"I really enjoyed the opportunity to race again,” said Jarrod Thuener, Manager, Product Quality. “My favorite part of competing was getting to think through some interesting problems and seeing how other people solved them.”įor former Alteryx Grand Prix contestants, the internal E-Grand Prix served as a welcome opportunity to compete again and show off their speed and Alteryx Designer skills. “It was a fun learning experience,” said Emily. After completing the final round challenge the quickest, she was crowned the winner. She progressed through the 3 qualifying rounds to make it into the live finale with the Top 4 contestants. Last week, Emily Van Ark, Senior Data Scientist, emerged as our 2022 E-Grand Prix champion. I wanted people to learn about these patterns to be better informed, less scared, and more hopeful for the future.”
“Through my research, I’ve found that large-scale patterns of temperature change have developed over the past four to six decades. “In this competition, I wanted everyone to realize that although global warming can be a scary topic, we do have the capabilities to examine it in detail by analyzing data,” said Ken. Ken has been an Alteryx ACE since 2015, and he recently presented an Inspire breakout session, where he shared the results of 8 years of transformational research using Alteryx Designer to explain worldwide climate change patterns.Īfter attending Ken’s Inspire breakout session, Jennifer Yuen, ESG & Sustainability Manager, and Margaux Sellnau, Social Impact intern, partnered with Ken in order to create the E-Grand Prix, with the goal being to bring more visibility of his climate change research to the internal Alteryx community. Ken Black is a Senior Data Scientist at General Motors, where he has worked for over 7 years in the field of advanced analytics. Over a two-week period that included an Alteryx Designer workshop, a presentation on climate change and the opportunity to compete in 3 qualifying rounds, over 500 employees from 20 global offices, ranging from associates to our leadership team, showed up in full force to show their support and put their Alteryx Designer skill to the test.
What was the twist with the E-Grand Prix?Īll challenges were designed using worldwide global warming and climate change data, with the goal of conceptualizing and telling the story of climate change through data and using Alteryx Designer. If you’ve attended our annual user-conference, Inspire, you’re well acquainted with the Grand Prix: A data challenge that pits contestants (or “drivers”) against each other to solve workflows faster than the other drivers using their Alteryx Designer skills. An Alteryx ACE and members of our Alter.Eco (sustainability) Employee Resource Group joined forces this summer to create our first-ever internal E-Grand Prix – with a virtual twist!
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