Alan Jacobson is the Chief Data and Analytics officer (CDAO) of Alteryx, driving data initiatives and accelerating digital business transformation for the Alteryx global customer base. As CDAO, Alan leads the company’s data science practice as a best-in-class example of how a company can get maximum leverage out of its data and the insights it contains. He is responsible for data management and governance, product and internal data, and the use of the Alteryx Platform to drive continued growth. Prior to joining Alteryx, Alan held a variety of leadership roles at Ford Motor Company; most recently leading a team of data scientists to drive digital transformation across the enterprise, helping grow the number of Alteryx users at Ford to 10,000. As an Alteryx evangelist at Ford, Alan spent many years leveraging the Alteryx Platform across the company and witnessed first-hand the impact a culture of analytics can have on the bottom line and what it takes to succeed as a data-driven enterprise.

Jack Slettebak has been supporting CDS almost since its inception and spearhead the data & capability roadmap from within the Commercial Data Strategy team.

Kelsey Licul has been supporting CDS almost since its inception and spearhead the data & capability roadmap from within the Commercial Data Strategy team.

Jess Roberts is part of the Commercial Data Strategy team, supporting Hershey’s Strategic Revenue Growth Management team.

Husband, father, world traveler, current Cloud Solutions Architect for Microsoft, former DBA, and a reformed systems administrator, who started as a paratrooper.Ed is an experienced Solutions Architect with a demonstrated history of working with Cloud Scale Data Solutions. Skilled in Data Warehousing, Data Governance, Power BI, Cosmos DB, Machine Learning, Azure Data Services, and Team Building. Ed also wrote a book: the Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Certification Guide

Sean is an Intelligence Technical Specialist for the U.S. Northeast region at Microsoft, supporting Power BI. Helping to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

Andre is an experienced solution advisor. He started his journey in Europe in early 2000 focusing on data & Analytics solutions. He works closely with customers demonstrating the value of SAP Analytics solutions for their specific needs. He’s an avid chess player and he had the chance to cross the path of several world champions when following the games. He lives in NYC and enjoys the cultural vibrancy of the city.

Tom is an experienced and passionate innovation thought leader. He loves helping both commercial and government customers challenge traditional thinking and discover new ways to leverage the latest technologies to solve real problems that deliver customer value through design thinking methodologies. Tom is a subject matter expert and continual learner in the areas of analytics, data warehousing and predictive technology solutions. He can be found dressed up as Obi Wan at a cosplay event, riding his mountain bike day or night and always up for a good episode of Cash Cab and of course Star trek as you would expect from a self-proclaimed geek.

Patrice Czapski is a member of the SAP BTP Center of Excellence. She has been working with SAP’s data & analytics solutions for over 25 years and is widely known for being an expert in all things analytics

Rachel is a Lead Solutions Engineer within the Consumer Goods group specializing in both Tableau and Salesforce CRM ANalytics. Previously she worked as a consultant on Analytics Implementations Across CG, Retail, and Telco.

Roman was with Tableau/Salesforce for over 4 years. Prior to joining Tableau, he was in K-12 and university education for 14 years as a teacher, professor, and administrator in various capacities.

Alan Jacobson is the Chief Data and Analytics officer (CDAO) of Alteryx, driving data initiatives and accelerating digital business transformation for the Alteryx global customer base. As CDAO, Alan leads the company’s data science practice as a best-in-class example of how a company can get maximum leverage out of its data and the insights it contains. He is responsible for data management and governance, product and internal data, and the use of the Alteryx Platform to drive continued growth. Prior to joining Alteryx, Alan held a variety of leadership roles at Ford Motor Company; most recently leading a team of data scientists to drive digital transformation across the enterprise, helping grow the number of Alteryx users at Ford to 10,000. As an Alteryx evangelist at Ford, Alan spent many years leveraging the Alteryx Platform across the company and witnessed first-hand the impact a culture of analytics can have on the bottom line and what it takes to succeed as a data-driven enterprise.

Tery Lockitski is a member of the Alteryx Worldwide Customer Advisory (WWCA) team. She is an avid former Alteryx customer who focuses on helping IT, Supply Chain Operations, and R&D functions benefit from Alteryx.She has over 25 years of food manufacturing, supply chain, and IT experience having served as CDO at Tate & Lyle, VP Supply Chain at Hitachi, and CTO at PepsiCo.

Nicole Johnson is a Sr. Product Manager at Alteryx and has been an active Alteryx user and super-fan for years. In addition to becoming an ACE in 2018, she also competed in the Alteryx Grand Prix competition at Inspire in Anaheim that same year – and won, as the first solo female to win the Grand Prix. Now, as Sr. Product Manager for Designer Desktop, she’s taking her own years of experience as an Alteryx user at T-Mobile along with ideas from our customers around the world to continue building a roadmap for an even better Designer of the future. She is passionate about enablement, both internally and externally, and loves seeing the lightbulb turn on whenever someone discovers a new way to do magic with Alteryx.

Nancy Duan is a Solutions Engineer at Alteryx. She helps customers across multiple industries get value out of the Alteryx platform. She assists with use case discovery, workflow build, 1-on-1 coaching sessions, and other enablement activities. Prior to Alteryx, Nancy worked at KPMG in their Center of Excellence and several other technology consulting firms with a focus on Alteryx and Tableau, delivering business insights to a variety of industries.

David Mayer has over thirty years of experience in data science, strategic marketing, corporate finance, and management consulting. He currently serves as Vice President and Program Director for Gartner Research Board, after working with data and analytics leaders for three years as a Gartner EITL Leadership Partner. He has managed consulting engagements for clients including Shire Pharmaceuticals, Amadeus, Cisco, Oracle, ViaWest, AT&T, Pizza Hut, General Electric, First Data, CH2M HILL, CMP Media, Tech Data Corporation, Carlson Wagonlit, and Intel, among others.

Patrick LeBlanc is a currently a Principal Program Manager at Microsoft and a contributing partner to Guy in a Cube. Along with his 15+ years’ experience in IT he holds a Masters of Science degree from Louisiana State University. He is the author and co-author of five SQL Server books. Prior to joining Microsoft he was awarded Microsoft MVP award for his contributions to the community. Patrick is a regular speaker at many SQL Server Conferences and Community events.

Husband, father, world traveler, current Cloud Solutions Architect for Microsoft, former DBA, and a reformed systems administrator, who started as a paratrooper.Ed is an experienced Solutions Architect with a demonstrated history of working with Cloud Scale Data Solutions. Skilled in Data Warehousing, Data Governance, Power BI, Cosmos DB, Machine Learning, Azure Data Services, and Team Building. Ed also wrote a book: the Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Certification Guide

Alan Jacobson is the Chief Data and Analytics officer (CDAO) of Alteryx, driving data initiatives and accelerating digital business transformation for the Alteryx global customer base. As CDAO, Alan leads the company’s data science practice as a best-in-class example of how a company can get maximum leverage out of its data and the insights it contains. He is responsible for data management and governance, product and internal data, and the use of the Alteryx Platform to drive continued growth. Prior to joining Alteryx, Alan held a variety of leadership roles at Ford Motor Company; most recently leading a team of data scientists to drive digital transformation across the enterprise, helping grow the number of Alteryx users at Ford to 10,000. As an Alteryx evangelist at Ford, Alan spent many years leveraging the Alteryx Platform across the company and witnessed first-hand the impact a culture of analytics can have on the bottom line and what it takes to succeed as a data-driven enterprise.

Nancy Duan is a Solutions Engineer at Alteryx. She helps customers across multiple industries get value out of the Alteryx platform. She assists with use case discovery, workflow build, 1-on-1 coaching sessions, and other enablement activities. Prior to Alteryx, Nancy worked at KPMG in their Center of Excellence and several other technology consulting firms with a focus on Alteryx and Tableau, delivering business insights to a variety of industries.

Kathleen Monks is a Solutions Engineer at Alteryx. She supports customers in a variety of industries, including retail, manufacturing, and finance, get more value out of their data using the Alteryx platform. She is passionate about upskilling knowledge workers to help them tackle more complex data challenges, and in turn, help them make better decisions for their businesses. Prior to joining Alteryx, she worked at SAS Institute as a systems engineer developing a deep knowledge of the data and analytics space.

Patrick LeBlanc is a currently a Principal Program Manager at Microsoft and a contributing partner to Guy in a Cube. Along with his 15+ years’ experience in IT he holds a Masters of Science degree from Louisiana State University. He is the author and co-author of five SQL Server books. Prior to joining Microsoft he was awarded Microsoft MVP award for his contributions to the community. Patrick is a regular speaker at many SQL Server Conferences and Community events.

Tom is an experienced and passionate innovation thought leader. He loves helping both commercial and government customers challenge traditional thinking and discover new ways to leverage the latest technologies to solve real problems that deliver customer value through design thinking methodologies. Tom is a subject matter expert and continual learner in the areas of analytics, data warehousing and predictive technology solutions. He can be found dressed up as Obi Wan at a cosplay event, riding his mountain bike day or night and always up for a good episode of Cash Cab and of course Star trek as you would expect from a self-proclaimed geek.

Patrice Czapski is a member of the SAP BTP Center of Excellence. She has been working with SAP’s data & analytics solutions for over 25 years and is widely known for being an expert in all things analytics

Jason Yeung is the Vice President of SAP’s Business Technology Platform (BTP) Center of Excellence practice.  In this role, he leads a team of subject matter experts that work to evangelize, build demand, create innovative plays, and drive customer success for SAP’s portfolio of data and analytics solutions.  He is passionate about all things analytics and is constantly pushing the technology boundaries to build innovative value-based solutions to solve complex analytics challenges.  Prior to SAP, Mr. Yeung held various leadership roles sales, pre-sales, and product management – all in the analytics space.

Jenn co-leads analytics delivery at phData. She is a 3x Tableau Ambassador and has led her local Tableau User Group (Pittsburgh) for the past 6 years.

As a trusted executive leader, Mike Marotta plays an integral role in helping Fortune 500 companies bring their vision of integrated planning to life using Power BI. He has extensive experience in Business Intelligence (BI) & Corporate Performance Management (CPM) space and spearheads sales efforts at Power ON. Mike currently resides with his wife and children in the greater Philadelphia, PA area.

Patrick LeBlanc is a currently a Principal Program Manager at Microsoft and a contributing partner to Guy in a Cube. Along with his 15+ years’ experience in IT he holds a Masters of Science degree from Louisiana State University. He is the author and co-author of five SQL Server books. Prior to joining Microsoft he was awarded Microsoft MVP award for his contributions to the community. Patrick is a regular speaker at many SQL Server Conferences and Community events.

Sean is an Intelligence Technical Specialist for the U.S. Northeast region at Microsoft, supporting Power BI. Helping to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

Jason Yeung is the Vice President of SAP’s Business Technology Platform (BTP) Center of Excellence practice.  In this role, he leads a team of subject matter experts that work to evangelize, build demand, create innovative plays, and drive customer success for SAP’s portfolio of data and analytics solutions.  He is passionate about all things analytics and is constantly pushing the technology boundaries to build innovative value-based solutions to solve complex analytics challenges.  Prior to SAP, Mr. Yeung held various leadership roles sales, pre-sales, and product management – all in the analytics space.

Patrice Czapski is a member of the SAP BTP Center of Excellence. She has been working with SAP’s data & analytics solutions for over 25 years and is widely known for being an expert in all things analytics

Rachel is a Lead Solutions Engineer within the Consumer Goods group specializing in both Tableau and Salesforce CRM ANalytics. Previously she worked as a consultant on Analytics Implementations Across CG, Retail, and Telco.

Nancy Duan is a Solutions Engineer at Alteryx. She helps customers across multiple industries get value out of the Alteryx platform. She assists with use case discovery, workflow build, 1-on-1 coaching sessions, and other enablement activities. Prior to Alteryx, Nancy worked at KPMG in their Center of Excellence and several other technology consulting firms with a focus on Alteryx and Tableau, delivering business insights to a variety of industries.

Kathleen Monks is a Solutions Engineer at Alteryx. She supports customers in a variety of industries, including retail, manufacturing, and finance, get more value out of their data using the Alteryx platform. She is passionate about upskilling knowledge workers to help them tackle more complex data challenges, and in turn, help them make better decisions for their businesses. Prior to joining Alteryx, she worked at SAS Institute as a systems engineer developing a deep knowledge of the data and analytics space.

Patrice Czapski is a member of the SAP BTP Center of Excellence. She has been working with SAP’s data & analytics solutions for over 25 years and is widely known for being an expert in all things analytics

Tom is an experienced and passionate innovation thought leader. He loves helping both commercial and government customers challenge traditional thinking and discover new ways to leverage the latest technologies to solve real problems that deliver customer value through design thinking methodologies. Tom is a subject matter expert and continual learner in the areas of analytics, data warehousing and predictive technology solutions. He can be found dressed up as Obi Wan at a cosplay event, riding his mountain bike day or night and always up for a good episode of Cash Cab and of course Star trek as you would expect from a self-proclaimed geek.

Autumn is a Tableau Ambassador, has received 6 VOTDs, is a Tableau featured author, and co-leads a Tableau community initiative.

Jason Yeung is the Vice President of SAP’s Business Technology Platform (BTP) Center of Excellence practice.  In this role, he leads a team of subject matter experts that work to evangelize, build demand, create innovative plays, and drive customer success for SAP’s portfolio of data and analytics solutions.  He is passionate about all things analytics and is constantly pushing the technology boundaries to build innovative value-based solutions to solve complex analytics challenges.  Prior to SAP, Mr. Yeung held various leadership roles sales, pre-sales, and product management – all in the analytics space.

Peter has 25+ years of delivering BI Solutions at the Hershey Company. He is best known for collaborating and growing bench strength within the Business and IS teams to deliver new and innovative solutions with the latest technology. Peter is currently the IS Lead for Reporting and Analytics on the S4 Program.

Nancy Duan is a Solutions Engineer at Alteryx. She helps customers across multiple industries get value out of the Alteryx platform. She assists with use case discovery, workflow build, 1-on-1 coaching sessions, and other enablement activities. Prior to Alteryx, Nancy worked at KPMG in their Center of Excellence and several other technology consulting firms with a focus on Alteryx and Tableau, delivering business insights to a variety of industries.

Aubrey Pool is a passionate Architecture Leader with over 15 years of diverse experience experience leading data engineering, architecture, and data science teams through the modern cloud-based analytics journey.

Ryan has over 12 years of Data and Analytics experience, wearing different hats throughout his time in the IS organization. A primary driver to success has been cross functional collaboration, bridging IT with business partners to build an enterprise data strategy that aligns to the LSP vision.

Ryan is currently a leader in the Enterprise Data organization, working with a diverse and talented team of data professionals responsible for the delivery of data and analytical solutions to drive value across the business.

Patrick LeBlanc is a currently a Principal Program Manager at Microsoft and a contributing partner to Guy in a Cube. Along with his 15+ years’ experience in IT he holds a Masters of Science degree from Louisiana State University. He is the author and co-author of five SQL Server books. Prior to joining Microsoft he was awarded Microsoft MVP award for his contributions to the community. Patrick is a regular speaker at many SQL Server Conferences and Community events.

Husband, father, world traveler, current Cloud Solutions Architect for Microsoft, former DBA, and a reformed systems administrator, who started as a paratrooper.Ed is an experienced Solutions Architect with a demonstrated history of working with Cloud Scale Data Solutions. Skilled in Data Warehousing, Data Governance, Power BI, Cosmos DB, Machine Learning, Azure Data Services, and Team Building. Ed also wrote a book: the Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Certification Guide

Andre is an experienced solution advisor. He started his journey in Europe in early 2000 focusing on data & Analytics solutions. He works closely with customers demonstrating the value of SAP Analytics solutions for their specific needs. He’s an avid chess player and he had the chance to cross the path of several world champions when following the games. He lives in NYC and enjoys the cultural vibrancy of the city.

Tom is an experienced and passionate innovation thought leader. He loves helping both commercial and government customers challenge traditional thinking and discover new ways to leverage the latest technologies to solve real problems that deliver customer value through design thinking methodologies. Tom is a subject matter expert and continual learner in the areas of analytics, data warehousing and predictive technology solutions. He can be found dressed up as Obi Wan at a cosplay event, riding his mountain bike day or night and always up for a good episode of Cash Cab and of course Star trek as you would expect from a self-proclaimed geek.

Patrice Czapski is a member of the SAP BTP Center of Excellence. She has been working with SAP’s data & analytics solutions for over 25 years and is widely known for being an expert in all things analytics

Luke has been using Tableau for over ten years and is a 4-time Tableau Visionary—a recognition given by Tableau to only 45 people worldwide wide for their knowledge of Tableau, their willingness to share that knowledge with others, and help support the global Tableau community. Luke co-leads Workout Wednesday—where the community is challenged to recreate a visualization in Tableau given scant instructions.

Pier Bobys is a Senior Solution Advisor on the Alteryx Advanced Technologies team where she gets to focus primarily on the data science aspects of the Alteryx platform.  Before joining Alteryx, she worked in a variety of roles, including marketing analytics at Time, Inc and American Express, consulting with Booz Allen Hamilton and then shifting gears to pre-sales at IBM and SAP.  She’s passionate about analytics and loves nothing more than talking to customers about their data and how Alteryx can help them achieve their analytics goals.   

Nancy Duan is a Solutions Engineer at Alteryx. She helps customers across multiple industries get value out of the Alteryx platform. She assists with use case discovery, workflow build, 1-on-1 coaching sessions, and other enablement activities. Prior to Alteryx, Nancy worked at KPMG in their Center of Excellence and several other technology consulting firms with a focus on Alteryx and Tableau, delivering business insights to a variety of industries.

Paul Haskins liaises with the Gartner Research communities to develop and deliver new services that advance data, analytics and AI to enable clients to increase their decision intelligence and operate at digital scale. Previous to Gartner, Mr. Haskins was VP Consulting at CGI Group, where he was responsible for the IM group of practices, including IM business consulting, ECM, WCM and collaboration. He led a team of four directors and 40 consultants and was directly engaged in strategic consulting initiatives. Mr. Haskins was also responsible for service delivery to Government of Canada clients in the science, financial regulatory and Parliamentary clusters.

Roman was with Tableau/Salesforce for over 4 years. Prior to joining Tableau, he was in K-12 and university education for 14 years as a teacher, professor, and administrator in various capacities.

Matthew's worked with data for more than two decades. Discovering Tableau in 2011 changed that data work into a data passion. Today, he leads the Customer-led Innovation and Programs team at Tableau, crafting the strategy to serve your analytical needs both now and in the future. Matthew lives in Chicago with his wife, five kids, and a cat.

Nicole Johnson is a Sr. Product Manager at Alteryx and has been an active Alteryx user and super-fan for years. In addition to becoming an ACE in 2018, she also competed in the Alteryx Grand Prix competition at Inspire in Anaheim that same year – and won, as the first solo female to win the Grand Prix. Now, as Sr. Product Manager for Designer Desktop, she’s taking her own years of experience as an Alteryx user at T-Mobile along with ideas from our customers around the world to continue building a roadmap for an even better Designer of the future. She is passionate about enablement, both internally and externally, and loves seeing the lightbulb turn on whenever someone discovers a new way to do magic with Alteryx.

Patrick LeBlanc is a currently a Principal Program Manager at Microsoft and a contributing partner to Guy in a Cube. Along with his 15+ years’ experience in IT he holds a Masters of Science degree from Louisiana State University. He is the author and co-author of five SQL Server books. Prior to joining Microsoft he was awarded Microsoft MVP award for his contributions to the community. Patrick is a regular speaker at many SQL Server Conferences and Community events.

Husband, father, world traveler, current Cloud Solutions Architect for Microsoft, former DBA, and a reformed systems administrator, who started as a paratrooper.Ed is an experienced Solutions Architect with a demonstrated history of working with Cloud Scale Data Solutions. Skilled in Data Warehousing, Data Governance, Power BI, Cosmos DB, Machine Learning, Azure Data Services, and Team Building. Ed also wrote a book: the Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Certification Guide

Andre is an experienced solution advisor. He started his journey in Europe in early 2000 focusing on data & Analytics solutions. He works closely with customers demonstrating the value of SAP Analytics solutions for their specific needs. He’s an avid chess player and he had the chance to cross the path of several world champions when following the games. He lives in NYC and enjoys the cultural vibrancy of the city.

Patrice Czapski is a member of the SAP BTP Center of Excellence. She has been working with SAP’s data & analytics solutions for over 25 years and is widely known for being an expert in all things analytics

Jason Yeung is the Vice President of SAP’s Business Technology Platform (BTP) Center of Excellence practice.  In this role, he leads a team of subject matter experts that work to evangelize, build demand, create innovative plays, and drive customer success for SAP’s portfolio of data and analytics solutions.  He is passionate about all things analytics and is constantly pushing the technology boundaries to build innovative value-based solutions to solve complex analytics challenges.  Prior to SAP, Mr. Yeung held various leadership roles sales, pre-sales, and product management – all in the analytics space.

Luke has been using Tableau for over ten years and is a 4-time Tableau Visionary—a recognition given by Tableau to only 45 people worldwide wide for their knowledge of Tableau, their willingness to share that knowledge with others, and help support the global Tableau community. Luke co-leads Workout Wednesday—where the community is challenged to recreate a visualization in Tableau given scant instructions.

Jenn co-leads analytics delivery at phData. She is a 3x Tableau Ambassador and has led her local Tableau User Group (Pittsburgh) for the past 6 years.

Autumn is a Tableau Ambassador, has received 6 VOTDs, is a Tableau featured author, and co-leads a Tableau community initiative.

Nancy Duan is a Solutions Engineer at Alteryx. She helps customers across multiple industries get value out of the Alteryx platform. She assists with use case discovery, workflow build, 1-on-1 coaching sessions, and other enablement activities. Prior to Alteryx, Nancy worked at KPMG in their Center of Excellence and several other technology consulting firms with a focus on Alteryx and Tableau, delivering business insights to a variety of industries.

Kuldeep is a data management professions with vast experience in Data Governance, Master Data Management and Data Quality Management

Husband, father, world traveler, current Cloud Solutions Architect for Microsoft, former DBA, and a reformed systems administrator, who started as a paratrooper.Ed is an experienced Solutions Architect with a demonstrated history of working with Cloud Scale Data Solutions. Skilled in Data Warehousing, Data Governance, Power BI, Cosmos DB, Machine Learning, Azure Data Services, and Team Building. Ed also wrote a book: the Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Certification Guide

Patrice Czapski is a member of the SAP BTP Center of Excellence. She has been working with SAP’s data & analytics solutions for over 25 years and is widely known for being an expert in all things analytics

Andre is an experienced solution advisor. He started his journey in Europe in early 2000 focusing on data & Analytics solutions. He works closely with customers demonstrating the value of SAP Analytics solutions for their specific needs. He’s an avid chess player and he had the chance to cross the path of several world champions when following the games. He lives in NYC and enjoys the cultural vibrancy of the city.

Husband, father, world traveler, current Cloud Solutions Architect for Microsoft, former DBA, and a reformed systems administrator, who started as a paratrooper.Ed is an experienced Solutions Architect with a demonstrated history of working with Cloud Scale Data Solutions. Skilled in Data Warehousing, Data Governance, Power BI, Cosmos DB, Machine Learning, Azure Data Services, and Team Building. Ed also wrote a book: the Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Certification Guide

Jason Yeung is the Vice President of SAP’s Business Technology Platform (BTP) Center of Excellence practice.  In this role, he leads a team of subject matter experts that work to evangelize, build demand, create innovative plays, and drive customer success for SAP’s portfolio of data and analytics solutions.  He is passionate about all things analytics and is constantly pushing the technology boundaries to build innovative value-based solutions to solve complex analytics challenges.  Prior to SAP, Mr. Yeung held various leadership roles sales, pre-sales, and product management – all in the analytics space.

Patrice Czapski is a member of the SAP BTP Center of Excellence. She has been working with SAP’s data & analytics solutions for over 25 years and is widely known for being an expert in all things analytics

Matthew's worked with data for more than two decades. Discovering Tableau in 2011 changed that data work into a data passion. Today, he leads the Customer-led Innovation and Programs team at Tableau, crafting the strategy to serve your analytical needs both now and in the future. Matthew lives in Chicago with his wife, five kids, and a cat.

Marc Reguera has spent 28 years at Microsoft in various leadership positions in Finance and Product groups. Prior experience includes being the Finance leaders of call centers & planning for the US subsidiary. His last 7 years have been spent in the product groups where he leads a WW group of engineers who engage customers & bring their feedback inside the product groups for Power BI & Azure Synapse. Marc has also lead training at Microsoft on storytelling & data visualization.

Patrick LeBlanc is a currently a Principal Program Manager at Microsoft and a contributing partner to Guy in a Cube. Along with his 15+ years’ experience in IT he holds a Masters of Science degree from Louisiana State University. He is the author and co-author of five SQL Server books. Prior to joining Microsoft he was awarded Microsoft MVP award for his contributions to the community. Patrick is a regular speaker at many SQL Server Conferences and Community events.

Nancy Duan is a Solutions Engineer at Alteryx. She helps customers across multiple industries get value out of the Alteryx platform. She assists with use case discovery, workflow build, 1-on-1 coaching sessions, and other enablement activities. Prior to Alteryx, Nancy worked at KPMG in their Center of Excellence and several other technology consulting firms with a focus on Alteryx and Tableau, delivering business insights to a variety of industries.

Pier Bobys is a Senior Solution Advisor on the Alteryx Advanced Technologies team where she gets to focus primarily on the data science aspects of the Alteryx platform.  Before joining Alteryx, she worked in a variety of roles, including marketing analytics at Time, Inc and American Express, consulting with Booz Allen Hamilton and then shifting gears to pre-sales at IBM and SAP.  She’s passionate about analytics and loves nothing more than talking to customers about their data and how Alteryx can help them achieve their analytics goals.   

Elise Sheffer is a people focused leader with experiences in manufacturing, regulatory, food safety and customer relationships. Elise has a passion for problem solving and identifying practical solutions for teams to unlock productivity and prioritize strategic work.

Nick Sass is a collaborative leader with 17+ years of Sales and Category Management experience in a multitude of business units including C-Store, Specialty, Mass, Dollar, and Food. Nick excels at developing high performing sales teams by empowering decision making and driving efficiencies that deliver results.

Marc Reguera has spent 28 years at Microsoft in various leadership positions in Finance and Product groups. Prior experience includes being the Finance leaders of call centers & planning for the US subsidiary. His last 7 years have been spent in the product groups where he leads a WW group of engineers who engage customers & bring their feedback inside the product groups for Power BI & Azure Synapse. Marc has also lead training at Microsoft on storytelling & data visualization.

Patrick LeBlanc is a currently a Principal Program Manager at Microsoft and a contributing partner to Guy in a Cube. Along with his 15+ years’ experience in IT he holds a Masters of Science degree from Louisiana State University. He is the author and co-author of five SQL Server books. Prior to joining Microsoft he was awarded Microsoft MVP award for his contributions to the community. Patrick is a regular speaker at many SQL Server Conferences and Community events.

Andre is an experienced solution advisor. He started his journey in Europe in early 2000 focusing on data & Analytics solutions. He works closely with customers demonstrating the value of SAP Analytics solutions for their specific needs. He’s an avid chess player and he had the chance to cross the path of several world champions when following the games. He lives in NYC and enjoys the cultural vibrancy of the city.

Tom is an experienced and passionate innovation thought leader. He loves helping both commercial and government customers challenge traditional thinking and discover new ways to leverage the latest technologies to solve real problems that deliver customer value through design thinking methodologies. Tom is a subject matter expert and continual learner in the areas of analytics, data warehousing and predictive technology solutions. He can be found dressed up as Obi Wan at a cosplay event, riding his mountain bike day or night and always up for a good episode of Cash Cab and of course Star trek as you would expect from a self-proclaimed geek.

Patrice Czapski is a member of the SAP BTP Center of Excellence. She has been working with SAP’s data & analytics solutions for over 25 years and is widely known for being an expert in all things analytics

Autumn is a Tableau Ambassador, has received 6 VOTDs, is a Tableau featured author, and co-leads a Tableau community initiative.

Jenn co-leads analytics delivery at phData. She is a 3x Tableau Ambassador and has led her local Tableau User Group (Pittsburgh) for the past 6 years.

Luke has been using Tableau for over ten years and is a 4-time Tableau Visionary—a recognition given by Tableau to only 45 people worldwide wide for their knowledge of Tableau, their willingness to share that knowledge with others, and help support the global Tableau community. Luke co-leads Workout Wednesday—where the community is challenged to recreate a visualization in Tableau given scant instructions.

Seasoned analytics leader with broad and versatile knowledge of the analytics and data science landscape, combined with a strong business acumen, enabling design and deployment of commercial analytics/machine learning solutions. Xiao has a strong knowledge in design and build of machine learning pipelines including data extraction, feature engineering from structured and unstructured data; and extensive experience in commercializing ML solutions with latest AI/ML technologies (NLP, Computer Vision, Deep Learning) across multiple platforms (e.g., AWS and GCP).

Marc Reguera has spent 28 years at Microsoft in various leadership positions in Finance and Product groups. Prior experience includes being the Finance leaders of call centers & planning for the US subsidiary. His last 7 years have been spent in the product groups where he leads a WW group of engineers who engage customers & bring their feedback inside the product groups for Power BI & Azure Synapse. Marc has also lead training at Microsoft on storytelling & data visualization.

Patrick LeBlanc is a currently a Principal Program Manager at Microsoft and a contributing partner to Guy in a Cube. Along with his 15+ years’ experience in IT he holds a Masters of Science degree from Louisiana State University. He is the author and co-author of five SQL Server books. Prior to joining Microsoft he was awarded Microsoft MVP award for his contributions to the community. Patrick is a regular speaker at many SQL Server Conferences and Community events.

Luke has been using Tableau for over ten years and is a 4-time Tableau Visionary—a recognition given by Tableau to only 45 people worldwide wide for their knowledge of Tableau, their willingness to share that knowledge with others, and help support the global Tableau community. Luke co-leads Workout Wednesday—where the community is challenged to recreate a visualization in Tableau given scant instructions.

Pier Bobys is a Senior Solution Advisor on the Alteryx Advanced Technologies team where she gets to focus primarily on the data science aspects of the Alteryx platform.  Before joining Alteryx, she worked in a variety of roles, including marketing analytics at Time, Inc and American Express, consulting with Booz Allen Hamilton and then shifting gears to pre-sales at IBM and SAP.  She’s passionate about analytics and loves nothing more than talking to customers about their data and how Alteryx can help them achieve their analytics goals.   

Tery Lockitski is a member of the Alteryx Worldwide Customer Advisory (WWCA) team. She is an avid former Alteryx customer who focuses on helping IT, Supply Chain Operations, and R&D functions benefit from Alteryx.She has over 25 years of food manufacturing, supply chain, and IT experience having served as CDO at Tate & Lyle, VP Supply Chain at Hitachi, and CTO at PepsiCo.

Paul Haskins liaises with the Gartner Research communities to develop and deliver new services that advance data, analytics and AI to enable clients to increase their decision intelligence and operate at digital scale. Previous to Gartner, Mr. Haskins was VP Consulting at CGI Group, where he was responsible for the IM group of practices, including IM business consulting, ECM, WCM and collaboration. He led a team of four directors and 40 consultants and was directly engaged in strategic consulting initiatives. Mr. Haskins was also responsible for service delivery to Government of Canada clients in the science, financial regulatory and Parliamentary clusters.

Ryan has over 12 years of Data and Analytics experience, wearing different hats throughout his time in the IS organization. A primary driver to success has been cross functional collaboration, bridging IT with business partners to build an enterprise data strategy that aligns to the LSP vision. Ryan is currently a leader in the Enterprise Data organization, working with a diverse and talented team of data professionals responsible for the delivery of data and analytical solutions to drive value across the business.

IT Strategist and Leader with more than 25 years of experience across all aspects of IT. Achim is the IT Leader and Strategist for Hershey’s S/4 Transformation. In addition, he is leading Hershey’s IT Strategy, Enterprise Architecture and Enterprise Data Team. He holds an MBA from Wharton, and a Master in Computer Science from the University of the German Armed Forces (Munich, Germany).

Big picture strategist qualified with over 20 years of information technology experience. Continuously developing self-starter with a passion for innovative problem solving and solution delivery in information security and risk management. Focused on driving bottom-line business impact by aligning security investments with business needs, delivering insights to business decision-making, and avoiding losses from security incidents.

Jay Cheedella is Vice President, Global Business Services at The Hershey Company. In this role, she is responsible for leading a 500+ person multi-location team to simplify, standardize and streamline business processes by leveraging skill and scale, process optimization, automation and technology. Jay joined Hershey in 2020 from Molson Coors where she worked for 20+ years in various business and IS roles. She led the Transformation Management Office for business transformation, was Integration Lead for implementing end-to-end business process and ERP systems, headed Global Business Services and transitioned scope from Finance, HR, Procurement, Supply Chain and Sales functions. Prior to that she also led Internal Audit, managed IT portfolio and deployed several ERP solutions. Her passion is process improvement, change management and problem solving. Jay has a master’s degree in Physics from S V University, Tirupati, India and an MBA in e-commerce from Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Experienced Vice President in Shopper Insights & Category Management with a demonstrated history of working in the consumer goods industry. Advanced knowledge in category management applications such as Nielsen, IRI, JDA, APT and many other capabilities. Cross functional experience in Demand Planning, Supply Chain, Sales, Retail, and Customer Service, I enjoy working with retailers to drive sustainable growth. I am graduate from Penn State university.

Beth Correll is a veteran Supply Chain and Finance professional who has been with Hershey for over 24 years. With an Industrial Engineering background, using data and analytics to drive powerful business insights and efficiencies is part of her DNA. After spending many years in the Supply Chain, Beth moved into the Finance organization 4 years ago, and today leads Hershey’s Finance Transformation Management Office. She is a passionate change agent with a people-centric approach, working to ensure that Hershey’s Global Finance organization has the tools and capabilities needed to serve the business as we achieve our aspirational vision for the future.

Nishant is a growth strategist and techno-optimist, focused on leveraging data and analytics to unlock disruptive but sustainable growth. He has more than 10 years of growth and business transformation consulting experience for Fortune 500 Consumer Packaged Goods executives in North America, Europe, Southeast Asia, and Australasia with Kearney and over 8 years of experience leading corporate and divisional strategy for the Hershey Company. He currently leads Strategy, Insights and Analytics for The Hershey Experience team.

Experienced Supply Chain Director with a demonstrated history of working in the consumer goods industry. Experienced in Operations Management in Operations Management, Consumer Products, Management, Continuous Improvement, Analytics, and Planning Systems. Strong support commercial partner with an MBA focused in Finance, General from Penn State University.

Patrick LeBlanc is a currently a Principal Program Manager at Microsoft and a contributing partner to Guy in a Cube. Along with his 15+ years’ experience in IT he holds a Masters of Science degree from Louisiana State University. He is the author and co-author of five SQL Server books. Prior to joining Microsoft he was awarded Microsoft MVP award for his contributions to the community. Patrick is a regular speaker at many SQL Server Conferences and Community events.

Husband, father, world traveler, current Cloud Solutions Architect for Microsoft, former DBA, and a reformed systems administrator, who started as a paratrooper.Ed is an experienced Solutions Architect with a demonstrated history of working with Cloud Scale Data Solutions. Skilled in Data Warehousing, Data Governance, Power BI, Cosmos DB, Machine Learning, Azure Data Services, and Team Building. Ed also wrote a book: the Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Certification Guide

Patrice Czapski is a member of the SAP BTP Center of Excellence. She has been working with SAP’s data & analytics solutions for over 25 years and is widely known for being an expert in all things analytics

Andre is an experienced solution advisor. He started his journey in Europe in early 2000 focusing on data & Analytics solutions. He works closely with customers demonstrating the value of SAP Analytics solutions for their specific needs. He’s an avid chess player and he had the chance to cross the path of several world champions when following the games. He lives in NYC and enjoys the cultural vibrancy of the city.

Autumn is a Tableau Ambassador, has received 6 VOTDs, is a Tableau featured author, and co-leads a Tableau community initiative.

Luke has been using Tableau for over ten years and is a 4-time Tableau Visionary—a recognition given by Tableau to only 45 people worldwide wide for their knowledge of Tableau, their willingness to share that knowledge with others, and help support the global Tableau community. Luke co-leads Workout Wednesday—where the community is challenged to recreate a visualization in Tableau given scant instructions.

Jenn co-leads analytics delivery at phData. She is a 3x Tableau Ambassador and has led her local Tableau User Group (Pittsburgh) for the past 6 years.

Pier Bobys is a Senior Solution Advisor on the Alteryx Advanced Technologies team where she gets to focus primarily on the data science aspects of the Alteryx platform.  Before joining Alteryx, she worked in a variety of roles, including marketing analytics at Time, Inc and American Express, consulting with Booz Allen Hamilton and then shifting gears to pre-sales at IBM and SAP.  She’s passionate about analytics and loves nothing more than talking to customers about their data and how Alteryx can help them achieve their analytics goals.   

Jason Yeung is the Vice President of SAP’s Business Technology Platform (BTP) Center of Excellence practice.  In this role, he leads a team of subject matter experts that work to evangelize, build demand, create innovative plays, and drive customer success for SAP’s portfolio of data and analytics solutions.  He is passionate about all things analytics and is constantly pushing the technology boundaries to build innovative value-based solutions to solve complex analytics challenges.  Prior to SAP, Mr. Yeung held various leadership roles sales, pre-sales, and product management – all in the analytics space.

Patrice Czapski is a member of the SAP BTP Center of Excellence. She has been working with SAP’s data & analytics solutions for over 25 years and is widely known for being an expert in all things analytics

Tom is an experienced and passionate innovation thought leader. He loves helping both commercial and government customers challenge traditional thinking and discover new ways to leverage the latest technologies to solve real problems that deliver customer value through design thinking methodologies. Tom is a subject matter expert and continual learner in the areas of analytics, data warehousing and predictive technology solutions. He can be found dressed up as Obi Wan at a cosplay event, riding his mountain bike day or night and always up for a good episode of Cash Cab and of course Star trek as you would expect from a self-proclaimed geek.