PASS Business Analytics Virtual Chapter February Meeting – Crime Analytics & Predictions System

The next PASS Business Analytics Virtual Chapter meeting is coming up this week on Thursday, February 26.  This month we welcome Third Eye founder Dj Das.

February 26 – Crime Analytics & Predictions System

Abstract –

Committing Crime is the final frontier – where a human starts to degenerate into a renegade, a social waste and capable of causing huge personal and financial loss to individuals, businesses and the government. Thus, battling crime, reducing the number of occurrences, preventing and predicting crime has become a huge commitment for police forces around the world.
This webinar along with a live demo will showcase how police departments can leverage predictive analytics on Big Data to understand the various factors that affect crime and develop comprehensive strategies for countering them.

The Big Data Analytics Demo will slice & dice, analyze & visualize crime data (Open Data) made publicly available by the City of Chicago.

In this one-hour webinar, we will showcase & discuss the following Microsoft products:

Azure:
– HDInsight
– SQL Azure

Power BI:
– Power Q&A, Power View, Power Pivot, Power Query, Power Map

AUDIENCE
Technical & Management leaders.

Bio – Dj Das is a senior-level consulting services & product executive with a deep technology bend and global operations background. He has a visionary entrepreneurial spirit, and proven track record as creator of commercially successful enterprise and consumer web applications. He has delivered many new products to markets for both start-ups and Fortune 500 companies. He is a results oriented, decisive leader who combines an entrepreneurial spirit with corporate-refined execution in product marketing, business strategy and planning, user experience, delivery management and revenue optimization. He is an adept strategic partnerships builder across global businesses. Dj founded Third Eye in 2009 with a single vision – to provide consulting services & solutions around Big Data, even when Big Data was not such a buzz word. He brings in strategy, execution & operational values to Third Eye. Dj is an avid Big Data evangelist, runs & operates a meetup group named “Big Data Cloud” which is a not-for-profit organization for evangelizing and training around Big Data & Cloud technologies. The group has 3400+ members and has monthly meetups and annual events. Dj is also the founder & managing partner of Das Capital, LLC. through which he makes indirect & passive private equity investments. His previous investments are NeoTeris (acquired by NetScreen), Indivos (acquired by PayByTouch), YouSendIt (private exit), Efficient Frontier (acquired by Adobe Systems), Kosmix (acquired by WalMart), Aster Data Systems (acquired by Teradata), theFind.com, Mobissimo Travel, Jasper Design Automation and Xora among others. Prior to Third Eye, Dj served as the VP of Business Development for LG CNS America where he developed and executed strategies to launch LG CNS’s consulting services on American soil. He opened up initial marquee accounts and brought the first dollar in. Previously, he worked in numerous engineering roles at Microsoft, Siebel Systems among others. Dj received his Bachelor’s degree in Electronics & Communications from National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India.

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Just a reminder if you want to stay in touch with the PASS BA Virtual Chapter here are some ways:

If you are interested in speaking we are always looking for speakers, please leave a comment or send me an email at denglishbi@gmail.com

MN PASS BI User Group Q1 2015 Meeting – March 3

The first meeting of the 2015 year is coming up in a couple of weeks on Tuesday, March 3 for the MN Microsoft BI User Group.  This meeting will have two presentations, the first one is a healthcare case study and the second one is on Power Query.  Please register so that we can have your name badge pre-printed.

MN Microsoft BI User Group 2015 Q1 Meeting

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Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Check In: 2:45 PM Event Time: 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Location: Microsoft Technology Center – 3601 76th St W, Suite 600 Edina MN 55435 (in LOW 1, 2, and 3)

Please Register Now (Please register so that we can have your name badge pre-printed)

Agenda:

• 2:45-3:00 : Registration
• 3:00-3:15 : Microsoft BI User Group Updates & Announcements
• 3:15-4:15 : Healthcare Case Study: DW and BI
• 4:15-4:30 : Break
• 4:30-5:30 : Power Query: Data Chemistry for the Masses
• 5:30-6:00 : Eval Collection, Prizes, Networking, and Pizza

Presentations:

Session 1: Healthcare Case Study: DW and BI

Implementing and enhancing a vendor supplied Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence solution in Healthcare is a significant undertaking. Join Ann Warner and Ross McNeely as they discuss the benefits of launching a vendor supplied solution, and the challenges in expanding the data model to meet the needs at HealthEast Care System. As an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) HealthEast required a new platform to support new analytics across current and legacy systems. We will breakdown how dashboards were developed to help drive down duplicate patient records using Microsoft’s MDS and Power BI. Analyzing health systems and payers will give hospitals and clinics insight into care quality, cost accountability, and patient loyalty.

Speaker: Ann Warner and Ross McNeely

Ann Warner is the Data Engineering and Application Manager at HealthEast Care System.  As the Manager of the Data Engineering team, Ann is responsible for building and managing the team for Data Governance, Operational Data Store, and Epic’s Cogito Data Warehouse.  Ann has experience creating and staffing data warehouse development efforts for higher education, finance, banking, credit card risk, manufacturing, logistics, sales, and marketing.

Ross McNeely is a Principle Consultant and the BI Practice Manager at Tail Wind. Ross has presented at DAMA-MN, SQLSaturday, PASSMN, Microsoft BI User Group MN, and ERworld 2012. Ross adds real-world examples from various industries in his presentations. Regardless if you have a beginner, intermediate, or advanced skill set, Ross will provide a solid foundation for each topic he presents.

Session 2: Power Query: Data Chemistry for the Masses

ETL Developers have being doing chemistry with data for years in tools like SQL Server Integration Services. These tools require training, experience, and time that few business users have. But in the age of self-service BI, those business users need a way to shape data to support their analysis.
This session will show how Power Query can be easily used to take advantage of data’s properties to drive the change we need to support our goals.
We will discuss/demonstrate:

• The simple process of accessing a wide variety of data sources
• The ease with which simple transformations can be achieved using the Power Query Ribbon
• Power Query’s fantastic ability to travel through time to see every step taken with the data
• The foundations of the Power Query Formula Language, informally known as "M"
• Using "M" to take Power Query WAY beyond what the Ribbon has to offer.

Come learn about what may well be the most exciting member of the Power BI family.

Speaker: Mark Vaillancourt

Mark Vaillancourt is a SQL Server MVP and a Business Intelligence Enterprise Consultant for Digineer, a Microsoft partner based in Plymouth, MN. He has been working with SQL Server since 2007 and holds the MCITP – Business Intelligence Developer 2008 certification. With a background in Theater and Improvised Comedy, Mark makes sure that his presentations are both informative and fun.

PASS Business Analytics Conference 2015 Discount Code – save $150 – USMO03

Save $150 on your registration to PASS Business Analytics Conference, April 21-22 in Santa Clara, CA, using our chapter’s discount code: USMO03. Feel free to share this discount code with friends or colleagues!
http://passbaconference.com/2015/Home.aspx

Free Business Analytics webinar marathon tomorrow, Tue. Feb 3!

Don’t miss out tomorrow on Tuesday, February 3 for the free Business Analytics Webinar Marathon. You’ll get a taste of what’s to come at the BA Conference in April and skills to enhance your organization’s analytics potential the same day!

Here are the six back to back sessions scheduled for BA marathon:

Session Title – Date/Time

Introducing the Reimagined Power BI Platform (Jen Underwood) – 03 Feb 2015, 14:00 GMT

Unlocking Big Data: The Power of Cognitive Computing (James Kobielus) – 03 Feb 2015, 15:00 GMT

What’s next for Business Analytics in the 21st Century? (Hyoun Park) – 03 Feb 2015, 16:00 GMT

Visualization Tools for Data Discovery (Lynn Langit) – 03 Feb 2015, 17:00 GMT

An Overview of Predictive Analytics for Practitioners (Dean Abbott) – 03 Feb 2015, 18:00 GMT

Productivity Revolution in Excel (Avi Singh) – 03 Feb 2015, 19:00 GMT

RSVP NOW!

Click here to register for BA MARATHON!

Also, if you are planning on attending the PASS BA Conference you can use the following discount code and save $150 off registration!

Discount code: PASSBAVC

Hope that you are able to join one of the sessions tomorrow, I will be hosting the 4th session done by Lynn Langit!

Enjoy!