March 1, 2022

Buffalo State Data Talk

Episode 16: Data Visualization with Tableau an interview with Ray Givler, Senior Decision Consultant for Highmark

In this episode Ray Givler, Senior Decision Consultant for Highmark, talks about creating data visualizations for a healthcare organization using Tableau. Ray talks about how he finds fulfillment in his career through Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose. Listen to the episode to learn Rays advice for new data scientists and how to start your career in data visualization.

0:00 Intro

0:34 What Ray does as a Senior Decision Consultant for Highmark

4:07 The data Ray uses and the results

7:12 What software Ray utilizes

10:56 Overcoming challenges

14:07 Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose in your career

16:41 How to get a data viz job

17:46 What skills students should learn before they graduate

21:00 Utilizing LinkedIn

22:00 Advice for data scientists

23:13 Outro

Resources:

  • Culture Eats Perks for Breakfast
  • Ray Givler Tableau Public
  • How I learned Tableau
  • SQL training

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