My Tableau Story with Alice McKnight

The My Tableau Story series showcases the evolving and inspiring experiences of Tableau Community leaders. This episode features global Community leader and Tableau Social Ambassador, Alice McKnight.

Alice credits consistent participation in the Tableau community as the catalyst for her career transition from public health professional to data analytics consultant. After buying books, subscribing to YouTube channels and eventually following the Twitter #DataFam, she increased the 10% of her workday dedicated to data to 100% by transitioning mid career from the Center of Disease Control to an analytics consultant at a boutique agency.

After cautiously stepping into the Tableau Community social media space, she quickly embraced the community’s values of encouragement, continued growth, and curiosity for all things data. As a Social Media Ambassador she’s focused on giving back, connecting, and uplifting others new to Tableau.

Watch now to be inspired by Alice's journey -- she discusses:

Increasing the use of data into your daily work
Making a career pivot into data and analytics
Building data skills through Tableau Community programs + resources
Growing authentic connection through social media

About the speakers

Alice is wearing glasses and smiling at the camera while wearing a DataFam swearshirt

Alice McKnight

Senior Consultant , phData

Alice is a senior consultant at phData. She joined phData last May after spending her career as a public health professional for the federal government. At phData, Alice works with clients to provide interactive data visualization solutions that connect them to their data, provide insights, and bring trends to light.

Lelia wearing Tableau Community t-shirt smiling on orange background while holding #DataFam sign and peace sign

Lelia Christine Williams

Community Program Manager at Tableau

Lelia Christine Williams is an innovative and strategic marketer passionate about elevating underrepresented voices and connecting change-makers through community. She first joined Tableau in 2012 and focused on helping people learn and be successful with Tableau. She took a sabbatical in 2015 to coach, teach, and run events for creative entrepreneurs.

Upon returning to Tableau in 2017, Lelia led and executed field events across Latin America and the U.S. that connected people and created impact. In 2020, she championed and built the Women Leading Through Change program - a virtual initiative to bring the teachings of impactful community leaders to data people. In 2021, Lelia joined the Tableau Community team as an Integration & Enablement Program Manager, focused on elevating the reach and impact of our Community.

Lelia is passionate about empowering you to love yourself and the life you create - inside and outside of your work. Embracing her talents for writing and speaking, she designed and published the Wild Wisdom guided journal, and the Bloom in Love podcast. She lives in San Diego, CA with her lovable rescue pitbull, Dr. Indiana Jones.

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