Acknowledgments

Kudos to Tim Burgard, Sheck Cho, Stacey Rivera, Helen Cho, Evelyn Martinez, Andy Wheeler, Shelley Sessoms, Chris Gage, and the rest of Team Wiley for making this book possible. Additional kudos to Karen Gill, Johnna VanHoose Dinse, and Luke Fletcher.

Paula Bales, Stephanie Huie, Justin Matejka, Drew Skau, John T. Meyer, Jimmy Jacobson, Porter Haney, Joris Evers, Scott Kahler, Ernesto Olivares, and Scott Murray were generous with their time and expertise.

I am particularly grateful to Melinda Thielbar for helping me crystallize the Four-Level Visual Organization Framework in Chapter 6. Knowing a true data scientist has its advantages.

A tip of the hat to Adrian Ott, Terri Griffith, Bruce Webster, Scott “Caddy” Erichsen, Dalton Cervo, Jill Dyché, Todd Hamilton, Ellen French, Dick and Bonnie Denby, Kristen Eckstein, Bob Charette, Andrew Botwin, Mark Frank, Thor and Keri Sandell, Michael DeAngelo, Jennifer Zito, Chad Roberts, Mark Cenicola, Colin Hickey, Brian and Heather Morgan, Michael West, Kevin J. Anderson, John Spatola, Marc Paolella, and Angela Bowman.

Next up are the usual suspects: my longtime Carnegie Mellon friends Scott Berkun, David Sandberg, Michael Viola, Joe Mirza, and Chris McGee.

My heroes from Rush (Geddy, Alex, and Neil), Dream Theater (Jordan, John, John, Mike, and James), Marillion (h, Steve, Ian, Mark, and Pete), and Porcupine Tree (Steven, Colin, Gavin, John, and Richard) have given me many years of creative inspiration through their music. Keep ...

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