July 2021
Beginner to intermediate
384 pages
9h 51m
English
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About the Author
Alan Simon is the managing principal of Thinking Helmet, Inc., a boutique consulting firm that specializes in enterprise data management, business intelligence, and analytics.
Alan began his technology career in 1979 while still in college, working on a prehistoric data warehouse that was hosted on an antiquated UNIVAC mainframe computer. From that moment, he was hooked on data management and data-driven insights. For more than 40 years, Alan has been at the forefront of disciplines such as data warehousing, business intelligence, big data and data lakes, and modern analytics.
In addition to working through his own firm, over the years, Alan has held global, national, and regional business intelligence and data warehousing practice leadership positions at leading consultancies and software firms. He has built both brand-new practices and turnaround situations into top-tier organizations, often working side by side with his consultants on critical client engagements.
Alan is especially known for being a “trusted adviser” to clients, helping them navigate through the hype and hidden traps when bringing emerging data technologies and architectures into their enterprises. His client work focuses on assessment, strategy, architecture, and road-map engagements for data lakes, data warehousing, business intelligence and analytics, and enterprise-scale systems, as well as rescuing and reviving problematic programs and projects.
Alan has also taught college and university ...
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