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2-Day IOT Training Using Microsoft Power BI

Demystifying how Big Data moves our world is essential in today’s economy. A multitude of devices “talking” to each other are barraging the Internet with large amounts of data. Providing the foundation for a connected community, the Internet of Things (IoT) encompasses the ability to analyze that data to reveal pathways and trends relevant to your company’s growth.

Overview

LHP’s IoT training provides an end-to-end overview of data’s track through cyberspace. Our 2-day course removes the perplexity of IoT, Big Data, cloud computing, predictive learning, and artificial intelligence, leaving you with a higher confidence in your analytical and technological capabilities through hands-on usage of Microsoft’s Power BI tool and other interactive activities.

The curriculum was developed by LHP technological leaders who have more than 75 collective years of expertise in data and computer science, networking, manufacturing and finance systems, and advanced data analytics/intelligence. Paired with the psychology background of our instructors, the course is tailored around how the mind learns best. Seeking to ensure that “this isn’t rocket science,” the course is designed for student comprehension and applicable to daily life.

Learning Objectives

Translate end-to-end connectivity using cloud computing and machine learning

Demonstrate critical thinking in qualifying strengths and limitations of the data, methods used, and conclusions using Power BI

Build a consistent, clear, and concise data model joining multiple data tables using Power BI

Demonstrate how to build story-telling visualizations based on a Power BI dashboard

Who Should Attend?

Individuals who want to learn the pathway of data and where it originates, how it gets captured and formed, what is done with it, and use the analysis of data to drive logical decisions.

Individuals interested in a data science career, want to know more about how the data world works or want to improve their analytical capabilities.

Prerequisite: Basic exposure to Microsoft Office

Experienced technology professionals who are looking to fill knowledge gaps will benefit from the comprehensive overview.

Agenda & Dates

Required Equipment

Computer loaded with Microsoft PowerBI tool- LHP can provide if needed

https://app.powerbi.com/ to download software.

Pricing & Registration

The Team

Paul Wright, Business Development Manager, Data Analytics Solutions

Paul Wright began his technology career as a mainframe programmer in the financial services industry and quickly recognized the emerging trend toward client/server computing. Earning the MCSE credential on Windows NT 4.0, he provided desktop, server, and network support in a number of Windows and Unix-based environments.

During the rapid explosion of Internet technologies over the next several years, he acquired mastery of HTML, CSS, ASP, and Microsoft SQL Server, carving out a full-time role as web developer and consultant to the Cook Medical Group companies, the Government of Floyd County Indiana, Continental Quest Corporation, and the Indiana Coalition on Housing & Homelessness (ICHHI).

B2B eCommerce was his next focus, deploying the first EDI server for Diamond Chain Company, a Tier 1 supplier to John Deere, Caterpillar, JI Case, and Motion Industries. These skills landed him at Cummins in 2006, where he held management roles in Supply Chain systems, HR Analytics, and a revolutionary Self-Service BI program.

With broad business and technical experience, Paul places emphasis on the soft skills and human dynamics necessary to effectively champion change. He holds a BA from Purdue in Psychology and an MA from the Chicago School for Professional Psychology with a focus on International Relations.

James Roberts, Vice President, Data Analytics Solutions

James Roberts, Vice President of Data Analytics Solutions for LHP Engineering Solutions actively works with his customers’ leadership and execution teams to transform their organizations into the market and industry leaders by leveraging analytics. James is passionate around driving business results from Self Service Analytics focused on the customers’ multi-disciplinary connection of business domain information.

James designed the successful Self-Service BI program while at Cummins which led to accolades from Microsoft, including becoming a part of their Executive Briefing meetings.

His analytical approach to solving problems was formed from his technical and business career at Caterpillar, as a Microsoft consultant, working for the CIO at Community Health Network in Indianapolis, and progressive leadership roles in Cummins’s supply chain, marketing, and business intelligence and analytics programs.

James began his career at Caterpillar, developing technical solutions for their plant line system. As a Microsoft consultant, James helped Caterpillar build their Value Analysis Resource Center which cross analyzed all Caterpillar products vs. their competitors against a range of value-based attributes.

James joined Cummins Inc. in 2008 in charge of the ECommerce and Supply Chain launch of a new ERP system at their engine plant in the United Kingdom and worked with 3PLs on fully integrating business information flows through EDI.

James led the business intelligence group for Sales and Marketing of Aftermarket Parts which included supporting the annual operating plan, strategic planning, and synchronized business planning. This work laid the foundation of pricing improvements for Aftermarket Parts and Self-Service Analytics.

James completed the Leadership Development Program at Cummins and was awarded their Engine Business Unit Service Hero Award in 2012. James has been a guest speaker on analytics at Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management and Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business MBA programs. He was also nominated for Indiana University’s Institute for Business Analytics Annual Analytics Leadership Award.

Bryan Rushton, Business Development Manager, Data Analytics Solutions

Bryan Rushton is an experienced analytics professional with a unique background that has allowed him to successfully serve stakeholders in virtually every functional discipline (engineering, HR, finance, manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, business intelligence, service, diagnostics, distribution, and more) from both analytical and program management perspectives.

He began his career as part of a 3-person analytics team in the New & ReCon Parts group of Cummins, a $2.4B global business with 4,000+ staff. This required interfacing with large, disparate, and frequently low data quality data inputs needing to be consumed, aggregated, and disseminated in digestible formats to generate insight to a very diverse group of internal and external stakeholders.

Bryan then had the opportunity to join the program management of a new and innovative enterprise business analytics group for Cummins, developing and rolling out a framework that unleashes the power of data to the enterprise, while also ensuring data quality, security, compliance, and best practice. Over a 2-year period, he personally onboarded 300+ groups across the globe into a system that is still enabling users across the enterprise today.

Before joining LHP, Bryan also served in the Quality Functional Excellence group of Cummins, leveraging the technology and analytics framework he had helped implement to provide innovative diagnostics, population, forecast, and issue-resolution capabilities.

Now at LHP, he can serve even more groups through their greatest tech challenges. Bryan has been “on both sides of the fence” when it comes to large program rollouts, both as a local power user, subject matter expert, trainer, and analyst, and in program coordination and management. This has resulted in a unique understanding of what it takes to enable the individual and to grow a solid program at scale across a global enterprise, both from a technical capability and an Organizational Change Management (OCM) perspective.