I am passionate about helping people understand, work with and fall in love with data by creating connections with like-minded people and sharing my expertise on data and technology.

My mission is to help people forge their careers in data and technology through listening to their stories, identifying opportunities and challenges and sharing my own experiences. In the past, I ran the popular global social data project #MakeoverMonday and spent four years as a Tableau Zen Master, supporting the data visualization community.

In addition to my role as Snowflake’s Lead Evangelist for EMEA, I mentor and coach data professionals through personalized programs and help people figure out their talents and how to apply them to a career that fills them with joy and a great sense of accomplishment.

I am an international speaker on the topics of data visualization, data culture and data communities. My books focus on data visualization best practices, creating internal data communities and on applying technical and strategic data skills in the world of professional sport.

Accomplishments

 

Doing

Speaking

  • CIO Summit, Vienna 2023

  • Snowflake BUILD EMEA, Tel Aviv 2022

  • Snowflake Data Cloud World Tour, London 2022

  • Snowflake Summit, Las Vegas 2022

  • Leading Healthcare Innovation Summit, London 2022

  • Tableau Conference US & Europe 2018, 2019, 2020

  • The Data Festival 2019

  • Tableau Global Sales Kickoff 2020

  • The Wharton People Analytics Conference 2019

  • Exasol Xperience 2017

  • MC Exasol Xperience 2019

  • Various Tableau User Groups (London, Berlin, Munich, Stockholm, Helsinki, Copenhagen, San Francisco, New York City, Sydney, Cincinnati, Paris, Milan, Netherlands, New Zealand)

Community

  • Co-leader of MakeoverMonday January 2017 - May 2023. Grew the community from a few hundred to 2500+ participants.

  • Founder of The Maple Square, a speaker platform for women in tech and data.

 

Personal

Training and Nature

I love being active and can spend hours walking and hiking in the beautiful countryside we enjoy in Northumberland, UK. I am passionate about living a healthy and active life filled with time with my loved ones.

I aim for a good balance between walking, swimming, yoga, pilates and connecting with friends over coffee and cake or via zoom calls if they live further afield.

In past years I was a keen triathlete and enjoyed a number of races in different places. Training in Australia, Germany and the UK has given me a chance to connect with many wonderful people and push myself further.

I had the honour to represent my country (Germany) in sprint triathlon world championships in 2017 (Cozumel, Mexico) and 2018 (Rotterdam, Netherlands) and truly cherish my racing experience and the people I met along the way.

 

Life

I spend my life with Andy, my favorite person, and our black Labrador, Maggie, living in Northumberland, the last county of England just before the Scottish border.

I’m working on my gardening skills and love gradually transforming our house into a home.