PROFILE

Over 20 years of experience with thorough information design, data & spatial analysis and visualization, embracing the power of innovative and visual storytelling, showing truth through facts while emphasizing a positive user experience. My personality quickly creates trust and a collaborative team environment.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Alberta Energy Regulator, Calgary, 2013 – present: Advisor, Business Intelligence & Performance Reporting
- Leading projects for creation of internal and external facing Dashboards using Tableau
- Advising on Business Intelligence solutions and Tableau reporting
- Hands-on creation of Tableau products
Careers, Remote, 2021: Salesforce Reporting specialist
- Advising on and building KPI Reports in Salesforce
O2 Planning+Design Inc., Calgary, 2013: Senior GIS manager
- Managing GIS projects and small team of GIS specialists
- Advising on GIS in the organization and in projects
Golder Associates Ltd., Calgary, 2011 – 2013: Information Management Component Lead
BP Canada, Calgary, 2008 – 2010: GIS Coordinator
ESRI Canada, Calgary, 2007 – 2008: GIS Consultant
Ministry of Agriculture, The Netherlands, 2002 – 2006: Senior GIS analyst
Yacht Technology, The Netherlands, 2000 – 2002: GIS coordinator/consultant
CMG, The Netherlands(now LogicaCMG), 1999 – 2000: GIS Developer

QUALIFICATIONS

Education (italics = self study)

Microsoft Power BI Desktop for Business Intelligence: Maven Analytics through Udemy – 2021
Sports Management – The Essentials: The Sports Executive Path through Udemy – 2021
Statistics With R – Solving Problems Using Real-World Data – 2020
Data Journalism and Visualization with Free Tools: Knight Center for Journalism – 2019
Climate Science and Policy : University of Queensland through edX – 2019
Sustainable Energy: Design a Renewable Future : TU Delft through edX – 2019
Essentials of Tableau Server Administration: Tableau, 2017
Indigenous Canada: University of Alberta through Coursera – 2017
Master Tableau for Data Science: Udemy – 2016
Information Visualization: Indiana University, Katy Börner – 2015
Data Visualization and Infographics with D3: Knight Center for Journalism – 2015
Harvard Extension School CSCI E-171 Visualization – 2016
Programming R, Python, D3: online – 2015 – 2017
Tableau Fundamentals: Tableau, 2014
Tableau Advanced: Tableau, 2014
Graphic Design Certificate Program: Alberta College Art + Design, 2012
Animation 101: Quickdraw Animation Society, 2008
Effective presentation skills: Canadian Management Centre, 2007
Geographical Information Studies (GIS): Van Hall Instituut, The Netherlands, August 1999
Civil Engineering (architecture): HTS Hanzehogeschool, The Netherlands, July 1998

Relevant Experience & Examples

Providing data analysis, spatial analysis and visualization services to business teams at the AER, analyzing business requirements, flows of information, designing and creating data sources, and creating reports and dashboards with a strong focus on usability by the intended user group(s)
Advising and supporting all AER staff on GIS, Tableau and information & visualization design
Leading and participating in AER enterprise Business Intelligence and GIS communities
Developing and teaching courses in data analysis and visualization design
Mentoring staff at AER and prior employers
Creating a significant number of dashboards on Tableau Public (non AER): https://public.tableau.com/profile/rj7974#!/
Publications I did for IBU’s BiathlonWorld website, the IBU Biathlon Insider, other clients and for myself (Publications)
Writing posts on BiathlonAnalytics blog: BiathlonAnalytics.com analyzing and visualizing biathlon data in a way that general fans can understand and enjoy. Also published on Real Biathlon Blog
Published all graphic work of Rob Vollman’s Hockey Abstract 2018 Update
Creating some D3 examples as part of a course: 1, 2, 3
Speaking at Seattle Hockey Analytics Conference 2019 [Video] [Slides], Vancouver Hockey Analytics Conference 2018 RJ Weise [Slides] [Bonus Material][Video] and Tableau Calgary User Group in 2018

Technical skills

Over 10 years of experience with visualization software: Tableau, R, D3, Power BI; Adobe Creative Suite, Gravit Designer, Pixlr, Affinity Designer 2 & Photo 2
Over 20 years of experience with ESRI GIS software (Desktop & Server)
Over 10 years of experience with data and coding software: R, SQL, MongoDB, Microsoft Excel and Access, Google Sheets, Google Scripts, Google Big Query