Sokkorn Cheav was a .Net developer, creating Windows applications and working on Crystal Reports for ten years, until he was shown a QlikView demo, a very powerful Business Intelligence tool. Soon after this revelation, he started working with this new tool, focusing entirely on QlikView and delivering BI solutions. Sokkorn spends the majority of his time creating QlikView applications, managing servers, and running projects in the fields of MNC, services, microfinance, power plan, and hospitality.
In April 2012, he won the first place in the QlikView Mobile App contest, which was ranked top in the chart. This competition was hosted by QlikTech and had more than 1,400 participants. There, Sokkorn's fantastic app was selected by popular vote and judged to be the best on many criteria by QlikTech.
He is active on the Qlik Community and other social media sites where he shares his enthusiasm for QlikView with other users and helps them as well.
Deepak Vadithala is a Qlik architect and Qlik Luminary for the year 2014 who has been building BI/Qlik applications since 2005. He has worked on many successful QlikView and SQL Server implementations, right from their inception though implementation and deployment. Deepak's experience and skills range from application development and UI design to system administration. He also has experience working in the investment banking, retail, media, advertising, and research sectors.
Deepak holds the QlikView Designer, Developer and Administrator certifications. He is currently focusing on Apache Pig, Apache Hive, and D3.
Deepak shares his tips and tricks on Qlik products on www.qlikshare.com. You can also follow him on Twitter at @dvadithala, where he tweets about technology.
Alan J Watt has a broad range of system development and management skills gained from over 30 years of experience in the IT industry. These include business and systems analysis and application design and development through team and project management to IT management. He has experience in selling (creating presale demos), developing, and implementing software applications for different industries, such as finance, distribution, manufacturing, customer service, planned maintenance, and warehousing.
Alan is a certified QlikView developer with 5 years of experience in working with QlikView customers. He also has strong skills in working with JDEdwards (due to over 16 years of experience) and has been developing with Visual Basic for over 12 years.
Alan enjoys spending time with his wife and five kids and has many personal interests, such as football, karate, tai chi, bird watching, and cooking. He is an avid reader of literature related to sci-fi, computer technology, and environmental issues.