Session 2019.3 Talks

Expedia, Angel, 9th September 2019

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Robbin Vernooij

Before joining the data school, Robbin used to do cancer research in academia. He loves a good dad joke.

Dr Graham Brennan

Dr Graham Brennan works in public engagement and engagement data analysis. He works with SMEs, charities and researchers with a mission to make engagement clearer, more effective and always evidence based. Graham has lived in London for almost three years and enjoys the city as much as escaping to take in the fresh air of the coast or countryside.

Conrad Wilson

Having enjoyed the analytical sides of his degree in Chemistry, Conrad was keen to ditch the lab work and start a career in data. He joined The Information Lab's Data School in August 2018 and hasn't looked back. Outside of work he enjoys playing sport, particularly Ultimate Frisbee and was part of the Great British Ultimate Frisbee team that won the 2019 European Championships.

Jenny Martin

Jenny is part of the 14th data school cohort at the information lab. She has been using Tableau and Alteryx every day since she started in April - but is still learning something new every single day. Before the information lab, she worked for Tesco as an insight analyst, and studied maths at university.

Suraj Srikumar

Suraj Graduated from University of Warwick in MEng Civil Engineering. He works as a Graduate Analyst at Cards & Payments, Barclays International. He started working with BI Tools in March 2019 during his role in Data Solutions & Reporting.

David Boyle

David works as a Tableau Consultant at Mudano. He has a background in electronic engineering, that has evolved into a passion for delivering insight and business improvement through empirical data.


Session 2019.2 Talks

ZAP Technology, 4th June 2019

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Louise Le - Organising and Documenting workbooks

Before Louise joined The Information Lab Data School as a Consulting Analyst, she studied Medical Engineering and worked for a short time as a Biomechanics Researcher. From these experiences, she realised she loved problem solving and finding insights from numbers, so she decided to make that her career.

Jovan Lekovicj - Data Viz Aesthetics

Jovan is an independent data visualisation consultant who geeks out over dataviz as a form of communication. Previously he was the data visualisation lead for the BBC’s Audiences team, developing the in-house Tableau style guide, training the department on visualisation techniques and building internal flagship dashboards.

Galyna Skamrova - sheet swapping without parameters

Is an Analytics Consultant at Interworks and is passionate about exploring new Tableau tips and tricks to bring dashboard standards to the next level.

Work aside, she loves new discoveries and experiences, whether it is travelling abroad, visiting yet-unknown London places or trying a new coffee blend in the local café. Download her workbook here.

Rachel Phang - Automating Pivot Tables

After 8 years in the world of financial investments, life changed when she joined The Information Lab's Data School in 2017, and she now works at Refinitiv, a provider of financial data.

When not playing with data, Rachel can be found exploring the Brazilian martial art of capoeira, trying out a calisthenics class, or looking for a way to travel the world sustainably.

Juliet Sokpo - using Tableau server for large data extracts

Juliet works as a Reporting Manager at giffgaff. She loves using data visualisation tools to translate raw data into valuable business insights.

When Juliet is not creating engaging dashboards, she loves to run, cook and travel.

Timothy Percival - data meaning through data management

Timothy is a Business Intelligence Consultant at Zap Technology. He comes from a creative background working in semiotics and visual communication, and is currently studying architecture part time.

Session 10 Talks

Conde Nast, London, 11th September 2018

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Merel Wallis De Vries - Tracking river cleanliness

Merel gets excited about puzzles, so analysing big data sets is right up her street. She holds a Masters in Global Business & Sustainability and a Bachelors in China studies, and has experience in understanding a large variety of data. In her spare time, Merel has been part of Leiden University’s delegation to the Harvard Model United Nations.

She has been working at Promatix, a Tableau partner, for just over a year and talked to us about a clean river live data tracking project.

Palermo Moyo - Working with Diverse Stakeholders

Palermo is a Senior Revenue Management Analyst at Hertz who specialises in data analytics and visualisation.

Her experience and passion for easy to understand data insight, has meant that working with Tableau has produced contributed to the incremental productivity of the Revenue department at Hertz. Outside work, Palermo enjoys the gym, cooking, dinner parties and travelling.


She talked to us about working with diverse groups of stakeholders in a Tableau environment.

Jamie Withington

Jamie is currently Senior Data and Insights Analyst at QSES He has been using tableau for over 2 years and outside of work runs a record label, label parties in Leeds and London, DJs and even uses tableau to track his record’s performance.

He talked to us about a student application progress tracking dashboard he developed.

Stephen Hsu

Steven is a freelance data analyst who loves using MS SQL, Python and Tableau.
He has a degree in computer science and loves using data to help the world be a better place.

He talked to us about using Tableau with MS SQL server.

Alexander Fridriksson

Alexander’s data skills got started through studying philosophy, politics and economics (PPE), and his storytelling skills were developed through theatre, public speaking and a Dale Carnegie training program.

He has worked in graphic design and marketing, where he came across Tableau. It totally blew his mind, so he decided to attend The Information Lab Data School where is he currently in training.

He talked to us about creativity in data analysis and visualisation.

Clara Triboul

Clara has been living in London for 3 years and working as a Strategic Marketing Analyst for Penguin for 2. What she loves about her job is to break down complex concepts and make them accessible.

Outside of work she loves reading obviously, but also cooking, rope climbing, pottery and going on an adventure, especially when it can happen close to the Arctic circle.

She talked to us about an ebook pricing deal dashboard she developed.

Session 9 Talks

Concentra, St Pauls, 10th July 2018

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Jodi fraser - blending vs. joining

Jodi is a gin loving, football loathing, drum playing masseuse in training Kiwi, who’s also a senior analyst at Channel 4.

Martina zaccaron - Tufte's good data viz practices

Martina is a Business Analyst with experience in data analytics. She is passionate about data visualisation as a language to explain reality in a beautiful and effective way.


Also, she can't get enough of pizza, chocolate and data.

Yin Kelly - Making sankey charts in tableau

Yin is a visualisation developer at Sandtable making bespoke data visualisations and user interfaces for a variety of clients. She is passionate about designing engaging data experiences and enjoys tinkering with visualization tools and technologies.

Nisa marques - how to gather requirements

Nisa is an InterWorks Analytics Consultant that has been contributing to the Tableau community since 2016. She has several ‘Viz of the days' to her name as well as being a Tableau featured author and is best known for her insightful visualisations and great design skills.

emma Schul - exploring chart types

Emma is currently working as a learning analyst at Fuse Universal, which is a tech company providing an e-learning platform for businesses. She moved to London from Amsterdam to do a PhD in Neurosciences at UCL, which she completed last year. In he free time she likes to play the violin, which has taken her across the world on tours with various orchestras.

Nora Ann Weststrate - Preparing data

Nora completed her PhD degree in synthetic chemistry during which she was exposed to big data analysis. She came across Tableau in the process of joining The Information Lab and completed her Tableau training through The Data School. Nora is currently placed at IAG Cargo at Heathrow as part of the Business Intelligence team.

Session 8 Talks

Masabi, Shoreditch, May 2018

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Yulia Kim - Nailing analytical interviews

Yulia is a Senior BI analyst at GoCardless and an ex-Googler. Curious about data and visualization, she enjoys solving analytical business challenges in tech startups. In her spare time climbs short walls.

Phillip Law - Shape files for Tableau tube map

Head of Insight at Your Favourite Story - The Product Launch Experts. With a background of a PhD in modelling complex non-liner systems and is now applying this to customer contextual data to drive growth.

You can see his dashboard here and read a blog about the process here.

Hope cavan - Using Colour in vizzes

Hope is a Digital Analyst at Channel 4, responsible for research and insight on All 4. Previously, she worked in Marketing at Channel 4 and Sky, and as an Analyst at the Bank of England. She studied English at University, and her love of both numbers and words has made her passionate about translating complex data into clear, meaningful messages. In her spare time she loves films, pub quizzes, and playing for London’s keenest amateur netball team.

joe macari - dimension lists in tooltips

Joe discovered Tableau while working for the Higher Education Statistics Agency. After 3 years there, he joined the 7th cohort of The Information Labs Data School. He is currently working with the National Trust.

susan wang - iterating towards client needs

Susan is a business adviser at EY helping her clients to transform their business, accelerate inclusive growth, and make insightful capital allocation decisions in a digital age. Susan grew up in Wuhan China and lived in the US for 7 years before moving to London in 2017. She likes travelling, dancing, and football.

Tom Pilgrem - efficient use of space in dashboards

Tom is a trainee Tableau & Alteryx consultant at The Information Lab. A member of the latest data school cohort. He has been using Tableau regularly now for  4 months and prior to discovering Tableau was working in GIS and environmental modelling. He’s excited to get involved in the Tableau community here in London.

You can see his dashboard here.

Session 7 Talks

Barclays Rise, February 2018

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UMAR HASSAN - DATA VIZ FROM THE NEWS

Umar is a recent graduate from Birmingham City University in Media and Communication, Umar discovered Tableau through a friend in 2017 and the rest was history.

GRAHAM ROGAN-HILL - A TABLEAU MAKEOVER

Graham works at Barclaycard as a Data Solutions Manager. He’s been working with Tableau for almost a year, and loves football, NFL and baseball.

CHARLIE DAFFERN - DASHBOARD ACTIONS

Charlie spent four years studying geography, with a focus on quantifying vegetation change using satellite imagery, before joining The Information Lab's Data School in October 2017. She is also an international ultimate frisbee player. 

SIMON RUNC - CONTROLLING YOUR AXES

Simon is a Visual Data Analyst at Atheon Analytics, where he humanises data for the retail sector. He started using Tableau in 2014 and was made a Tableau Community Ambassador in 2015. He attributes most of his Tableau knowledge to his engagement in this wonderful resource.

He is also vegan, loves cycling round London and has 5 rescue cats. See his dashboard here.

CAN KAYALI - THE HISTORY OF LEGO

Can is a technology consultant focused on data and analytics. He has lived in several countries before ending up in London. He enjoys pretty visualisations and good data stories.

BENEDETTA TAGLIAFERRI - THE TABLEAU FOUNDATION

Bene studied Business and Finance in Florence and Bologna. In 2015 she moved to London to develop her tech skills and became enthusiastic about data. She graduated The Information Lab data school last year and has now joined them as a permanent consultant.

Session 6 Talks

Tableau Office, Southwark, November 2017

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ANNA NOBLE - IMPROVING DASHBOARDS WITH ITERATION

Anna is a Tableau and Alteryx consultant at The Information Lab’s Data School. 

Before discovering Tableau, Anna studied a masters in online journalism. And has been spent the past 4 years writing content for the web on travel, politics human rights, media, and most recently dataviz.

GILLIAN RODGER - INSIGHTS FROM INSIDE TABLEAU SERVER

Gillian is a senior data visualisation analyst at Kurt Geiger. She also loves Dachshunds.

CHRIS HASTIE - WATERFALL CHARTS

Chris is a Tableau consultant with a passion for data visualisation and process automation. 

He also enjoys table tennis and barbecues.

HUGO WHISKARD - DRIVING ENGAGEMENT IN TABLEAU

Hugo is an analyst at Bank of Ireland. He studied agriculture originally, but is transitioning to corporate life in the big city.

STEPH KEARNS - USING POLYGONS TO MAKE A CHRISTMAS TREE

Steph joined the Data School at The Information Lab in October.

She found Tableau & Alteryx as part of a previous role in analytics, and is now loving being able to use them as part of her job every day.

See her dashboard here.

Having survived a few 'black box' BI projects herself Sian is always looking for news ways to help business users get at and understand their data. See her dashboard here.

PABLO GOMEZ - HOW TABLEAU PUBLIC CAN HELP YOUR CAREER

Pablo is a freelance Tableau developer, Tableau Public ambassador and co-leader of the London Tableau User Group.

See his dashboard here.

Session 5 Talks

Just Eat office, St Pauls, September 2017

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LI KIM LEE - SWAPPING TIME VIEWS WITH PARAMETERS

Li Kim recently joined Conde Nast International as Analytics Manager and has worked in publishing for more than a decade. She has always read Vogue, GQ, World of Interiors and Wired for pleasure but now enjoys studying the magazines at her office desk too. See her demo dashboard here.

IAN BALDWIN - EMBEDDING VIDEOS WITH TIMESTAMP PARAMETERS

Data has been a part of Ian’s life since he could read the weekend’s football results and understand how a league table works. Halfway through a degree in Civil Engineering he realised that different mixes of concrete and steel weren't for him and he left last year and joined the Data School where's he's been learning Tableau since. See his dashboard here.

MICHAEL CHAN - WORKING WITH TV DATA

Michael is a Research and Insight analyst at The Box Plus Network—the UK’s biggest music video network. Boxplus reach over 17.6 million monthly viewers, on channels such as: 4Music, The Box, Kerrang! Magic and Kiss.

EDUARDO CONTRERAS - INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS

Eduardo is a data scientist at EY with a background in banking and insurance. Originally from Mexico, he enjoys travelling and is looking to visit his 33rd country soon.

See his dashboard here.

SIAN DAVIES - TIME TRAVELLING WITH TABLEAU

Sian is a qualified paraglider pilot. She has also worked in the Republic of Georgia for a year of election monitoring, youth work and humanitarian assistance. She’s now back in London and through a brief side step into banking, is here to forge a career in business intelligence.

Having survived a few 'black box' BI projects herself Sian is always looking for news ways to help business users get at and understand their data. See her dashboard here.

COLIN JARVIS - ANALYSING HOW LONG EVENTS TAKE

Colin comes from a mixed data warehousing and analytics background, and fell into data visualisation as a result of his struggles to find ways to communicate the results of his data discovery work in a compelling way. His previous visualisation experience was in Spotfire using mapping and shapefiles, but he has taken on Tableau full time since early this year. See his dashboard here, and instructions for creating the arc diagram here. The data is here.