This is a profile from the 2022 version of the DataIQ 100.
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Andy Cotgreave, data evangelist, Tableau
What has been your path to power?
My data literacy journey started when I was driven to put Excel charts together for a boss who demanded summary project information. Unknowingly, I was building data-driven dashboards. From there, I became a data analyst at University of Oxford, analysing student data and becoming a public advocate for better data literacy and communication. I joined Tableau in 2011, and became their first Evangelist in 2016. My passion to bring the worlds of design and data together. I’ve spoken to audiences across the world and co-authored the best-selling book The Big Book of Dashboards. I host two shows, If Data Could Talk (data culture) and Chart Chat (data visualisation) and write the Sweet Spot newsletter where I share my thoughts about the data zeitgeist.
What impact has the pandemic had on demand from your clients?
Data has become more vital to Tableau’s customers. Businesses need to be more flexible and more agile than ever before. They need to be able to ask and answer new questions every day. Old school solutions based on dead-end dashboards no longer suffice. Our customers need to be able to explore data in real-time, surfacing insights based on every day’s new questions.
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