Ray Givler

I'm a 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫. Professionally, I create self-service analytics in Tableau to yield actionable insights to improve efficiencies at Helion, a division of Highmark, one of the largest blended health organizations in the U.S.

🛠 Development Skills:
◼ Data Visualization in Tableau
◼ SAS / SQL / TERADATA / ORACLE
◼ Healthcare Data
◼ Requirements Gathering
◼ Quality Assurance

💡 Portfolio – Check my "Featured Content" above.

🎙 Selected Recent Volunteer Speaking Events:
◼ Feb '23 - WVU Health Informatics - Careers in Data Viz
◼ Jan '23 - Kaplan TUG - Super Slicer
◼ Nov '22 - Milwaukee TUG - Super Slicer; Cambrian College, Sudbury, Ontario - Analytics Experts Series - Pitfalls of Analytics
◼ Oct '22 - Analytics TUG - Benchmarker (sets); Florida TUG - My Iron Viz Journey
◼ Sep '22 - Buffalo State Data Science and Analytics Seminar Series
◼ Aug '22 - Pittsburgh TUG - My Iron Viz Journey
◼ May '22 - Milwaukee TUG - Benchmarker (sets)
◼ Mar '22 - Baruch College, New York City - data visualization
◼ Feb '22 - King's College, London - data visualization
◼ Cambrian College, Sudbury, Ontario - data visualization
◼ College of St. Rose, Albany, NY - data visualization
◼ Pitt Analytics Club Panelist - analytics careers
◼ Buffalo State College - Data Talk podcast - analytics careers

📚 Currently Learning:
◼ Decision-making on a deep level, how it can render analytics moot, and what to do about it.
◼ Investigating corporate-cultural barriers to enterprise improvement.
◼ Continuously sharpening my Tableau, SQL, Data Viz, and Analytics skills.

🤝 Soft Skills:
◼ Best said here:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/culture-eats-perks-breakfast-ray-givler/

💁‍♂️ Volunteerism:
◼ I speak about data analytics and visualization at universities and Tableau Users Groups.
◼ Nearly daily, I post helpful content on LinkedIn regarding my areas of skill.

🔥 Other Passions:
◼ I have coached youth sports. There are multiple YouTube playlists under my name.
◼ Science has always fascinated me – physics, anthropology, evolution, astronomy.
◼ Weight training and hiking are rewarding pastimes as my joints permit.
◼ Personal improvement is a never-ending journey.
◼ Being a dad of two daughters is probably my favorite role.

📩 Contact
◼ Feel free to connect and message me.

Any opinions expressed in LinkedIn are mine and not those of my employer.