March 27, 2025
Twin Cities KNIME users meetup
Register here: Discover how KNIME can streamline your workflows / Tame your Excel mess, Thu, Mar 27, 2025, 4:00 PM | Meetup
Details
Join us to learn about KNIME, a powerful open-source data science tool that can transform how your team handles analytics. Discover how KNIME can streamline your workflows and hear from Nick Haylund of phData about migrating a key financial process from Excel to KNIME.
Pedro Medina, founder & chief data farmer at Haystack Data Solutions, will also share a few visual workflows on the KNIME Community Hub and demonstrate the advantages of using KNIME with Excel
Highlights:
• Introduction to KNIME
• Finance use case: Month-End Automation by Nick Haylund
Date: March 27
Time: 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Location: [Coco Coworking Space Downtown: 400 south 4th street suite #401, Minneapolis, MN 55415 ]
Don’t miss out—see how KNIME can revolutionize your data practices!
Agenda:
4:00 - 4:30PM: Doors open, Welcome
4:30 - 5:00 PM : What is KNIME Analytics Platform?
5:00 - 5:30 PM : A tour of KNIME Analytics Platform
5:30 - 6:30 PM : Month End Automation: Migrating Key Processes from Excel to KNIME
6:30 - 7:00 PM: Networking, Pizzas and Drinks
Meet the speakers:
Nick Haylund serves as the Global Analytics Practice Leader at phData, based in Minneapolis, MN, and is accountable for its analytics team’s performance including the successful delivery of analytics engineering, data visualization, and training solutions. Nick leads a regionally and technically diverse team spanning the US, LATAM, and India, comprising some of the global analytics community’s most influential voices and expert developers. Before pursuing a career in data consulting, Nick developed analytics applications, headed operational reporting, and delivered solutions at various banks and advertising firms/marketing teams.
Pedro Medina, E.E. founded and serves as Chief Data Farmer at Haystack Data Solutions – an Advanced Analytics Agency specializing in custom data solutions for food & ag companies. Through a strong background in business and technology management, coupled with deep expertise in business intelligence and advanced analytics, Mr. Medina’s mission is to help food organizations optimize their strategic data assets by converting complex data into intelligence and innovation.