Last week I completed Duke University’s Java Programming and Software Engineering Fundamentals Specialization via Coursera. The specialization consists of five courses starting with high-level JavaScript and HTML and dives into Java fundamentals. It took a few months of learning not only programing languages, but how to approach software engineering – a key takeaway for me. […]
Done! Architecting with GCP Specialization on Coursera
Finally, I just completed the sixth and final course of the Architecting with Google Cloud Platform Specialization delivered by Coursera! Coursera Certificate Why did I spend time on this? Because I believe cloud technologies have become a critical piece for analytics and many areas of marketing. On my last post I shared some thoughts on some […]
On Digital Analytics and The Cloud
As a non-techie delving in digital analytics I often come across the notion that SQL, Python, R and other scripting languages are the main requirement to enter this space. No doubt, these are important. But in this post I would like to make a case for web analytics folks to better understand the cloud. The […]
I’m AWS Certified! Solutions Architect – Associate
Last February I passed the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate exam. I had to study my ass off for a couple of month to pass it, so at the very least, a blog post should go up. Cloud architecting for analytics has been calling my attention for the last few years. While at ASICS we […]
Amazon Japan – A New Chapter
Today I start my role in perhaps the most influential company in the digital world, Amazon. By now I should be on the way to the office – I wrote this yesterday. I join the Amazon Prime team in Tokyo. Exciting times. It’s a funny feeling, really. I’m aware I’m joining an organization that is […]
Tableau TDE vs Live DB Connection
These last few days I’ve been exploring the best setting for enterprise analytics when using Tableau. Tableau, like most tools, has database connectors that allow live connections to your database. But one of the benefits of Tableau is able to extract data, package it in a Tableau friendly format (.tde) and boost speed of calculations […]
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