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Local Education and Networking

The purpose of TDWI Chapters is to enable local Business Intelligence/Data Warehousing professionals to:

  • Meet regularly with each other on a regional basis
  • Share best practices in a small group setting
  • Establish a strong network of peers
  • Gain technical advice and career direction

Everyone is welcome. We encourage you to join TDWI, but you do not need to be a member to attend.

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Tennessee Chapter

The purpose of the Tennessee Chapter is to enable local BI/DW professionals to:

  • Meet regularly with each other on a regional basis
  • Share best practices in a small group setting
  • Establish a strong network of peers
  • Gain technical advice and career direction

Everyone is welcome. We encourage you to join TDWI, but you do not need to be a member to attend.

  • Data Story Telling – How to turn data into action / Next Generation Internal Auditing and Analytics - September 14th from 12:00 – 3:00 PM:

    Connect. Share. Learn Ramsey Solutions – Franklin TN

    ATTENTION ALL BI/DW AND ANALYTICS PROFESSIONALS

    Dear TDWI Tennessee Chapter BI/DW and Analytics Professionals, 
    TDWI makes a return to in person events! We cordially invite you to attend our upcoming TDWI Tennessee Chapter meeting on September 14 from 12:00 – 3:00 PM. Come meet other local professionals, swap business cards, share ideas, and exchange career advice while listening to quality presentations in a vendor-neutral setting, which is the hallmark of TDWI education. Please see our detailed meeting agenda below.

    When:

    September 14th from 12:00 – 3:00 PM

    Where:

     

    Ramsey Solutions
    1011 Reams Fleming Blvd
    Franklin, TN 37064

    Topics:

    Topic covered:

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    Schedule of Event (include times and breaks)

    12:00 – 12:20

    Networking and Registration

    12:20 – 12:30

    Introductions and Chapter Business

    12:30 – 1:00

    Lunch & Networking

    1:00 – 2:30

    Presentation:  Data Storytelling: How to turn data into action
    Too often, data insights fall short of actionable change due to the lack of a compelling story.  A systematic data story process can provide the framework needed to start any project or problem so that you start with right goals and expectation that will lead to the data story needed for meaningful insights and solutions.  Dr. Charlie Apigian will walk through this process with an interactive scenario that allows you to experience the data story process from planning to analysis to story and finally business insights and analysis that are relatable and actionable. 

    2:30 – 2:45

    Break

    2:45 – 3:45

    Presentation: Next Generation Internal Auditing and Analytics
    This presentation will include a discussion around what the next generation of internal audit looks like, why the shift to a continuous monitoring audit methodology is needed, and how to utilize enabling technologies (e.g., optical character recognition, process mining, data visualization, etc.) to make it a reality.  With the accelerating advancement of technological innovation, there is an expectation that people and processes become smarter, faster, and better and the Internal Audit function should be designed in a way where it is able to dynamically assess risk across the organization and agilely shift audit priorities accordingly.  Internal Audit must begin utilizing data in a way that continuously informs where to direct the audit focus throughout the year.  Participants in this session will leave with a clear vision of the next generation of internal audit, a roadmap to follow in implementing this next generation approach, and practical analytic and high impact reporting examples that can be incorporated at their organizations.

    3:45 – 4:00

    Wrap up and Give-Aways

    4:15 -

    Networking Reception at Chuy’s in Franklin

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    Space is limited so sign up early!

    For more information about TDWI Membership, contact [email protected].
    To contact a Chapter officer, click on name of the officer located on the top right hand column of this page.

    We have been asked to park in the North West parking lot and use the visitor entrance around the back of the building which is the entrance between Building A and Building B.  See the following diagram for the parking location and entrance information:

     

    Bio of presenters:

    Charlie H. Apigian, PhD.
    Executive Director of the Belmont Data Collaborative
    Belmont University

    >Dr. Charlie Apigian is the Executive Director of the Belmont Data Collaborative at Belmont University where he leads an initiative that looks to give all students data skills and create innovative programs in data science as well as focus on external data projects that do good in the community.   Dr. Apigian’s focus and passion is data and tech, workforce development and working with the Nashville community including several advisory boards such as Nashville Technology Council, Hytch Rewards, Blacks in Tech – Nashville, Project Maslow and Special Kids, Inc. He recently won the Nashville Technology Council IT Community Leader of the Year (2018) and the Nashville Technology Council Data Scientist of the Year (2020).

    Landon Adkins
    Director, CHIAP, CIA
    Protiviti

    Landon is a Director and Protiviti’s Healthcare Advanced Analytics Solutions Leader.  Landon has more than 16 years of experience in providing revenue cycle improvement, audit, and compliance services across facility and physician settings.  Landon has also presented at various healthcare organization conferences and published various healthcare thought leadership pieces.

     

    08/17/2022

  • March 25th, 2020: Tennessee Chapter of the TDWI Meeting - Nashville

    Connect. Share. Learn.

    ATTENTION ALL BI/DW AND ANALYTICS PROFESSIONALS
    Dear Tennessee BI/DW and Analytics Professionals,
    Dear TDWI Tennessee BI/DW and Analytics Professionals, 
    We cordially invite you to attend our upcoming TDWI Tennessee meeting on March 25th, 2020 in Nashville. Come meet other local professionals, swap business cards, share ideas, and exchange career advice while listening to quality presentations in a vendor-neutral setting, which is the hallmark of TDWI education. Please see our detailed meeting agenda below.

    When:

    Wednesday, March 25h, 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

    Where:

     

    LBMC Building
    201 Franklin Road
    Brentwood, TN 37027
    (615) 440-4000
    Parking:  For the ease of parking and lobby elevator access, please enter the Hill Center LBMC property from the (east side) Franklin Toad.
    As you approach the area, enter BETWEEN Uncle Julio’s Restaurant and SunTrust and take an immediate RIGHT to go into the covered garage. THIS is where you will park and gain access to the lobby. Please park in the parking garage on the 2nd floor level or higher. Once in the building, take either elevator to the 3rd floor, and you’ll find the entrance to the Multi-Purpose Rooms.

    Topic:

    Implementing Scrum with Data & Analytics and Twitter Insights Through Azure.

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    Agenda:

    11:00 – 11:15 a.m.

    Welcome and Opening Remarks

    11:15 – 11:30 a.m.

    Introductions and Chapter Business

    11:30 – 12:15 p.m.

    Lunch and Networking

    12:15 – 1:15 p.m.

    Presentation: Implementing Scrum with Data & Analytics by Sharon Asmus / LBMC Data Insights

     

    As a growing consulting firm, LBMC Data Insights needed a way to ensure they could continue to rapidly bring high quality value to clients. Scrum offers a simple set of principles & practices to help deliver products in short cycles, enables fast feedback, provides continual improvement and allows for rapid adaptation to change. Scrum is not just for software development, but can also help data & analytics teams succeed too. Please join Sharon Asmus, with LBMC Data Insights, as she presents an overview of the LBMC Data Insights’ scrum implementation project.

    1:15 – 1:30 p.m.

    Break & Networking

    1:30 – 2:30 p.m.

    Presentation: Twitter Insights Through Azure by Brian Ciampa / CGI

     

    Every organization needs to be aware of customer sentiment.  While there are several paths to this insight, one of them involves social media.  Microsoft Azure offers the tools needed to quickly and easily tap into Twitter and analyze those insights.  This presentation will show one way to accomplish this on the Microsoft framework.

    2:30 – 2:45 p.m

    Wrap Up & Drawings

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    Space is limited so sign up early!

    For more information about TDWI Membership, contact [email protected].
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    Bios of Presenters

    Sharon Asmus

    While Sharon Asmus has been in the data & analytics space for the majority of her 25+ year career, her professional passion is forming and guiding agile, high-performing teams.  Sharon become a Certified Scrum Master in 2008 while working at a Business Intelligence Architect for a transportation and logistics company.  They went from a loose waterfall project management process to using scrum.  It was a hard transition, but it was great front line exposure to the transition process.  This is where she fell in love with scrum.  Other scrum implementations that she led include converted an ERP cross-functional team from waterfall to scrum in addition to converting an entire IT organization to align with DevSecOps practices.  Most recently, Sharon completed the Pragmatic Institute Product Manager training, where she’s been focused on tweaking the agile scrum process to improve planning activities to align with product management.  That is, shifting from a project focus to a PRODUCT focus.

    Brian Ciampa

    Brian Ciampa has been working with technology for 15 years and with data/analytics for 12. His interests and experience include the entire spectrum, including modeling, ETL, and presentation. While being born and raised in Middle Tennessee, Brian studied information systems at the University of South Florida in Tampa. He currently works for CGI as a BI Developer/Architect.

     

    Upcoming Meetings

     

    Look for future TDWI Tennessee Chapter meetings in both Memphis and Nashville coming soon.

    02/26/2020

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