Presentations and Workshops on

Data Visualization
& Tableau Training

Helping people find real answers in the data, quickly and effectively

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The big picture

Mr. Shaffer has over 20 years of experience in Information Technology and Analytics leading teams of IT, Data Science and Business Intelligence. He is also a professor of data visualization at a leading university in the field of analytics and one of thirty Tableau Zen Masters in the world. He is also an author of The Big Book of Dashboards.

  • Mission

    Providing presentations,training and workshops for data visualization and Tableau, ranging from keynote presentations to hands-on training.

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  • Skills

    Data Visualization
    Dashboard Design
    Tableau
    R and Data Mining

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  • Clients

    Fortune 500 companies
    Big 4 accounting firm
    Non-profit Organizations
    Educational institutions

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Data Visualization
and Tableau Training

Mr. Shaffer has taught over 1,000 students at the University of Cincinnati and thousands of workshop attendees, teaching data visualization, data mining, and Tableau training. He has many students who work in the field of data visualization and data analysis. He has presented to some of the largest companies in the world, designed training programs for a big 4 accounting firm and continues to actively teach and lecture.

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What People Are Saying



2016
Shortlist for Data Visualization Website
Information is Beautiful Awards



2016
Longlist for Dear Data Two Project
Information is Beautiful Awards




2016 Adjunct Faculty of the Year
University of Cincinnati College of Business
for Operations, Business Analytics and Information Systems



2017
75 Truly Creative and Brilliant Infographic Design Examples
Column Five Media



2017
Longlist for Beautiful Trash Visualization
Information is Beautiful Awards



2017
Shortlist for The Big Book of Dashboards
Information is Beautiful Awards



2018
Longlist for The Frequency of the Myers Briggs Personality Types
Information is Beautiful Awards



2019
Longlist for Lego Pieces
Information is Beautiful Awards



2019
Longlist for Fly Me to a Campfire
Information is Beautiful Awards



2019
Longlist for Cincinnati's Coming of Age
Information is Beautiful Awards



2015-2020
Five-Time Tableau Zen Master



2021
Tableau Zen Master Hall of Fame




2021 Adjunct Faculty of the Year
University of Cincinnati College of Business
for Operations, Business Analytics and Information Systems


"Keep this instructor he is excellent!!"
"Jeff's visualization class should be a requirement for every new employee entering the firm."
"The things he made the most of are the things that are problems in many presentations and proposals."
"This has to be one of the best courses I've ever taken at any level of education."
"Watching Professor Shaffer work with Tableau was one of the most inspiring and amazing things I have ever seen."
"He is a master in his field."


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