DATA GOD OF THEATER


Brian Grant

csgpro.com

Hailing from the East side of beautiful Portland OR, Brian is a Senior Business Analytics consultant with local data heroes CSG Pro. Having spent his early years deep in the study of acting and screenwriting, he finally graduated Summa Cum Laude with a degree in Economics. His driving belief is that the biggest barrier most people face when learning technology isn't technology at all, but language. Taught the right way, most people can learn most things; helping people learn skills that are "too technical" for them is his greatest joy. 

DATA GOD QUALIFICATIONS

The last couple years of his life have been dedicated to developing the "Elements of DAX", a training program designed to get semi technical folks not just working with DAX, but actually understanding it in a short amount of time. You can find it and much of his other work on CSG Pro's YouTube page.

The future is already here – it's just not evenly distributed.
William Gibson

If you want to catch Brian in person (or virtually in person) your best bet is the Portland Power BI User group, where he regularly presents. You can also find him teaching classes on M, DAX, and data visualization both online and across the globe. 

The DAX Component Method: A Visual Guide


An early draft of the Elements of DAX. A great visual explination even if a few of the edges needed to be rounded out before it could scale.

Elements of DAX


DAX is built with just three simple elements. Unintuative but still remarkably simple. It will be hard to unsee this once you've seen it.

Row Context vs Filter Context: A Visual Guide


One of Brian's early videos teaching DAX visually using Excel. You can see a lot of the ideas starting to form, even back then. 

DATA GOD FUN FACT


Brian is a graduate of a two year acting conservatory in Northern California
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