Welcome to my website! I am a Business Intelligence Specialist at Trek Bicycle Corporation in Waterloo, Wisconsin. Before that I was a Senior Application Engineer at Summit Credit Union in Madison, Wisconsin. I'm on the organizing team for SQL Saturday Wisconsin and I am a semi-regular presenter at MADPASS, the Madison area Professional Association for SQL Server user group. Finally, I am the author of two books about ExpressionEngine, a web publishing platform. You can read more about what I do on my LinkedIn profile.
Please note that everything on this website is my personal opinion and does not reflect that of my employers (current or past). I am not paid by any organization for anything published here.
That's a fantastic question and I'm glad you asked! I have written an article that introduces Business Intelligence and how it differs from regular reporting. Read it here: What is Business Intelligence?.
This website is meant as a central point for information about my work, including my books. You can also follow me on Twitter (I'm @phonetictalk) or subscribe to my blog's RSS feed.
Last month I finished reading one of the worst-written books I have ever read: The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.