The world’s leading data experts, renowned Qlik customers, and partners will share their stories and best practices for getting more value from your data.
Note: All of the breakout sessions will be available throughout the event and on-demand so you have flexibility to attend as many sessions as possible. Registration is not required for individual sessions. There are a select number of featured sessions scheduled daily that will allow you to ask questions of industry experts. See detailed agenda for additional information.
CJ Bauder , JBS
Welcome - my name is CJ Bauder and I work on the Qlik Team at JBS! I began working with JBS in 2016, and spent 5 years working in the business as an analyst. Early on, while gaining understanding of business processes, I taught myself QlikView/Sense scripting and dashboarding so we could begin leveraging these powerful visualization tools. The experience has given me a business oriented perspective into dashboard design, data architecture, and usability. Now I am excited to be a part of our Qlik Team, bringing those same learnings into the I.T. division for our company! Our session today will present our model for business engagement and success using Qlik Products. These tools empower our business to connect to data, curate a self service environment, and allow business to drive improvement from the ground. Creating the most fluid and friction free analytics tools is crucial to success in a self service world. We hope you will join us to further the capability of your team today!
Allen Cor , BI Analyst, JBS
Allen Corona is a Qlik Developer at JBS USA, Where Allen develops Qlik Sense applications and assistance business units on Qlik needs.
Luis Galvan Valadez , Qlik Analyst, JBS
I am a trilingual business intelligence analyst with more than +5 years of experience in data analytics. I have had the change to work in different industries such as Banking and food processing. My career experience started in 2010 when I joined National Bank of Canada ( the 6th largest bank of Canada). I started working as credit analyst in the MasterCard credit department, and my last position was business intelligence analyst in the QA retail division. In 2015, I had the opportunity to join JBS Canada Foods (a division of JBSSA) as business analyst. I spent 3 years as business analysts in multiple line of business such as Sales, Operations and Production, Finance, and Logistics. Though these years, I learnt the business scope at a detail level, and apply data analytics to provide insights. I was reached by BI Team, in the corporate (Greeley, CO), and in October of 2019 I joined this team. Since then, I have expanded the knowledge acquire in the Canada division, and apply it to a large scale to other protein division in the company. Also, I have had the change to train, and develop new employees in the company to use Qlik technologies, provide continuous support to Qlik developers, and work with internal and external stakeholders in multiple projects such as process improvements, creation of Dashboards, and data pipelines.
Steph Robinson , Qlik Manager JBS USA, JBS
Stephanie Robinson is has been a Qlik Luminary for 3 years. She is the Business Intelligence Manager for the Qlik space at JBS foods USA and runs a team of 6 Qlik team members. She has been working JBS for 3 years and working in BI for over 20 years.
A walk though of the JBS BI Landscape and how we have created a self service Business Intelligence landscape where anyone person in the company can learn to be a developer, create applications to answer business questions and use Qlik to improve their processes and business. Included are a couple of JBS Qlik BI team members to also discuss the role of our inhouse training, together with deep dives on various subjects and working hand in hand with Qlik to bring our business users from 0 to developer. And also, our vision of where we plan to go from here. Search for code: 662680 to locate session during the QlikWorld Event
John Delligatti , Director Digital Supply Chain Transformation, SDI
Qlik Luminary for 2021-2022, UiPath MVP 2022 and one of the winners of the 2021 MDM Future Leaders Award recognizing rising stars in the distribution industry under the age of 40, and SDI’s Director of Digital Supply Chain Transformation, John Delligatti is furthering the company's mission to change the way people think about and manage MRO & Facilities Maintenance. John drives innovation and improvement through anaytics, automation and digital product development to ensure SDI’s digital strategy is aligned with client and corporate goals. He oversees the lifecycle of SDI’s digital products while driving a data literacy culture and championing the adoption of robotic process automation across the organization. He has lead the development of applications that are reshaping the industrial supply and facilities management space. Additionally, he spearheaded the organizations Citizen Developer program, pioneering the use of RPA to automate functions that enable SDI to do more for their customers than ever before.
SDI is THE Digital Supply Chain company focusing on the MRO and Facilities Maintenance space. Combining a mix of technology and industry specific expertise to create ZEUS, our MRO technology platform, SDI is leading the way in digitizing a portion of the supply chain that typically gets left behind in terms of technological advancements. Utilizing Qlik, Qlik NPrinting and Snowflake, the Analytics module of ZEUS is an extremely powerful tool for any supply chain manager. ZEUS analytics provides high level dashboards summarizing activity in the supply chain, while providing the ability to drill down and generate reports like never before.
Search for code: 663921 to locate session during the QlikWorld Event
Mariel Aseron , BI Analytics Administration Manager, AdventHealth
Mariel Aseron, graduated the University of Florida, obtaining both B.S. in Computer and Information Sciences and M.S. in Decision and Information Sciences. As a native of the Philippines and surrounded by strong women mainly focused in the medical field, she stepped out of tradition and studied art and technology. Mariel’s professional career began working with PwC Atlanta, under the Advisory Practice. She mainly focused on data management in the Financial and Healthcare sectors. This led to other opportunities within various healthcare systems within the Southeast Region. Mariel returned to Florida in 2014, joining AdventHealth IT Corporate Data Analytics department, and now manages the BI application infrastructure platforms utilized by the organization. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, Gator sports, and camping.
For any sizable organization, a state-of-the-art data analytics platform is no longer an option but a necessity. Healthcare data continues to evolve and exponentially grow! This includes housing sensitive information from various sources, which adds data complexity. It is imperative to have a well-designed analytics infrastructure to enable strategic payoff early on. Many components like design and architecture are key factors for successfully implementing growth and adaptability. Build for impact and success! Search for code: 664393 to locate session during the QlikWorld Event
Tonya Wolford , School District of Philadelphia
Keren Zuniga McDowell , Executive Director, District Performance, School District of Philadelphia
Keren Zuniga McDowell, PhD, is the Executive Director of District Performance. In this role, Keren oversees the staff team and projects in the District Performance Office. The team’s work includes the Qlik Benchmarking, Analytics, and Management (QlikBAM) dashboards, School Profiles (Qlik QAP), data governance, the School Progress Report on Education and Equity (SPREE), Open Data, and data requests. The District Performance Office is in the Evaluation, Research, and Accountability (ERA) Division, which leads the District’s use of data and evidence to improve outcomes for students. This is achieved through the annual SPREE; QlikBAM; ongoing program evaluations and research; data quality and governance; the comprehensive school planning process; and professional development and technical assistance offered to District leadership, Assistant Superintendents, and Principals. Dr. Zuniga McDowell has over twenty years of experience in evaluation, data management, college access/success, and higher education and has committed her career to increasing educational opportunities for at-risk and underrepresented students. Prior to joining the District, Keren served as the Director for College Success with the Denver Scholarship Foundation (DSF) where she managed DSF’s college success services, scholarships, and research and evaluation divisions. Prior to her time at DSF, Keren served as the Director of the Center for Academic Access and Opportunity at Suffolk University in Boston, MA, where she oversaw the institution’s TRIO college access programs. Keren has also served as the Director of Research and Evaluation for two national non-profits, TERI (The Education Resources Institute) and Citizen Schools. In these roles she developed and led various multi-program, multi-site, large-scale program evaluations and data strategy initiatives.
The School District of Philadelphia (SDP) is focused on improving outcomes for all students and is leveraging its data to do so. Using Qlik Sense, SDP has created a set of internal and external dashboards and KPIs to track progress in each area of student achievement, with shared accountability and progress monitoring across multiple stakeholder groups from internal school leaders, to external partners, and the wider community. This session will share how SDP moved from using static displays of progress (annual reports) to a set of interactive Qlik tools designed to align stakeholders to the District’s Goals and Guardrails, and establish a system of collaborative progress monitoring to ensure all students learn. This session will provide live demonstrations of SDP’s internal (Qlik Sense) and external dashboards, including School Profiles, and the intentional alignment across these tools to ensure all stakeholders have access to a standardized set of data in support of students and schools. Search for code: 665753 to locate session during the QlikWorld Event
Mike Ellis , Director, Customer Success, GINQO
Robin Sarkar is Senior Manager of Business Intelligence and Analytics at IronRidge, where he develops the long-term business intelligence strategy and vision for the company and oversees the development and implementation of Data Analytics and Data Science projects. Since joining the company in 2014, Robin has lead the charge on various company-wide initiatives, included the overhaul of the entire S&OP process, developing tools that support customer advocacy and partnerships. Robin holds an MBA degree from Texas A&M University and a Bachelor's degree in computer engineering from the University of Mumbai. In his spare time Robin enjoys sports, amateur photography and spending time with his growing family.
Michael Lowe , Director DATA + Analytics, Earls
Mike Lowe, leader of the Data + Analytics department has a passion for understanding behaviour and putting data to work. He began his career at Earls Kitchen + Bar as a server and bartender while in university. In observing his guests he noticed the vast amount of data being collected through a dining experience. Mike moved to Earls HQ at graduation as an analyst and quickly grew to lead the Data + Analytics department. Mike and the team continuously pursue new ways to look at how Earls can enhance their guest's experience while maintaining a strong bottom line enhancing and leveraging their data pipelines.
COVID-19. If we have to hear that name one more time...in the hospitality business COVID hit hard. Many businesses were brought to their knees. From a revenue perspective, so was a longtime Qlik customer, Earls Restaurants, a family business and one of Canada's most respected brands. Earls was able to weather the very volatile storm and position for the future by: • Advancing store systems • Moving to the cloud (Google) • Modernizing analytics with Qlik Sense • Preparing to move to SaaS • Streamlining the data pipeline Join us to hear Manager of Business Analytics Michael Lowe show how Earls has prepared for post pandemic growth by modernizing the overall data platform and approach. Search for code: 665755 to locate session during the QlikWorld Event
Mike Ellis , Director, Customer Success, GINQO
Robin Sarkar is Senior Manager of Business Intelligence and Analytics at IronRidge, where he develops the long-term business intelligence strategy and vision for the company and oversees the development and implementation of Data Analytics and Data Science projects. Since joining the company in 2014, Robin has lead the charge on various company-wide initiatives, included the overhaul of the entire S&OP process, developing tools that support customer advocacy and partnerships. Robin holds an MBA degree from Texas A&M University and a Bachelor's degree in computer engineering from the University of Mumbai. In his spare time Robin enjoys sports, amateur photography and spending time with his growing family.
Manon Lavergne , Program Manager, Operational Support Services, Ottawa Paramedic Service
Manon is a Program Manager with the Ottawa Paramedic Service located in Canada’s capital, Ottawa, Ontario. The Ottawa Paramedic Service is the sole municipal provider of paramedic services covering 2,778 km2 (1,072 sq. mi) with a population of just under 1,000,000. Ottawa’s Paramedics respond to over 140,000 medical emergencies annually. Manon is responsible for the Operational Support Services division, overseeing the Business Intelligence in Public Safety program, Community Paramedicine, Regulatory Compliance and Infection Control, Research, Emergency Medical Records, Professional Standards and quality assurance as well as the scheduling and staffing. Over the last 25 years, Manon helped evaluate, develop and implement several initiatives related to system performance. Most recently the operationalization of the Patient Priority System dashboard using real-time data has been a significant collaborative project aiming to reduce the impact on the pre-hospital system particularly throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
As a leader in the pre-hospital field, the Ottawa Paramedic Service has a strong Infection Prevention and Control section to ensure the health and safety of our personnel and the community that we serve. Prior to COVID-19, tracking incidental occurrences of biological or infectious disease exposures was easily done with a manual tracking sheet. COVID-19 changed that. The Infection Prevention & Control dashboard was developed in collaboration with our Qlik partner, GINQO. Our goal was to ensure proper contact tracing of potential and/or actual COVID-19 exposures as well as all other infectious diseases. By improving the mechanisms for capturing data, notifying personnel and stakeholders, and documenting the progression of a case, this project ensured better control and monitoring of any infectious disease and ultimately had a significant impact in a pandemic situation. Join this session to learn about the many benefits of the final solution including improved efficiency of the Regulatory Compliance & Infection Control team, increased safety, and provided a robust location for case documentation. Further, the solution captures case information in a way that allows management easy and rapid access to real-time data on infection and workplace trends.
Search for code: 665759 to locate session during the QlikWorld Event
Nicolas Michel , Siemens
Key Achievements:
- Developed and implemented a Business Intelligence (BI) strategy for SI Procurement (EUR 6.5 bln. purchasing volume) from scratch in 2017 with focus of user friendliness and brand constancy. Continuous growth of users.
- Defined a Qlik Sense framework as a guideline for the development of applications
- Built a BI Ambassadors' team, resulting in improved internal cooperation
- Lead two developers in Portugal to meet the increasing BI demand
- Automated around 80% of my monthly reporting by using the BI platform Professional Career in Siemens
- Data Mart Product Manager and Data Mart Business Analyst- Procurement Business Unit Controller
- Procurement Controller [80%] & Part-Time Student
Easy accessible data, executive management reporting and a large userbase on Qlik Sense – all this is the result of years of tuning by the Procurement Controlling department of Siemens Smart Infrastructure. Starting at a diverse tool environment, the efforts to create a monthly report cost the department an immense amount of precious working time. Different interfaces and passwords, not user friendly masks and lack of standardization was the battles the users had to face every month with high manual effort.
All this manual labor was transformed step by step by automatizing the data collection, integrating Qlik Sense, training the users and establishing a guided analytics dashboard with a state of the art functionality. Supported by the SI IT DataMart the data resides in a secured cloud environment powered by automatized data access and complex data models in the background. The results are solid. Siemens realizes four key criteria with their units dashboards:
• Their ease of use by standardization and a single source of truth as well as a connection of multiple sources
• High user acceptance through high quality information, trust in the app and data preparation and time saving for all users
• Efficiency through automatic updates, and single point of entry to all applications
• Cost: No time loss for adapting to different tool user interfaces, saving time to focus on operational tasks to generate business value.
All of this, the Journey and the end result will be shared in this breakout session, a guided and gripping development with the best in class use case to take away.
Search for code: 670287 to locate session during the QlikWorld Event