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Onboarding Junior Analytics Engineers
Coalesce 2025
2025-10-14 • Las Vegas, NV
Sharing insights and strategies for effectively onboarding junior analytics engineers.
Onboarding Junior Analytics Engineers
Berlin dbt Meetup
2025-09-11 • Berlin, Germany
In this talk, I will share some insights and strategies for effectively onboarding junior analytics engineers.
dbt Packages for Snowflake users
Snowflake Netherlands User Group
2025-07-15 • Amsterdam, The Netherlands
July 15 we will be joined by Juan Manuel Perafan (Nimbus Intelligence) and Bart van Delft (dbt Labs). We will be informed about the latest and greatest in dbt and what it will bring to the Snowflake Community. After that we will get our hands dirty and get to see for ourselves how dbt works and what can be achieved.
Rethinking the dbt Semantic Layer: 3 Underrated Use Cases
dbt Global Circuit Series
2025-06-12 • San Francisco, CA
In this talk, we will explore three underrated use cases of the dbt Semantic Layer that can help you get more value out of your data models and improve collaboration between data teams and business users.
Testing with dbt
Budapest dbt Meetup
2024-09-25 • Budapest, Hungary
In this talk, we will explore the various testing capabilities that dbt offers to ensure data quality and reliability..
dbt turbocharge: Boosting performance of your data models
Coalesce 2023
2023-10-24 • San Diego, CA
Performance is a crucial factor in delivering timely and accurate data to organizations. However, debugging the performance of dbt models can be a challenge, as most resources available focus on le...
How to Build a Tech Community: The Fine Art of Organizing Meetups
The Linux Foundation OS Summit 2023
2023-10-04 • Bilbao, Spain
In this birds of a feather session, we will explore the fine art of organizing meetups and building a thriving tech community
The fine art of organizing Meetups
Big Data Summit Warsaw 2023
2023-09-13 • Warsaw, Poland
Meetups are a great way to upskill your team, create internal/external data communities, improve your leadership skills, and hire new talent. In fact, the tech world is famous for its vibrant meetup
Documenting KPIs:Beyond dbt Semantic Layer
dbt Belgium Meetup #2
2023-06-26 • Ghent, Belgium
The dbt Semantic Layer has made a lot of teams reflect on the way they document their KPI's. In this talk, I will share some best practices on how to document your KPI's beyond the dbt Semantic Layer.
How dbt Changed the Way Data Teams Work
DeveloperWeek Latin America 2023
2023-06-21 • Virtual
In this session, I will speak about dbt and why it is becoming the new favorite tool of the data world. Giving you real-world examples of the value of dbt and how it integrates DataOps best practices in its workflow.
How to build a data community: The fine art of organizing Meetups Tech Summit
Data & AI Warsaw Tech Summit
2023-03-29 • Warsaw, Poland
In this talk, demystify the organization of meetups. From finding sponsors, getting world-class speakers, and attracting a relevant audience.
7 Habits of Highly Latin People
Xebia TEDxKE
2022-12-01 • Amersfoort, The Netherlands
My company organized a TED-like event and I gave a short talk. It has absolute nothing to do with data, but I am uploading it to this channel, just to be able to share it.
Power BI vs Tableau: The Ultimate BI Tool for mature data organizations
GoDataFest 2022
2022-10-27 • Amsterdam, The Netherlands
In this talk, we will compare the most widely used BI tools in the market from the perspective of a mature data organization
Lo que no sabías que se podía hacer en Tableau
Latino/a/x Tableau User Group
2021-12-09 • Virtual
Spanish talk demostration some lesser known functionalities of Tableau.
Dashboarding Nightmares: What most organizations forget to scope
GoDataFest 2021
2021-11-05 • Amsterdam, The Netherlands
In this talk, I discuss the project management side of creating a dashboard and all the hidden complexities behind it.
Analytics Engineer
GoDataFest 2020
2020-12-04 • Amsterdam, The Netherlands
In this talk, we will explore the role of the Analytics Engineer, a hybrid between Data Engineer and Data Analyst. We will discuss the skills required, the tools used, and how this role fits into the modern data team.
I didn''t know Tableau could do that! Python + R use cases
Tableau User Group Netherlands
2020-04-30 • Virtual
In this webinar, I show you some use cases of how to integrate Python and R into Tableau to extend its functionalities.
Self-service BI: your preparation before the whole organization jumps in
Insights in Data Visualization
2019-03-28 • Antwerp, Belgium
In this talk, we will discuss self-service from a project planning perspective.