About the Author
Jen Stirrup is an award-winning, internationally recognized business intelligence and data
visualization expert, author, data strategist, and technical community advocate. She has
been repeatedly honored, along with peer recognition, as one of the top 100 most globally
inuential tweeters on Big Data topics. Jen has over 16 years of experience in delivering
Business Intelligence and data visualization projects for companies of various scales across
the world.
I want to thank the most important person in my life, my son Matthew. I love
him to the moon and back…a millionty times. I dedicate this book to him.
I have been inspired by the genius of other people. In the words of Sir
Isaac Newton, I stand on the shoulders of giants. My gratitude to Stephen
Few, Edward Tufte, Raj M. Ratwani, and Ben Schneiderman. The Tableau
community has boundless enthusiasm and a sense of fun, which has
helped me to keep going. A special shout out to Jacqui, Ian Taylor, Dan
Murray, and Tom Brown. I'd like to thank the great folks at Tableau,
especially, Andy Cotgreave and Pat Hanrahan.
I would also like to thank the following people for their support and love;
I appreciate it more than I can say. Toby, Gill, and Pippa Smith; Charlie and
Joe Withey; Allan, Lesley, and Ewan Mitchell; my parents; and my brother.
I'd also like to thank the "SQLFamily"—those in the global SQL Server and
Microsoft Data Platform community, and of course, the "softies" themselves.
They are just simply amazing, amazing people. They brighten my days and
nights more than they know. Thank you!
I would like to thank everyone at Packt Publishing for their patience and
hard work in helping to make this happen: Venitha, Rebecca, and Arun in
particular. I would also like to thank the reviewers for their diligence and
careful questions, and help in shaping this book.
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