{"id":2783,"date":"2021-01-02T15:51:29","date_gmt":"2021-01-02T23:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lightsondata.com\/?post_type=tva_lesson&#038;p=2783"},"modified":"2021-01-10T23:39:39","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T07:39:39","slug":"andrews-story-and-journey","status":"publish","type":"tva_lesson","link":"https:\/\/www.lightsondata.com\/course\/andrews-story-and-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew\u2019s Story and Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Drinkwater<\/p>\n<p style=\"\">President &amp; Co-Founder of Plaid Analytics<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m a visual analytics professional with 15+ years of turning data into strategy, insight, and decision.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>My passion is empowering clients to discover the unexpected about the world they work in, and to help them use that to inform their business strategy. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>I thrive when surrounded with intelligent minds who question the status quo and who are curious about the world around them. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>I work to bring out the best in everyone I work with, through being a leader, mentor, and teammate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/andrewdrinkh2o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andrewdrinkh2o\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Plaid Analytics<\/h2>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/plaid.is\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2800\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.lightsondata.com\/plaid-logo-transparent\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/plaid-logo-transparent.png?fit=182%2C44&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"182,44\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"plaid-logo-transparent\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/plaid-logo-transparent.png?fit=182%2C44&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/plaid-logo-transparent.png?fit=182%2C44&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2800\" width=\"201\" data-init-width=\"182\" height=\"49\" data-init-height=\"44\" title=\"plaid-logo-transparent\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/plaid-logo-transparent.png?resize=201%2C49&#038;ssl=1\" data-width=\"201\" data-height=\"49\" data-link-wrap=\"true\" mt-d=\"0\" style=\"\" ml-d=\"0\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/plaid-logo-transparent.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2800\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.lightsondata.com\/plaid-logo-transparent\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/plaid-logo-transparent.png?fit=182%2C44&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"182,44\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"plaid-logo-transparent\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/plaid-logo-transparent.png?fit=182%2C44&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/plaid-logo-transparent.png?fit=182%2C44&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2800\" width=\"201\" data-init-width=\"182\" height=\"49\" data-init-height=\"44\" title=\"plaid-logo-transparent\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/plaid-logo-transparent.png?resize=201%2C49&#038;ssl=1\" data-width=\"201\" data-height=\"49\" data-link-wrap=\"true\" mt-d=\"0\" style=\"\" ml-d=\"0\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Plaid helps universities, colleges, and governments improve their policies, processes, and services with data &amp; analytics solutions, business process improvement, and training.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/plaid.is\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Plaid Analytics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>More From Andrew (Articles)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/tableau-changed-my-life-andrew-drinkwater-mba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" style=\"outline: none;\">Tableau changed my life <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfu.ca\/alumni\/our-alumni\/alumni-at-home\/andrew.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Simon Fraser University&#8217;s spotlight on Andrew<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Competing-Analytics-Updated-Introduction-Science\/dp\/1633693724\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" style=\"outline: none;\" target=\"_blank\">Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning<\/a> by Thoms H. 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