CO-FOUNDER, CHIEF CUSTOMER OFFICER, ALTERYX
WHY: One of three employees that in 1997 started data analytics firm in a small office above a restaurant in downtown Orange. Now valued at about $10B, one of OC’s most valuable tech firms.
RECENT: Big part in company’s new ADAPT program, short for Advancing Data & Analytics Potential Together, which provides free data analytics training to workers who have lost their jobs this year and has “upskilled” people across 135 countries. A Business Journal Women in Business award winner in October.
QUOTABLE: “Hearing from the participants directly on how the certifications earned through ADAPT are landing them jobs shows that knowledge in data and analytics can truly be career-altering.”
