About the Author
Sanjeev Datta is a seasoned Consultant, passionate text and video blogger, and Business Analytics enthusiast. As Practice Director at PerformanceG2, Inc., he works extensively with executives and decision-makers across finance, manufacturing, retail, and pharmaceuticals as a trusted advisor in corporate performance management, building client relationships and managing Business Analytics implementations.
Sanjeev's work as a strong Project Manager, Pre-sales and Post-sales Consultant, trainer, and mentor has led to many successful implementations. While at Merador, LLC, Sanjeev worked as a Consultant/Architect building solutions for global organizations.
Previous to that, Sanjeev was a Cognos Developer/Consultant while at Softpath Systems, LLC and lead successful Cognos BI solutions and developed Cognos BI training material for numerous clients.
He is certified in numerous IBM products and is an IBM Technical Specialist and IBM Sales Mastery Professional.
Sanjeev has a degree in Computer Science from Mumbai University and a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from The University of Texas.
Connect with Sanjeev on LinkedIn or Twitter: @1dsanjeev
About PerformanceG2, Inc:
PerformanceG2 is a full-service IBM Premier Partner and Performance Management Consultancy that helps organizations achieve breakthrough performance. PerformanceG2 offers a comprehensive package of performance management solutions including business analytics tools, Business Intelligence Roadmap services, custom onsite Cognos training, online Cognos training, financial performance management solutions, Cognos support, staffing services, consulting services, and moreall delivered by a team of experienced consultants and award-winning trainers.
Acknowledgement
Every piece of work has people and experiences that help in giving it shape and taking it to the finish line, and I hope this acknowledgement lets you know how much I truly appreciate your efforts.
Personally, I would like to thank my wife and co-worker, Dhrity. Your kindness and support have made this possible. Thanks for listening to my ideas in the middle of the night. To our beautiful daughter, Lyzah, your smile makes every day seem to go by easily. Thanks to my mother for her prayers throughout and my father who once told me: Never complain about working too hard, because there is always someone who is working harder for lesser . Thanks to my sister for the competitive encouragement. Thank you all for the great experiences!
Professionally, I would like to thank PerformanceG2, Inc. Candace Taylor for being the best marketing professional I've come across. Kirk Wiseman: my good friend, career guide, and guru. Gary Frings and Michael Bloch for helping me grow and for your leadership skills. You all make the best team to work for!
Thanks to Packt Publishing, specifically Meeta Rajani and Priya Sharma for your guidance and professionalism throughout this process. To Kerry George of Pearson PLC (UK), for believing in the idea of this book. Thank you to Mr. Hemang Desai of Softpath Systems, LLC for your call that one November afternoon that kicked off my career.
Lastly, thanks to the IBM Business Analytics team for making this and other great products.
I've thoroughly enjoyed writing this book. I hope you enjoy reading it and gain much knowledge from it.
About the Reviewer
Kirk Wiseman is the Vice President of Services for PerformanceG2, an IBM Premier partner that specializes in Business Analytics. Kirk has over 15 years experience in the Information Technology industry with an emphasis in Business Analytics, specifically with Cognos where he spent over eight years of his career supporting the North and South American Cognos user base as a trainer, consultant and architect. Kirk came to PerformanceG2 from Merador where he was Director of Training Services. Prior to Merador, Kirk was a trainer and consultant at Cognos Corporation where he was recognized with awards including North American trainer of the year and Eclipse Outstanding Performance. In addition, Kirk was a Program Director at ITI, a private post-graduate school located throughout Canada. Kirk holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Memorial University of Newfoundland and a post graduate diploma in Applied Information Technology from ITI.
Kirk contributes Business Analytics videos to YouTube on a regular basis that can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/PerformanceG2 and he blogs at http://www.performanceg2.com/blog.
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I would like to thank Sanjeev for putting together a primer for Cognos Insight and Packt for giving me the opportunity to review. I hope my feedback proved helpful. Much love and thanks for my wife, Mireille and our three children, Aiden, Zachary, and Kaelyn.
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