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Onboarding Junior Analytics Engineers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.