March 1, 2022

Buffalo State Data Talk 

Episode 16: Data Visualization with Tableau an interview with Ray Givler, Senior Decision Consultant for Highmark 

In this episode Ray Givler, Senior Decision Consultant for Highmark, talks about creating data visualizations for a healthcare organization using Tableau. Ray talks about how he finds fulfillment in his career through Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose. Listen to the episode to learn Rays advice for new data scientists and how to start your career in data visualization. 

0:00 Intro 

0:34 What Ray does as a Senior Decision Consultant for Highmark 

4:07 The data Ray uses and the results 

7:12 What software Ray utilizes 

10:56 Overcoming challenges 

14:07 Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose in your career 

16:41 How to get a data viz job 

17:46 What skills students should learn before they graduate 

21:00 Utilizing LinkedIn 

22:00 Advice for data scientists 

23:13 Outro 

Resources:

• Culture Eats Perks for Breakfast
• Ray Givler Tableau Public 
• How I learned Tableau
• SQL training

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