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Job Overview Renze Consulting is seeking a virtual assistant to help us manage our...

I'm excited to announce that I've been awarded the Microsoft MVP Award in AI...

Today, I graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a Master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence....

I am very excited to announce that I’ve been invited to join the Microsoft...

I'm pleased to announce that I've been awarded the Microsoft MVP Award in Artificial...

It's been a CRAZY past few weeks in AI news! GPT-4, PaLM-e, Midjourney 5,...

For the past 8 months, I've been hosting a monthly meetup at TechAlley in...

I was recently a guest on the Azure DevOps podcast with Jeffrey Palaremo. During...

I’d like to take a moment to publicly address the recent overturning of Roe...

I was recently featured in an article by Eleanor Bennett on the Logit.io blog...

I was recently quoted in an article by Sascha Brodsky in Lifewire titled AI...

The Carroll Times Herald wrote an article about the Kuemper Foundation and my presentation...

I'm excited to announce that I've received the Microsoft MVP Award for my 6th...

Heather Wilde and I gave a webinar on Best Practices for Running Hybrid Events...

Job Description Renze Consulting is in search of a virtual business manager to help...

In this episode of the WP-Tonic Show, Jonathan Denwood, Steven Saunder, and I discussed...

I was invited to be a guest on the WP-Tonic Show's weekly round-table discussion....

In this episode of Attitudeable, Dolores Guiñazú and I discuss how AI will impact...

Based on the positive feedback we received from our discussion panel at AFWERX Fusion,...

I’d like to take a moment to address the protests that have happened around...

I delivered a webinar for Build Stuff on Preparing Your Career for AI. You...

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Are you confused with all the misinformation about COVID-19? Are you unsure what you...

Christina Aldan and I discuss AI, ML, and DataScience at AntarctiConf on her Luckygirl...

I'm releasing my new online course Intro to Data for Data Science completely free...

I spoke with Jeffrey Palermo on his Azure DevOps Podcast about data science for...

At DevSum Stockholm, I spoke with Jon Galloway from @HerdingCode about Data Science practices...

I created a quick Python script to rename image files based on the date...

I created a quick Python script to create a Gmail filter from a Google...

My latest Pluralsight course titled Data Science: Executive Briefing was published today. I created it to...

I've been invited to speak at BuildStuff in Vilnius, Lithuania in November. I will be presenting...

I've been spending some time learning about genetic algorithms lately. So I implemented my...

I created a set of Python scripts to convert Microsoft PowerPoint (PPT/PPTX) to Adobe...

Heather Wilde and I are pleased to announce AntarctiConf 2020. It's a 4-day mastermind, mini-conference, and...

I created a series of Python scripts that get historical weather data from the...

I created a series of Python scripts that convert, summarize, and reverse-geocode Google location...

My friend Jeremy Sharp released his new book today called From the Depths of Madness....

I am honored to recieve my third Microsoft MVP Award today. This year I...

I've been invited to be a keynote speaker at Music City Data in Nashville, Tennessee on...

I'm thrilled to be giving an opening keynote at Devoxx UK on May 10. We'll be...

I've been invited to speak again this year at Pluralsight Live on Aug 28-30 in Salt...

I've been invited to give the opening keynote at Prairie Dev Con in Winnipeg,...

Curious about deep learning, neural networks, and Tensorflow? Learn what deep learning is, why...

CodeMash is by far one of my favorite conferences in the US. The attendees,...

I just completed my third and final international public-speaking tour for the year. Six...

I presented my first international keynote on Artificial Intelligence at DevoxxMA in Morocco this...

I'm wrapping up my latest public-speaking tour today. Over the past three weeks, I've...

I was recently quoted in an article by Heather Wilde in Inc. Magazine titled...

My first time speaking at Microsoft Ignite went very well. This was the largest...

Thank you to everyone who attended my talks and panels at Pluralsight Live. Both...

I've been invited to speak at two events in Dubai next month. I'll be...

My latest Pluralsight course, Data Science: The Big Picture was released today. If you're...

I completed the Data Science Specialization from Johns Hopkins University and Coursera today. I...

Very excited to announce that I've been invited to give a keynote in Casablanca...

I've been invited to speak at Microsoft Ignite in Orlando, Florida in September. This...

David Rael took his Developer on Fire podcast on the road to KCDC to...

Many years ago, I was in a band called For Love and Money. In...

KCDC is always a great conference to attend. The attendees, the speakers, and the...

The International Tinnitus Journal recently posted an article that I wrote on Visual Snow...

I had a great time speaking at the first ever Detroit Code conference. It's...

I am honored to recieve my second Microsoft MVP Award today. I love being...

Today is the final day of my 47-day speaking tour across Europe and the...

I spoke at my first Geek Girl TechCon in San Diego today. It was...

Thank you to everyone who attended my workshop and my talk at DevSum. I...

I spoke at NextBuild in Eindhoven, Neatherlands today. Great turnout for my Clean Architecture...

My first SDD conference in London is a wrap. I had a great time...

I had a great time speaking at my first Devoxx conference in the UK...

My latest Pluralsight course titled Writing Testable Code has been published. If you'd like...

I've been invited to speak at IT/Dev Connections again this fall in San Francisco....

I wrote an article for The Hearing Journal titled What Visual Snow May Tell...

Looking forward to speaking at the inaugural Detroit Code in July. I'll be presenting...

Very excited to invited to speak at KCDC again this year. I'll be giving...

I've been invited to speak at NextBuild in Eindhoven, Netherlands in May. This will...

I created a quick tool called Shortcuts to Hyperlinks that converts a list of Windows URL...

I've been invited to speak at the first-ever Pluralsight LIVE in Salt Lake City, Utah in...

To assist me with converting my old website over to ASP.NET MVC Core, I...

I received an invitation to speak at Devoxx UK today. My presentation will be...

The Las Vegas .NET User Group invited me to speak on Clean Code at their monthly meeting tonight....

My latest Pluralsight course, Clean Architecture: Patterns, Practices, and Principles, has been published. It covers...

CodeMash 2017 is a wrap. I sat on an MVP discussion panel, hosted a full-day workshop, and gave...

I received an invitation to speak at DevSum in Stockholm, Sweden in June. This will be...

I've been invited to speak at the Software Design and Development (SDD) conference in London in...

My Developer on Fire interview with David Rael was published today. We discussed scientific approaches to software development,...

I'm wrapping up four days of learning, networking, and providing feedback to Microsoft at...

The first-ever Prairie Code was a great experience. My talk and live-music performance at the attendee party were...

My latest Pluralsight course titled Data Science with R was released today. If you're interested in...

DevUp in St. Louis is a wrap. I presented a full-day workshop and an hour-long session on Clean...

I had a great time speaking at IT/Dev Connections this week. So much fun and knowledge...

All four our my presentations at VS Live in both Anaheim, CA and Washington DC went very well....

I received an invitation yesterday to speak at CodeMash in Sandusky, Ohio again this year. Last...

My latest Pluralsight course titled Mastering Data Visualization with R has been published. It teaches you...

My full-day workshop on Practical Data Science with R at AIM | hdc was a success. In fact,...

I'm very happy to be invited to speak at the first ever Prairie Codeconference in...

I submitted my HoloLens talk to this year's SXSW Interactive conference. If you'd like to see me...

Kyle Baley interviewed me for the Western Devs podcast at Prairie Dev Con. We discussed Exploratory Data Analysis...

Pluralsight published my third course titled Multivariate Data Visualization with R today. If you're interested in...

I received an invitation to speak at IT/Dev Connections in Las Vegas in October....

I received my first Microsoft MVP Award today. Very happy to be part of...

This year's KCDC was the best ever. I presented my first full-day workshop, a new presentation, participated in...

I spoke at the 24th International Tinnitus Conference at the University of Iowa Medical...

I received an invitation to speak at the new Dev Up Conference (formerly St. Louis Days...

I've been invited to speak at AIM | hdc again this year. This time, I will...

Both my workshop on Practical Data Science with R and my presentation on Clean Architecture at Nebraska Code went extremely...

Iowa Public Television created a segment on Igor Technologies for their Iowa Entrepreneur series. I've been consulting and creating...

Well, it looks like I will be speaking at both Visual Studio Live in...

I received an invitation this weekend to speak at Visual Studio Live in Anaheim,...

I judged the annual Computational Thinking Competition at Iowa State University again this year....

I received an invitation this week to speak at That Conference at the Kalahari...

Thank you to everyone who attended my presentations at Prairie Dev Con this week....

I spent the day at the Microsoft Technology Center in Chicago attending a full-day...

I received an invitation to speak at Nebraska Code today. On the agenda is...

I am very happy to announce that Pluralsight published my second course, Beginning Data...

I received an invitation to speak at KCDC today. My sessions this year will...

My .NET Rocks interview went online today. We discussed the economics, psychology and science...

I received an invitation to speak at Prairie Dev Con in April in Winnipeg,...

I spent the past two weeks on the road speaking at both CodeMash and...

Reflecting back on this past year, I have so much to be thankful for....

Both of my presentations on Clean Architecture: Patterns, Practices, and Principles for the Iowa...

I just finished a 4-day course on Practical Data Science with Cortana Analytics: Azure...

My first Pluralsight course Exploratory Data Analysis with R was published today. Please feel...

I had a great time at the Microsoft MVP Global Summit this week. It...

I just received an invitation this weekend to speak at NDC London. This will...

I just received an invitation to the Microsoft MVP Global Summit in Redmond, WA....

Today I received an invitation to join the ASPInsiders. The ASPInsiders are an international...

My presentations from AIM | hdc (Heartland Developers Conference) are now online. Both presentations...

I just found out today that I've been invited to speak at CodeMash in...

I've been invited to speak at AIM | hdc (Heartland Developers Conference) in Omaha,...

KCDC was a blast! Both of my presentations went extremely well, I learned a...

I just found out this weekend that my Pluralsight audition has been accepted and...

I had some free time this morning, so I created a simple console application...

I've been invited to speak at KCDC (Kansas City Developers Conference) on June 24-26....

Over the weekend I created a simple console application called IOM DAT to CSV...

I have been invited to speak at the DAMA (Data Management) Iowa Chapter on...

My presentation on Exploratory Data Analysis with R at That Conference this week went...

After giving it some thought, I've decided that I'm going to take some time...

I've been invited to speak at That Conference in Wisconsin on Tuesday, August 12....

Today we released version 0.2.0 of Data Explorer, an open-source interactive data-visualization tool for...

I was a judge again this year for the ISU K-12 Computational Thinking Competition....

After two years of work on nights and weekends, I finally released the first...

To start the new year in good form, I created my first article for...

The Nebraska Code Camp posted an article about me as their featured speaker of...

I've been invited to speak again at the Nebraska Code Camp on March 29th....

I've been invited to speak at the Twin Cities Code Camp on April 5th....

My presentation on Clean Code for the 10th Anniversary of the Iowa .NET User...

I've been invited to demo my Data Explorer at the St. Louis Days of...

Iowa State University's Computer Science Department presented me with the Young Alumni Achievement Award...

My presentation on Exploratory Data Analysis with R at the Iowa Code Camp went...

I have been invited to speak at the next Agile Iowa meeting on Wednesday,...

I've started working on my Data Explorer software again in my free time. My...

I completed my third online course through Coursera this week. The course was Introduction...

I was a guest speaker at the Iowa Code Camp in Iowa City today....

I've been invited to speak at the Iowa Code Camp on June 8th in...

I was a judge in the ISU K-12 Computational Thinking Competition today. The quality...

I completed my second online course through Coursera today. The course was Data Analysis...

My presentation at the Nebraska Code Camp on Exploratory Data Analysis with R went...

I've been invited to speak at the Nebraska Code Camp on March 16 in...

I completed my first online course through Coursera today. The course was Computing for...

Over Christmas break I took the Professional Scrum Master Certification (PSM I) exam through...

After a year of development, I'm releasing the first public preview of my Data...

I uploaded the video of my Iowa Code Camp presentation to my YouTube account....

I was a guest speaker for two classes at Iowa State University today. My...

I was a guest speaker at the Iowa Code Camp today. My presentation was...

Welcome to my new website. I created this site to replace my previous website...