable data management for enterprise reporting and data analytics. This article showcases the top data mining tools to help you select the right system. This article breaks it down with the associated roles, courses and certifications. Plus, it has information for software buyers. Which tool should you choose? Where does data analytics fit when seeking BI software, and how will it impact your buying decision? This article includes these and other frequently asked questions about business intelligence and data analytics. Makes you wonder if a free BI tool is the answer. In this article, we’ll cover a brief history of BI, some important processes and features, and burning questions users have on the topic. If you’ve ever discussed how you can gain greater insight into your processes, you’ve likely heard of business intelligence tools, also known as BI. But what does BI do exactly? How is it helpful? How can you make sure you set yourself up for success when using it? This article aims to answer those questions and more when it comes to how to build a successful business intelligence strategy. So let’s get started. This article gives you a data warehouse requirements checklist to select a suitable BI solution that supports your data pipelines. What was your company’s retail sales volume for the last quarter? How much revenue did the new product line make in the past year? What’s the customer churn rate? BI tools can answer questions like these in seconds. In this article, we discuss their evolution from relational databases and the challenges, some best practices and considerations to keep in mind before choosing one for your organization. She discovers the index is bulky when bucketing transactions could have saved storage. Maybe it’s time for a team refresher on the best practices of logical modeling. Let’s first get the prototype out, she decides, as she sets up a team meeting in her calendar. “What’s a dashboard? Is it like the Tumblr dashboard?” she asked. I asked her to share the image, which was her Tumblr feed. Like her, this article is for you if you don’t know what dashboards are and what they do. It includes a how-to tutorial for Excel dashboarding with everyday challenges and burning questions. The world of business software is constantly evolving, and that is especially true of cloud-based business intelligence tools. The best cloud analytics platforms, especially those that can scale responsively in order to support a company’s business models as they evolve, are starting to replace on-premise reporting solutions at great rates, and it’s easy to see why. Legacy systems lack the easy-to-customize user interfaces, prototyping tools and self-service BI which cloud platforms provide. Among reporting software, open-source solutions garner much interest — they’re cost-effective and customizable. But what about licensing? Which open-source license should you opt for? What are the best practices for adopting open-code software? Read more on this ahead. 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