Chris Vizes Data visualisation and more

About

Welcome to my blog, here’s a little bit about me and how I got here.

My Current Role

I am part of The Information Lab. Here, I obliterate Tableau problems, juggle data with Alteryx, team up with AI to write code, see what fits into APIs and demo the dos and donts. Even a little data engineering.

University

I have a BSc in Physics from the University of Bristol where I took particular interest in my computational and experimental units.

While there I had the pleasure of working with the physics society Chaos in a variety of roles, spending my final year as the President. The 18-person strong committee managed to achieve the Best Academic & Careers Society award from the National Union of Students in 2018. 3 big booms.

Teaching

I love working with people to help them achieve a lightbulb moment and get enthusiastic about a subject. I’ve been a personal tutor, an overseas academic mentor, a study session leader and over the last 5 years taught Tableau and Alteryx through demonstrations, one-on-ones, office hours and full blown training.

Uni-Truths Ltd

As a Director of Uni-Truths, I helped evolve this web platform into a tool used all over the world within their university communities. Within this role I gained my initial experience and interest in Tableau Desktop to firstly see what the software could do for me, but evolved into creating a variety of dashboards to provide analytics into the business itself.

Chillies

I also love to grow chillies. At the time of writing this I’ve got 90 little seedlings and it’s very exciting.

Awards & Certifications

  • Tableau Certified Data Analyst (Feb 2022)
    • Able to enable stakeholders to make business decisions by understanding the business problem, identifying data to explore for analysis, and delivering actionable insights.
  • Tableau Desktop Certified Professional (Jul 2020)
    • Able to demonstrate advanced functionality and application of visual best practices with Tableau Desktop.
  • Alteryx Designer Advanced (Jun 2020)
    • Able to demonstrate higher-level abilities with Alteryx Designer.
  • Tableau Desktop Certified Associate (Jan 2020)
    • Able to demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of functionality in Tableau Desktop.
  • Alteryx Designer Core (Dec 2019)
    • Able to demonstrate comfort with the core tooling of Alteryx Designer.
  • George Pugh Memorial Prize (Jul 2018)
    • An outstanding contribution towards the life of the School of Physics and wider student community awarded by the Department of Physics, University of Bristol.

Now, that’s plenty about me. Check out some of the things I’ve been making 🏠