Introducing the 2019 Analytics Excellence Award Winners and Newest Alteryx ACEs

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At this year’s Inspire Europe in London, more than 2,000 Alteryx customers, partners and industry leaders from around the globe came together to celebrate the thrill of solving during our annual user conference. We are continuously stunned at the passion and commitment our users put into amplifying analytics and data science around the world, and we are proud to recognize users who have made a life-altering impact on those around them through the Alteryx platform.

Today we announced the winners of the 2019 Analytics Excellence Awards and the newest members of the Alteryx ACE program on stage at Inspire Europe.

2019 Analytics Excellence Awards

Alteryx created the Alteryx Analytics Excellence Awards to celebrate users that go above and beyond to make a significant difference within their organization, industry or community. All customer and partner use cases automatically qualify for the Excellence Awards, which are presented during various Alteryx Inspire conferences throughout the year. The following use cases were selected by a as this year's honorees:

• Alteryx’s Culture of Analytics Changed My Life
• Simon Prior (@Si-Pri), Wolseley
• Building an Individual Incentive Plan for Over 3,000 Employees
• Arthur Ladwein (@Ladarthure), Caisse D'Epargne Hauts de France
• Tax Robot: Automated Financial Reporting
• Cem Bengısu, Ece Sımsek, Firat Pısırıcı, Altan Atabarut (@Atabarezz) (Altdata Analytics)
• Public Education System Optimization
• Eduardo Pavan (@Eduardo_Pavan), Integration Consulting
• Precision Sales with Alteryx Geospatial Tools
• Victor Faria (@vrfaria), Gradus Consultoria de Gestão

Didn’t get around to submitting your use case in time for Inspire Europe? Plan ahead for the next Inspire and submit your use case NOW! Use cases are redeemable for points in the Advocacy.Amplified program. Best of all, Alteryx Analytics Excellence Award winners receive a free pass to Inspire. Submissions are accepted year-round.

How to submit a use case:

Register/Login to the Alteryx Community. Navigate to Alteryx Use Cases, click “Submit a Use Case” and follow instructions on the page. We will review your use case and work with you on any modifications required before publication.

The ACE Program

Alteryx also introduced the newest members of the ACE program during Inspire Europe. These outstanding Alteryx superusers offer invaluable support to their peers and the broader data science and analytics community. The nine new members joining the existing 32 ACEs are:

• Alejandro Ferrandis Del Valle (@afv2688), BI admin & data scientist at BNP Paribas: Alejandro does big data analytics at BNP Paribas. He is passionate about helping others who are embarking on their analytical journeys and sharing best practices that he’s collected over the years. Alejandro also aims to develop predictive tools in R and Python.
• Andrew Uttley, (@andyuttley) consulting manager at Javelin Group, part of Accenture Strategy: With Alteryx being an integral part of his process, Andy helps his clients build, collaborate and answer complex questions faster than ever. He gets his biggest satisfaction from witnessing people’s lightbulb moment(s). Andy is also working with AFG to find new ways in locating the best areas for solar panels in Rwanda.
• Arthur Ladwein (@Ladarthure), data project manager at Caisse D’Epargne Hauts de France: Arthur empowers his team to do self-service analytics and is growing a culture of data at Caisse D’Epargne Hauts de France. He co-leads the Paris Alteryx User Group and is eager to share his journey with the global community. Since leveraging Alteryx, Arthur has been able to gain efficiency and decrease human error across the organization.
• Charles Squyers (@CharlieS), lead analytics developer at Buxton: Charlie has weaved Alteryx into his day-to-day life since 2012 when he joined Buxton. Spatial and demographic capabilities have always been key technologies in the site selection solutions he’s built for his clients. Charlie’s philosophy is simple: If you have data, you need Alteryx. He’s worked with Alteryx 40 hours a week for years, he loves every day, and he’s still only scratched the surface of possibilities.
• Daniel Languedoc (@danilang), senior system analyst at Brookfield Renewable Partners: Daniel, better known as danilang on the Alteryx community has been helping users globally solve some of the toughest questions and save countless hours. With 30 years of coding experience, Daniel has seen technologies come and go. Now with Alteryx in hand, he’s enabling and empowering his team to spend more time analyzing data and less time maintaining it.
• Esther Bezborodko (@estherb47), senior IT trainer at McKinsey & Co., Inc.: Esther believes analytics is an equalizer. She doesn’t just solve the challenges, she enables colleagues to solve their data challenges too. She hopes to bring data science awareness to local teenagers and inspire the next generation of analysts.
• Joseph Serpis (@JosephSerpis), consultant at Keyrus: Joseph is the genius behind JS420—humbly and calmly helping community members get to their solutions faster. He lights up at the opportunity to assist others in their analytical journey which is why he enjoys his work so much. Joseph globally impacts Keyrus customers all over the world by turning their raw data into tangible business value. If he’s not dragging and dropping on the canvas, Joseph can be found blogging and translating his knowledge into easy to digest storytelling.
• Rafal Olbert (@rafalolbert), data scientist at ASDA: By day, Rafal develops advanced data solutions for ASDA, and by night, he inspires others to follow in his footsteps of curiosity. He is pushing boundaries of the data science spectrum and disrupting creativity within the data space with Alteryx.
• Roland Schubert (@RolandSchubert), analytics consultant at R.S.V.P. Management Solutions: Roland helps his customers remove the friction by cutting through strenuous and error-prone manual work, while winning their day back to solve bigger business problems. He enables businesses to conduct the complete process of data analytics without dependencies or other departments, thus translating the problem into a reliable and understandable solutions instantaneously.

Following a successful Inspire U.S. earlier this year, it has been nothing short of incredible to hear our Alteryx Analytics Excellence Award winners and new ACEs share their stories on how Alteryx changed their lives for the better and how they are positively impacting the world around them because of it. We are excited to watch them continue to expand the Alteryx footprint and the power of analytics around the globe.

If you missed out on Inspire Europe this year, stay tuned for highlights from the event here or save the date for Inspire U.S. 2020, which will take place June 2-4 in New Orleans, La.