Dave Dwyer has a BSc in information systems from RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology), an MBA from Drexel University, and is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt and PMP. In his 20+ years as an IT professional, he has worked in a wide range of technical and leadership roles, in companies ranging from start-ups to Fortune 100 enterprises. A chance introduction to reporting and analytics 10 years ago got him hooked and he never left. Dave believes that the data science landscape of analytics, visualization, big data, and machine learning will drive more genuine changes in business over the next 10 years than any other area.

Dmitry Anoshin is an expert in the field of analytics with 10 years of experience. He started using Tableau as a primary BI tool in 2011 in his role as a BI consultant for Teradata. He is certified with both Tableau Desktop and Server. He leads probably the biggest Tableau user community with more than 2,000 active users. This community has 2-3 Tableau talks every month, headed by the top Tableau experts, Tableau Zen Masters, and Viz Champions. In addition, Dmitry has previously written three books with Packt and reviewed a further seven. Finally, he is an active speaker at data conferences and helps to adopt cloud analytics.