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With less than a month left to Inspire 2015, THE analytics conference for the year, the excitement is at an all-time high. Registrations are coming in fast, training spots are going quickly, and session tracks are in high demand. All this momentum means one thing. You have some decisions to make – and fast. Decisions about which sessions to attend!
With so many fantastic speakers, free training sessions, role-focused tracks and more, it is not easy to choose. To help, I want to give you a sneak peek into some of the Business Leader Track sessions and speakers so you know why you can't afford to miss this track of Inspire 2015:
1. KPMG: Using Alteryx and Qlik for Data Discovery and Visualization
One of the largest professional services providers in the world, KPMG strives to deliver clients cutting-edge data discovery and data visualization solutions, helping them make faster, better sense of their sales & operational data, machine data, and more. In this session, Thomas Haslam, Director of Innovation at KPMG will share how the company is using Alteryx to integrate big data from disparate sources, enrich it with third-party data, perform advanced analytics, and then seamlessly output the analytic dataset into Qlikview for visual data discovery.
2. Voya: On a Digital Journey to Engage the Always-On Consumer
Voya Financial, formerly a full subsidiary of ING Group N.V., will be talking about the changing face of retirement planning and insurance marketing in omni-channel market place. George DeVareness, Sr. Business Intelligence Analyst for Voya will share how the company is using Alteryx and Experian to segment and target customers with right product selections and messages to drive better performance in online and social media campaigns.
3. Audi: Strategic Planning & Forecasting Using Alteryx and Tableau
Audi USA, the American arm of German automobile maker Audi AG, is using data analytics to master multiple data types and strategically plan and execute on its mission of becoming the #1 premium automotive brand. In this session, Aaron Cohen, General Manager, Strategic Planning & Analytics for Audi America and Alex Khvan, Senior Analyst, Strategic Planning & Forecasting for Audi America will share how the company's strategic planning team has using Alteryx and Tableau to better understand changing market conditions, evolving customer values and attitudes, and vehicle preferences through data mining, discovery and visualization.
4. Cineplex: Building Retail Trade Area Analysis Dashboards with Alteryx + Tableau
Spatial analysis at Cineplex, one of North America's largest movie theatre operators, used to require skilled analysts using highly specialized software limiting the access of timely information to non-technical business users. In this session, join Katherine Goff Inglis, Head of Analytics and Brett Hermann, Data Visualization and GIS Analyst at Cineplex to discover how the company created a mobile mapping application using Alteryx and Tableau, that acts as a central source for market and location analysis which can be deployed to any business user, regardless of expertise or job function.
5. Brunswick: "Changing the Tire While Driving" -- Framework for Big Data Implementation
Want to know the key drivers to making a successful analytically driven organization? Join the session by Brunswick Corporation, a diversified manufacturing organization that turned Big Data from just buzzword to a driver of its corporate strategy. Blake Abercrombie, Big Data Manager at Brunswick Corporation will share how the company created an analytics road-map, built an analytics team, and executed on the plan while building out strategy.
Got your interest? Know that this is not even the half of it.
We have assembled a fantastic line up of cross-industry and subject matter expert speakers for all, whether you are from retail, telecom, financial services, CPG or manufacturing; or marketing, operations, finance, or real estate.
In my next week's blog, I'll highlight rest of the sessions in the Business Leader Track. Meanwhile, wait no more.
