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Editors
Elijah Meeks
Principal Engineer at Confluent. Formerly Noteable, Apple, Netflix, Stanford. Wrote D3.js in Action, Semiotic. Data Visualization Society Board Member.
Amy Cesal
Amy Cesal is a data visualization designer. She is a co-founder of the Data Visualization Society and serves on the board.
Jason Forrest
Dataviz Designer at McKinsey, Editor-in-chief at Nightingale, Electronic Musician. Contact & more: jasonforrestftw.com
Alyssa Bell
I’m only happy when learning a new skill, working on too many projects at once, or eating a snack.
Duncan Geere
Writer, editor and data journalist. Sound and vision. Carbon neutral. Email me at duncan.geere@gmail.com
Georges Hattab
Georges is in his 30s, scientist mixing data representations and mixing up words. His autobiography would be a "novel" experiment in itself.
Allen Hillery
Creating transcendent stories that share the importance of data narratives and how they impact our world. Twitter: @aldatavizguy
Amanda Makulec
Data viz designer and enthusiast for using data for social good and public health. MPH. Operations Director @datavizsociety and Data Viz Lead @excellaco.
Bill Shander
Information design & data visualization practitioner and teacher. Data Visualization Society board member. Workshop facilitator, LinkedIn Learning instructor.
Adam Oxford
Johannesburg-based journalist covering African tech. Code for Africa StoryLab Fellow, Agent for The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law.
Writers
Júlia Giannella
#dataviz and #HCI for knowledge discovery in #digitalCollections | Ph.D. student at @esdi_uerj, researcher at @visgraflab and curator at @datavizrio
duncan swain
I'm Creative Partner at Beyond Words Studio. Visiting Fellow for Data Visualization at University of the Arts London.
Alyssa Bell
I’m only happy when learning a new skill, working on too many projects at once, or eating a snack.
Duncan Geere
Writer, editor and data journalist. Sound and vision. Carbon neutral. Email me at duncan.geere@gmail.com
Ken Flerlage
Tableau Evangelist/Data Engineering Consultant at Moxy Analytics | Tableau Visionary Hall of Fame | One Half of the Flerlage Twins | Ally 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Allen Hillery
Creating transcendent stories that share the importance of data narratives and how they impact our world. Twitter: @aldatavizguy
Matt-Heun Hong
PhD Student at UNC-Chapel Hill. @NorthwesternU, @TheDailyNU, @knightlab alumnus. https://www.mattheun.com/
Inbal Rief
Hi, I’m Inbal, a dataviz designer, product expert, and a mentor. I love shaping intuitive data empathy experiences. Follow me on twitter @balcooly
Kenneth Field
Maker of maps. Writer and speaker about maps. Author of CARTOGRAPHY. Co-founder of longitude.space & mappery.org https://twitter.com/kennethfield cartonerd.com
The Visual Agency
Meaningful visualizations, memorable stories. Siamo un’agenzia di information design specializzata in infografica e data visualization
Brian Romer
data viz guy, dad, kitesurfer, Indian chef, classical pianist, former Californian, not necessarily in that order
Julia Krolik
Founder — Pixels and Plans | Founder — Art the Science | Former Partnerships Director — Data Visualization Society | ENTP
Thomas Gonzalez — BrightPoint Consulting
Helping clients make amazing products with Data Visualization Design and Development. Managing Director at www.brightpointinc.com @twgonzalez
Sarah Nell-Rodriquez
Education advocate. Believer in propagating kindness in life. Entrepreneur and owner of bedatalit.com
Callie Neylan
Emoting, frustrated human. Two sourdough starters in fridge. I don’t write nearly as much as I want to. / @neylano
Jeff Harrison
User researcher at consultfathom.com. Communicator of data. Promoter of fun and useful things.
Tica Lin
Data Viz Researcher & Designer, AR/VR Enthusiast, Life Adventurer, Basketball Lover 🏀 Creator of SportsVisReal: https://medium.com/sportsvisreal
Ruta Gokhale
User Experience and Information Designer. Understanding design and its many facets. (www.rutagokhale.com)
Jenny Zhang
Manager of AI Product, Investor of Impact, Protector of the Environment, The Optimist, Mother of Baby and Cats
Peter Cook
Teaches JavaScript maps and charts. Visualisation developer at @f_l_o_u_r_i_s_h. Founder of @createwithdata.
Chris Love
data, photography, and everything else - any opinions expressed are mine and not my employers.
Krishna P
Analytics Consultant @TigerAnalytics | Formerly @Gramener | Data-driven leadership: Enabling businesses to consume data and get value out of it
Alberto Cairo
I teach visualization at the U. of Miami. Author of “The Truthful Art” and “The Functional Art” http://www.thefunctionalart.com
Hanna Piotrowska (Dyrcz)
Graphic designer with a focus on data visualization, branding, book and web design. Be: http://behance.net/hannadyrcz Tw: https://twitter.com/hannadyrcz
Olivia Vane
PhD Innovation Design Engineering at Royal College of Art｜Interactive data visualisation & cultural data
Joseph (Geolic)
A freelance DataViz expert and GIS engineer. Life Goal: Riding bicycle from Berlin (Germany) to Busan (Korea).
Surasti Puri
Artist, illustrator & graphic designer. Works on socially relevant projects. Loves sci-fi, Catan, cats, and TBD www.surastipuri.com
Lorenzo Amabili
Data scientist at Buzzi Spa. Located in Casale Monferrato, Italy. Human. #DataScience #DataVisualization #Research
Benoit Pimpaud
Data & Beyond Engineer. 👀 From An Engineer Sight: a periodic about data, engineering, and design: fromanengineersight.substack.com
Paul Antoine Matos
Freelance Journalist in Mexico. Story-teller and traveler. Email me: paulmatosmx@gmail.com
Stewart Hillhouse
Learning what it takes to be top of mind. 🎙 Podcaster 🔎 Marketer 📝 Writer | stewarthillhouse.com
Charles Saulnier
Manager @LarochelleGC. Always looking to improve my viz and design skills, and share my passion with anyone who will hear me out :)
Allison Meier
Allison C. Meier is a Brooklyn-based writer on visual culture and history. Previously she was senior editor at Atlas Obscura and staff writer at Hyperallergic.
Michael Friendly
Developer of graphical methods for categorical and multivariate data and the Milestones Project on the history of data visualization http://datavis.ca
Michael Yi
Jack of many disciplines, interested in games, data, mathematics, and applying mathematics and data to games. Content writer and manager at Chartio.
Jonathan Dunne
I work as a Data Scientist by day, and have a passion for visual story telling. I have a PhD in Mathematics and Statistics, and love watching Cricket.
Andy Krackov
Andy runs a consultancy, Hillcrest Advisory, to help organizations communicate data effectively and transform numbers into impact. https://hillcrestadvisory.com
Victor Saenger
Machine Learning Specialist settled in Barcelona | PhD in Computer Science | Make Complex Look Simple. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victor-saenger/
Evelyn Münster
Data UX/visualization designer for data products at https://www.designation.eu/. I am good at explaining complex things in a way that everyone understands them.
Alice Fleerackers
Alice is a writer, editor, and researcher who is interested in science communication, psychology, and spoon carving. More at: alicefleerackers.com
Erin Pangilinan — @erinjerri
Human. Silicon Valley native born and raised. Stealth AI Founder. @OReillyMedia @CreatingARVR author on #metaverse ’19. @FASTERSTEAM 🇵🇭 Founder. ✊🏽
Data Visualization Book Club
We design data visualization tools at IBM. We meet every Friday to share cool stuff.
Mara Pometti
AI Strategy at IBM. “The most valuable commodity in business today, if people would only recognize it, is enthusiasm” –R.J.
Maria Ilie
I work in tech as a data scientist, and volunteer at a non-profit data consulting org. I write about how to have fun with data. Warning: might contain puns.
Bo Plantinga
subscribe to my newsletter where I'm exploring the music Industry's digital landscape through data Insights: https://plantbo.beehiiv.com/subscribe
Ben Dexter Cooley
Visualization Software Engineer @ Pattern (Broad Institute). Designer, developer, data artist. Portfolio: bendoesdataviz.com | Art: bdexter.com
Vivek Kumar
Vivek is a seasoned analytics consultant with over 10 years of experience in delivering data-driven solutions to clients across various industries.
Ekta Khanchandani
Sports and data journalist | MA Interactive Journalism @cityunilondon | reviewing food and restaurants [IG: @spicyprawnxx] | talk/write about tennis a lot 🎾
Catherine D'Ignazio (she/ella)
Associate Prof of Urban Science and Planning, Dept of Urban Studies and Planning. Director, Data + Feminism Lab @ MIT.
Evelina Judeikytė
Data storyteller for mission-driven orgs 📣 Subscribe to my data storytelling newsletter > theplot.media ✍️
Alana Pirrone
Design and Data Visualisation Consultant and Design and Communications Coordinator at University of Melbourne, Australia.
Rho Ackerman
Business Intelligence Specialist and Chartered Management Accountant with a MSc in Strategic Business Management
Mike Raper
Data and visualization is a passion of mine. I’ve worked with both for over 20 years, and teach courses and workshops on data visualization and software.
Erin McCoy
Editor @ medium.com/the-visual-marketer | Director, Content Marketing & Public Relations @ Killer Visual Strategies killervisualstrategies.com
Darío Weitz
+3400K Views Engineer, Ms. Sc., Former Associate Professor at Ing. en Sist. de Inf., Fac. Reg. Rosario, Univ. Tecnol. Nacional, Argentina. Data Viz Consultant.
Anna Foard
Director of Training @ datacrunchcorp.com | empowering people with the language of data & statistics | thestatsninja.com
Ricardo Cunha Lima
Ricardo is a information designer, illustrator, university professor at UFPE, has a PhD in design and is a founding member of the Visual+mente podcast
Christopher DeMartini
San Francisco, CA | Tableau Zen Master | http://jumpplot.com | http://datablick.com
Liuhuaying Yang
Information & data visualization practitioner. portfolio: spark.go4trees.com ins:@4trees.viz
Federica Fragapane
Independent information designer. Collaborations with Google, EU, UN, BBC, La Lettura. Works in the Permanent Collection of MoMA.
Jan Zak
Software Engineer / Consultant · High-performance Graph and Geospatial Applications · Founder @WeatherLayers · Neo4j @get_manta · Ex-@graph_aware · 👨👩👦👦
Lydia Hooper
Designer, facilitator, author and creator of 40 day listening challenge. https://linktr.ee/lydiahooper
Adrien Segal
Sculpture is a language I use to bridge the gap between reason and emotion. Art, design, data, sculpture. Based in Oakland, California. www.adriensegal.com
Rebeca Pop
Founder of www.vizlogue.com, a Data Visualization and Storytelling Lab that offers training and consulting services. University instructor.
Doug Schepers
Doug is the director of Fizz Studio, a startup focused on making data visualizations that are accessible to all people, including those with disabilities.
Darren Lim
Writing about data and business — Business Analytics in NUS Computing | University’s Scholars’ Programme.
András Hann
Transportation Economist by training, currently working as a Senior Data Scientist at Spotify. Map and geo data enthusiast. Avid hiker. Website: hann.io
Abhilash
UX @ Nutanix. Information Design student at National Institute of Design. Backend and Python/JS developer.
Tomas Dvorak
I am a Professor of Economics at Union College in Schenectady, NY. I spent my last sabbatical on the data science team at a local health insurer.
Krist Wongsuphasawat
Data Experience @airbnb / Prev: Turn data into pixels @twitter • Invent new vis @UofMaryland HCIL PhD • From @Thailand • http://kristw.yellowpigz.com
JD Solomon
Creator of www.communicatingwithfinesse.com. Author of “Getting Your Boss’s Boss to Understand”. Founder of http://www.jdsolomonsolutions.com.
Edoardo Romani
Working in Tech. Writing on Medium, Built In, and other platforms https://www.linkedin.com/in/edoardo-romani/
Felix Buchholz
Artist, designer, developer, collaborator & motivator @ design agencies, investment firms and NGOs — My passion is visualizing information for the greater good
Matt Britton
I’m a data scientist with experience in the non-profit and education sectors. Interested in interpretable ML and computational social science.
Niko McCarty
Science journalism at NYU. Previously Caltech, Imperial College. #SynBio newsletter: https://synbio.substack.com Web: https://nikomccarty.com
Cass Barton
Writing about how we communicate statistics and the art people make with data. Personal account.
Luca Condosta (PhD)
Finance professional with global experience in multinational businesses. Passionate for data, leadership, strategy and people.
Marena Brinkhurst
I am a planner and researcher passionate about land rights, land management, and participatory mapping/land-use planning. Bay Area explorer and costumier.
Rebecca Sutton Koeser
Digital Humanities, Agile software dev, English lit. Coder, reader, mother. Lead developer, Center for Digital Humanities at Princeton.
Andy Cotgreave
Data visualisation expert. Technical Evangelist at @Tableau. Loves the history of #dataviz, too: http://100yrsofbrinton.tumblr.com/ Opinions are my own!
Taylor Riggs
Taylor Riggs is an experienced data analyst and customer success professional currently leading in multiple roles for a 3D data viz SaaS called SynGlyphX.
Goof van de Winkel
Founder of Graphic Hunters, a training institute about data visualisations in the Netherlands
Stina Backer
Swede by birth, Londoner by choice. Dyslexic storyteller who loves data, dog not cat owner and wannabe Divemaster. Co-founder of Data4Change.
Elena Etter
I am fascinated by languages and communication; I like to explore forms of writing around and through design.
Estefanía Casal
Independent data visualization and product designer by day, second hand treasures hunter by night.
Silvia Romanelli
Datavisualization designer. Previously worked in journalism and in non-profits. Datajournalism, Information Design, UX/UI, Dataviz for social good.
Aishwarya Singh
I love to write. Hope you love to read. Product Designer and Computer Science Engineer.
Jessica Davison
Data enthusiast for the nonprofit sector. Thought partner and professional question asker.
Darragh Murray
Irish-Australian analytics guy working in international higher ed, former UN intern, radio for @4ZZZ, #cycling, #triathlon and #arsenalfc tragic
Winson Tan
I’m a data engineer and visualisation designer with a heart for design and using data insights effectively in product development.
Dee Williams
Puzzle enthusiast and master's candidate in Experience Design at Northeastern University (‘22). Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Cory Cone
Cory Cone is a bird watching, horror writing, data vizzing, dad living in Baltimore, Maryland. Check him out at www.corycone.com
Martynas Jočys
You can talk with me about economics, finance, philosophy, music, travel, meditation and charts. Visit me on chartplanet.net
Onyi Nwabia-Robbins
A data visualisation evangelist with experience in data analysis, data visualisation, BI and data product management. Loves maps!
J Kevin Byrne
I try to learn about, teach, design, map, and draw things, people, and patterns (in the Twin Cities of Mpls-St-Paul).
Hannah Yan Han
#100daysproject on data science and visual storytelling ✈️🗺️ https://www.hannahyan.com/
Fredrick Boshe
Passion for analytics and visualizations. Spare time Anime enthusiatist. https://rickyboshe.github.io/Fredrick-Portfolio/
Diop Papa Makhtar
Learner and sharer of tech ideas https://twitter.com/petitpmd https://post.news/mkrdiop https://makhtar.substack.com/
