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RMTUG Q1 Data Summit - April 23rd on AI, ML, Tableau 2021.1 new Features, Blue Print, Realtime Analytics with Snowflake

Dear Tableau User community,

Hope you are doing well and staying safe!. We are very excited to announce our next summit with a lineup of amazing speakers and an array of innovative topics that are top of mind for our audience.

Please register at http://usergroups.tableau.com/rmtug2021q1datasummt

Please forward to others if they would like to attend.

Vitual Data Summit:

Date: April 23rd, From 12.00 PM to 2.00 PM.

Look forward to seeing all of you!

Keynote Speaker:

The Machines are Coming – How 4th wave AI creates image, video, and audio artifacts (almost) indistinguishable from the real McCoy … and how to spot the difference

Mark Campbell,  Chief Innovation Officer,  EVOTEK

Mark Campbell, Chief Innovation Officer at EVOTEK, derives insights from the venture and startup communities to enable technical executives to identify, evaluate and leverage emerging technologies. His 30 years of US and international experience allow him to cut through the buzzwords in his frequent presentations, webinars, articles and podcasts. He authors IEEE’s ‘IT Innovation’ column, serves on the board at Capstone IT and Tower Financial Partners; and is an executive advisor and emerging technology evangelist to hundreds of senior leaders. Mark has held leadership roles at Trace3, DIRECTV, HP, BEA Systems, MCI, and Ford Aerospace and earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Computer Science and Mathematics from Adams State University, a Master’s of Science in Systems Engineering from Colorado Technical University and holds several patents.

Tableau 2021.1. Einstein Discovery in Tableau, quick LODs, and a new unified notification experience

Rob Levin : Principal Solution Engineer, Tableau

Rob Levine is a Principal Solution Engineer at Tableau, where he helps customers solve technical problems and visualize their data. He has been with Tableau since April 2013 and has over twenty years of experience selling enterprise software solutions and building strong client relationships during pre and post sales activities. Participating as a hands-on technical and functional sales engineer across multiple industries has afforded Rob exposure to a broad range of enterprise applications, sales methodologies, and complete end-to-end systems.

Delivering real-time analytics with Snowflake and Tableau

Brock Cooper: Sr. Systems Engineer:  

Snowflake’s multi-cluster shared data architecture was designed for the cloud and to handle large data volumes at blazing speed. Tableau was made to foster an interactive approach to analytics, freeing knowledge workers to use the speed of Snowflake to their greatest advantage. In combination they can allow you to overcome many of the analytical challenges faced today. This presentation will describe methods and techniques you can use to fully utilize the power of Tableau and Snowflake together.

Brock is an experienced data engineer, data architect, and business intelligence consultant. Brock has architected and developed over 100 business intelligence projects for companies and governments around the world. Brock Cooper is skilled in visualization, databases, data warehouses, Snowflake, SQL, AWS, python, and building data pipelines.

Tableau Blueprint:  

Jeremy Blaney: Product Manager for Tableau Blueprint.

Jeremy is helping organizations scale the use of data and analytics and foster the right behaviors and beliefs that lead to a successful data culture. In addition, Jeremy is leading data strategy for the COVID-19 Data Hub, creating solutions in partnership with Salesforce, MuleSoft and Tableau to help the public respond to COVID-19 through the use of data. During his tenure at Tableau, Jeremy has partnered with clients to build data capabilities, create a data culture, and deliver business value including the United Nations, global financial services firms, U.S. government agencies, and Fortune 500 retail companies. In addition to his work at Tableau, Jeremy is a professor on data analytics at The Fletcher School at Tufts University and the University of Texas. Jeremy served in the U.S. Air Force for 10 years, largely as an intelligence analyst, completing assignments with NATO's Allied Air Command and deploying in support of Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom. After separating from the military, he worked at Bank of America, leading people analytics projects in support of diversity and inclusion, organizational health, employee relations and other people-focused areas. Jeremy holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations from James Madison College at Michigan State University, a master of arts in diplomacy from Norwich University and a master of international business from The Fletcher School at Tufts University. He lives in Northern Virginia with his wife and two children.

Sponsored by Scopic Analytics.

Please email to Srinivas.Nallapati@gmail.com  if you are interested in presenting your Tableau Use case at this  Data Summit. 

Best Regards,

Srini Nallapati,

Rocky Mountain Tableau User Group, Founder - President,

www.rmtug.org

usergroups.tableau.com

RMTUG: Virtual Data Summit: Colorado COVID -19 Responses:

Energize Colorado, Governor's Dashboard 2.0, Colorado Department of Public Health - Dashboard.

Engergize Colorado for small businesses: Energize Colorado is nonprofit dedicated to helping Coloradans recover and rise from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Governor's Dashboard 2.0 : Dashboard provides a summary of how we the State is making progress on the Governor’s vision of reducing the high cost of living in our state, and creating a Colorado where everyone has an opportunity to succeed.

CDPHE Covid 19 Dashboard: Colorado Department of Public Health did an amazing job of providing a Covin19 dashboard for Coloradons during these difficult times.

Date: November 12th, From 1.00 PM to 3.00 PM.

Please register at https://lnkd.in/e4fD7cC

Keynote Speaker:

Wendy Lea, CEO of Energize Colorado

Co- Speaker:

Heather Velasquez

Deputy Director of Operations and Cabinet Affairs

Going Viral - CDPHE

Loren Speer: Performance Management and Data Visualization Specialist:

Tavio Pirocchi: Stat Analyst III, Colorado Immunization Branch:

Great Tableau Presentations/Training

Sponsored by Scopic Analytics.

Srini Nallapati,

RMTUG, Founder - President,

www.rmtug.org

lnkd.in

To Register, click the link below:

Keynote Speaker:

Tony Gherardini, Director of Operations and Cabinet Affairs & Chief Operating Officer, State of Colorado 

Tony Gherardini is the Director of Operations and Cabinet Affairs in the Colorado Governor’s Office. In this role he serves as the chief operating officer of the State, oversees statewide performance management and works with the Governor’s Chief of Staff to manage the Governor’s Cabinet. Previously, Tony worked as the Deputy Executive Director of Operations for the Colorado Department of Human Services. In this role, he  supported the Executive Director and oversaw internal support services and direct services provided by the Department. These direct services include the Colorado Division of Youth Services, the state Mental Health Institutes, the State’s Regional Center System, and the state's Veterans Community Living Centers. Prior to being appointed to this role, Tony served in multiple roles within the Department of Human Services.

Before working for the State of Colorado, Tony served with the US. Army in Afghanistan, and worked as a Detective for the Lakewood, CO Police Department. Tony is a 2017 Aspen Institute Children and Families Ascend Fellow, and is a former member of the Colorado Commission for Criminal and Juvenile Justice. Tony holds a master’s degree in Public Administration from the University of Colorado Denver, and a bachelor's degree in political science from Colorado State University.

Dan Santangelo , Interim Chief Technology Officer & Deputy CTO 

State of Colorado, Governor's Office of Information Technology

Dan Santangelo is a seasoned IT leader with more than 20 years of experience leveraging technology to further improve and enable business vision and strategic outcomes. Dan has a proven background of providing enterprise-wide leadership, insightful management, and strategic thinking with a collaborative, team-oriented attitude and focus.

Prior to joining OIT, Dan spent the past ten years consulting business leaders on the value and impact Cloud services can have within their organizations. During this time, he helped design and lead strategic solutions for market leading organizations such as Kronos, USi and AT&T.

As the Global Business Systems Manager at TeleTech, Dan spearheaded the Global Business Systems team to deliver and strategically manage a variety of enterprise systems in more than 14 countries and which supported more than 60,000 users worldwide. He was responsible for leading multiple global business units, including Data Integration, Development, Business System Implementation and Support.

Dan is passionate about serving the state he was born and raised in and continuing the improvements that advancing technology has brought Colorado. He is married to his wife Gina and has two kids Jack and Ava. He enjoys golfing, camping, and spending time with his family.

Co- Speaker:

Jon Gottsegen, Chief Data Officer

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Dear Tableau User community,

Come join us for the very first 2019  Data Summit being hosted by Schomp Automotive group.

As the largest Tableau user group in Rocky Mountain Region, we are proud to partner with Schomp BMW Mini to explore their data analytics journey.

To Register, click the link below:

https://splashthat.com/sites/view/rmtugq1datasummitonhowdataanal.splashthat.com

Highlands Ranch, CO, 80129

Keynote Speaker:

T.J. Joyce, General Manager at Schomp - MINI

Case Study:

James Kurtenbach, is the Marketing Director for Schomp Organization. James is responsible for media planning, buying and measuring the effectiveness of the marketing platform. James heads up a team of 11 talented marketers for Schomp’s in house agency.

Before working at Schomp Automotive, James served as a Senior Manager of Paid Media at IHS Markit where he was responsible for paid search campaigns, paid social campaigns and analytics for the organization. During the time at IHS Markit, James oversaw a global implementation of Omniture Web Analytics, now known as Adobe analytics.

Schomp automotive group. In the 76th year of business, Schomp is considered a pioneer in the industry, and one of the first with a sales philosophy of selling vehicles with their best price upfront - we call it One Price. Added to the sales philosophy is implementing a sales process with One Person - taking customers through the buying journey from start to finish where a traditional dealership will have a Sales representative, an elusive Sales Manager and a Finance Office in the process. Because of the efficiencies of the philosophy, and software built in house built on powerful integrations with a wealth of applications needed for a vehicle transaction - Schomp is able to complete the paperwork of a vehicle transaction in One Hour.

Tableau  Maestro Training: Arlo Paranhos - Enterprise Solution Consultant at Tableau

Arlo has over 15 years experience working with Fortune 1000 companies to

Dear Tableau User community,

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Guest Speaker:

Jack Reed is a statistical analyst with the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice’s Office of Research and Statistics. He joined the office in 2014, bringing experience in data analysis, research design, and project evaluation. Jack is primarily tasked with analyzing the impact of marijuana legalization on law enforcement, juveniles, public health, education, impaired driving, and diversion to other markets. He has experience evaluating specialty courts, community corrections programs, jail‐based treatment programs, and strategic planning in the criminal justice system. Jack has a B.A. in Criminal Justice from the University of Nevada, Reno and an M.A. in Criminal Justice from the University at Albany, State University of New York. 

Great Tableau  Presentations/Training

Are you new to Tableau Desktop and interested in hands-on classroom training to help you visualize your data? Have you dabbled in Tableau Desktop but are ready to take a deeper dive with the help of an instructor?

EKS&H is hosting an interactive two-day class to introduce Tableau Desktop, designed to help each user build a foundation of Tableau competence, moving from relatively simple to more robust visualizations before combining the information in interactive dashboards and stories.

Using a custom dataset, step-by-step instructions, and self-directed exercises, the goal of this hands-on class is to engage each student in a two-way dialogue. We enable students to immediately connect to their own data sources the day after training ends and start visualizing data.

Topics to be covered include:

• Working with data (includes filters, groups, hierarchies, and sets)
• Using special field types (geographic and date fields)
• Calculations (includes calculated fields, totals/subtotals, and table calculations)
• Additional visualization types (includes treemaps, combined access charts, and stacked bar charts)
• Creating dashboards and stories
• Connecting to data and the types of Tableau Desktop file types

• Tableau Desktop trainer with business intelligence experience across a variety of industries, including education, utilities, healthcare, state and local government, and construction
• Bound, hard-copy training manual
• Source data files for building visualizations
• Modern training facility
• Beverages, snacks, and catered lunch
• Free parking in the DTC
• Expert insight and training

• Laptop computer with mouse and power cord
• Tableau Desktop software installed on the computer (ideally, 2018.2)
• Two days of your time

Dear Tableau User community,

Rocky Mountain Tableau User Group is dedicated to building a community of professionals in Data Analytics. More than 100 organizations come together every quarter to share their knowledge and provide insights.

Sports Analytics play a key role in on-field and off-field performance.  We are delighted to have  great key note speaker from Valor High School which has exemplary sports performance.

Our next Quarterly Summit:

Date: August 17th, Friday from 12.30 PM to 3.30 PM.

Location: Innovation Pavilion , 9200 E Mineral Ave, Centennial, CO 80112

To Register:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rmtug-quarterly-data-summit-on-august-17th-inspiring-key-note-speaker-from-valor-christian-registration-47900931977?aff=eivtefrnd

Key Note Speaker & Topic: "Good Parenting is like Good Coaching" & "Impact of Data Analytics in Valor Sports"

Helping your children move mountains and engaging them to be champions." What I have learned from coaching has made me a better parent and mentor for my children.

Tim Welch

Tim Welch has been in education since 1987, as a teacher, Technology Coordinator, Administrator, and Coach in various public and private secondary schools in Colorado for the past 32 years. Most recently, Tim spent seven years at Kent Denver School, three years at Cherry Creek High School, before landing at Valor Christian HS, where he has resided for the past 11 years.  His main sport is wrestling, but he also has developed athletes in track, baseball and golf since 1982, both at the youth and high school level.

In addition to being Valor’s first and only Head Wrestling Coach, Tim Welch has been at Valor since its opening day, performing duties both in and out of the classroom. Math Teacher, Bible Teacher, Mission Trips Coordinator, and Senior Class Administrator partially describe all the hats that he has worn at Valor. When asked about his purpose in coaching, Coach Welch says he wants to “Use the sport of wrestling to instill all the disciplines the sport has to offer, while developing godly men. "Amidst seeing his wrestlers succeed on the mat, Coach Welch’s heart is for these young men to grow even more in their character, and becoming confident in overcoming adversity and achieving their dreams."

Mr. Welch has been married to Terri, since 1988. and has 4 children, Kelsi, Torey, Coby, and Jake.

About Valor:

Tableau Training:

The Power of the Platform: A look at where we are and what’s to come by Kevin McKinney, Tableau.

Kevin McKinney is an Associate Sales Consultant at Tableau Software.  In that capacity, he has been working with State and Local government and Higher Education clients for years.  He has taught thousands how to use Tableau, helped realized hundreds of state, local government, and educational use cases, worked side by side with struggling data workers all across America, regardless of the organizational focus, from transportation to corrections, from finance to IT, and many, many more. He has a back ground in data analysis, archaeology, and propaganda, and enjoys cooking, karaoke and a fine old fashion cocktail.

Event/Lunch is sponsored by Scopic Analytics.

Please email to Srinivas.Nallapati@gmail.com  if you are interested in presenting your Tableau Use case at this  Data Summit.

Best Regards,

Srini Nallapati,

RMTUG, Founder -  President,

www.rmtug.org

Dear Tableau User Community ,

Join us for the Tableau 9.0 Roadshow coming to Denver on March 19th.

Please check out Rocky Mountain Tableau User Group table and register to win amazing Raffle prizes.

This will be a great opportunity to check out the new features of Tableau 9.0, participate in hands-on practice with Tableau, and network with other Tableau users from your area.

Details and Agenda:

19 March, 2015 | 1:00 - 7:00PM CDT

Inverness Tech Center

200 Inverness Drive West

Englewood / Denver, CO 80112

1:00 – 1:30 Registration

1:30 – 2:30 Tableau 9.0 Keynote

2:30 – 3:00 Break

3:00 – 4:00 Breakout Sessions:

Hands on Learning Basics: For anyone new to Tableau, this will be an introductory training*

Hands on Learning - 9.0 Deep Dive: For current Tableau customers to explore 9.0’s new features*

Tableau for Enterprise: For IT and executives

5:00 – 7:00 Please check out RMTUG Table

Best Regards,

Srini Nallapati

Rocky Mountain Tableau User Group - President

www.rmtug.org