Qlik Luminary Program
Becoming a Qlik Luminary isn’t just about better business practices. It’s about creating a better world—one in which data is harnessed to create beneficial changes, not just for their own organizations, but for others, too. Qlik Luminaries are constantly pushing the envelope, finding new and innovative ways to use, deploy and talk about Qlik solutions.
Exclusive benefits
Enjoy these exclusive benefits of being a Qlik Luminary.
- Education: Free access to state of the art Qlik training to sharpen your skills
- Access: Exclusive engagements with R&D, Product Management, and Support teams
- Community: Membership in a private Qlik Luminary community on Qlik Community
- Insight: NDA briefings with Qlik product executives
- Perks: VIP treatment, major discounts and special Luminary-only activities at Qlik events
- Credibility: Qlik Luminary digital badges and featured profile on Qlik.com
How do I join?
A new class of Qlik Luminaries is accredited each year in January. Individuals with outstanding track records of continuous public advocacy of Qlik - willingness to share knowledge, community leadership, and a desire to make everyone they know in the Qlik ecosystem a huge success. Candidates must submit their own nomination to be considered.
What characterizes a Luminary?
- Passionate about Qlik and widely recognized as a BI innovator and expert in his or her field
- Active and consistently helpful on Qlik Community
- Active on online forums, industry social networks, and/or organizational or personal blog
- Willing to share best practices and knowledge at industry events, forums, in the press, and with industry analysts
- Prolific content creator who creates or contributes to blogs, white papers, reviews, articles, videos, etc.
Class of 2020
Christine Afungchwi
Solution Architect for Big Data Analytics,
Accenture
United States
Mika Ahtinen
Customer Success Manager,
eCraft Oy Ab
Finland
Emma Alexander
Head of Commercial Investment and Analytics,
Samsung Electronics
United Kingdom
Greg Anderson
Senior Architect, Analytical Data Services,
PayPal
United States
Jagan Mohan Rao Appala
BI Architect,
Autodesk
Singapore
Laura Ashworth
BI Architect & Analyst,
Raymond James Inc
United States
Rafael Attux
Qlik Analyst,
SWB
Brazil
Christophe Blanchet-Bardon
Founder and CEO,
O'Tbox
France
Bernard Barnard
Manager BI and Data & Analytics | Information Technology,
Deloitte
Belgium
Madhavi Basawaraju
Sr. Solutions Architect,
Genuine Parts Company
United States
George Beaton
Senior Director,
FTI Consulting
United Kingdom
Ralf Becher
Head of R&D,
Vizlib
Germany
Nick Blewden
Head of Data Product Development,
Lloyd's of London
United Kingdom
Leslie Blumenfeld
Business Intelligence Data Architect,
Integrated Data Services, Inc.
United States
Brian Booden
Managing Director,
DataGlow IT
United Kingdom
Carolin Borchert
Consultant,
SDG Consulting AG
Germany
Liv Bøstrand
BI Manager,
Formuesforvaltning
Norway
Ivan Bozov
Procurement Intelligence Specialist,
Borealis AG
Austria
Andy Briggs
Centre of Excellence Manager - Automation/Business Intelligence,
GKN Aerospace
United Kingdom
Sean Bruton
Head of Business Intelligence & Analytics,
Vocational Training Charitable Trust (VTCT)
United Kingdom
Matthieu Burel
Smart Analytics Imagineer,
Micropole
France
Andrew Burns
Head of Dashboards,
Citi Bank
Ireland
John Carroll
Director ES Reporting & Qlik Engagement Team,
Department of Education, Skills and Employment
Australia
Jonathan Cheris
First Vice President, Director of Business Intelligence,
Sterling National Bank,
United States
Matthew Crowther
Director,
Dimension Labs
United Kingdom
Steve Dark
Director,
Quick Intelligence
United Kingdom
Daryl D'Cruz
European Head of Data Innovation,
Samsung Europe
United Kingdom
Christopher Dean
Head of Business Intelligence & Analytics,
City Plumbing Supplies Holding Limited
United Kingdom
Mario De Felipe
Business Intelligence Manager,
GRUPO ASV
Spain
Atanas Dimitrov
Business Navigator at IKEA Home Smart,
Inter IKEA Group
Sweden
Jonathan Dowey
Operation Manager - Data Science and Innovation Centre,
Avon and Somerset Constabulary
United Kingdom
Joe Easley
Qlik Administrator,
Odyssey Logistics
United States
C. Johan. V. Ekman
Business Intelligence & Analytics Lead (Mgr),
AJ Produkter
Sweden
Alan Farrell
BI & WMS Implementations Consultant,
Principal Logistics Technologies
Ireland
Kelsey Fautsch
Associate VP Sales Engineer,
Deloitte & Touche LLP
United States
Paul French
Director of Business Intelligence and Visualisation and Reporting,
Nationwide Building Society
United Kingdom
Armand Frigo
Enterprise Solution Architect,
Tata Consultancy Services Switzerland Ltd
Switzerland
Alessandro Furtado
Principal Consultant,
Farol Tecnologia da Informação
Brazil
Miguel Ángel García
Director,
AfterSync
Mexico
Bhavesh Gandhi
Pharma CIO,
Piramal Enterprises
India
Scott Gill
Software Engineering Manager,
Deloitte
United States
Axel Goris
Global Visual Analytics Lead,
Novartis
Switzerland
David Grayson
Clinical Director,
Waitemata District Health Board
New Zealand
Dan Greenberg
Manager,
SDG Group
United States
Martin Gries
Head of Supply Chain Management,
H. & J. Brüggen KG
Germany
Rachel Grococh
Principal Business Analyst,
SafeWork NSW
Australia
Masaki Hanai
Department Manager,
K.K.Ashisuto
Japan
Christopher James Hansford
Principle BI Development Manager,
Cabinet Office
United Kingdom
Barry Harmsen
BI Consultant,
Bitmetric
The Netherlands
Frank Hefner
Manager Data & Analytics,
LSG Group
Germany
Niklas Holmberg
Domain architect - Analytics,
Swedbank AB
Sweden
Benedikt Horneber
General IT-Manager,
Siemens Healthineers
United States
Edward Howard
Senior Business Intelligence Developer,
Sterling National Bank
United States
Carl Hunter
Senior Business Intelligence Consultant,
TSG (Technology Services Group)
United Kingdom
Eugene Ilyin
Deputy Chief Operating Officer,
Rosgosstrakh
Russia
Rosen Kaymakchiev
Life Actuary,
Allianz
Italy
Monica Kedzierski
Senior Director Digital, Analytics and Automation,
HARMAN International
United States
Angelika Klidas
Manager Education,
2Foqus
The Netherlands
Mandy Klimt
Supply Chain Performance Manager,
H. & J. Brüggen KG
Germany
Josh Kohrumel
Chief Data Officer,
Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego
United States
Speros Kokenes
CTO,
Knarr Analytics LLC
United States
Frank Kozurek
Director,
Motion BI
United Kingdom
Pablo Labbe
Solution Architect,
iMaps Intelligence
Brazil
Rusty Lacy
Enterprise Solution Architect,
IPC Global
United States
Rocky Lam
Business Director,
Vantis Solutions Ltd
Japan
Michael Laverick
Data Manager,
Fenwick Ltd
United Kingdom
Esther Lim
Principal Analyst,
Ministry of Health
New Zealand
Chris Lofthouse
Pre-sales Manager,
Ometis Limited
United Kingdom
Martin Mahler
CEO,
Vizlib
United Kingdom
Dave Marshall
Head of Distribution Sales EMEA,
Jabra (GN Audio)
United Kingdom
Alejandro Martinez
CEO USA & Canada,
SDG Group
United States
Neil Martin
Head of Product Development,
Webhelp UK
United Kingdom
Edwin Mathai
Business Intelligence Manager,
WorkSafe Victoria
Australia
Konrad Mattheis
Senior Manager,
Deloitte
Germany
Felicitas Maurer
Business Analyst,
Porsche AG
Germany
Thomas Maure
BI Senior Expert,
Amadeus
France
Andrew McIlwrick
Service Delivery Manager,
Differentia Consulting
United Kingdom
Daniel Garcia Mejia
Insight Engineer,
Adevinta
Spain
Jason Michaelides
Practice Lead, Data Analytics,
Calibrate Consulting
United Kingdom
Boris Michel
Head of Presales Solutions,
INFORM GmbH
Germany
Juraj Mišina
Senior BI Specialist,
EMARK
Slovakia
Jakob Möhs
Senior Project Manager,
Commerzbank AG
Germany
Simon Mortimore
Assistant Director for Business Information,
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
United Kingdom
Scott Motion
Process & IT Manager,
Volvo CE
United Kingdom
Rishi Muchhala
Mgr, Enterprise Intelligence,
Nemours
United States
Michael Muglia
Sr. Finance Transformation Manager,
Verizon
United States
Sandip Musne
Head-Visual Analytics (TCS Data Office),
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
India
Alexander Nagler
Manager Visual Analytics,
Deloitte
Germany
Bhushan Narsinghani
Lead-Analytics,
UPL Ltd
India
Tsutomu Ogawa
Chief Engineer,
Honda R&D Co.,LTD. Digital Solution Center
Japan
Masahiro Ogimoto
Senior Professional of IT Business Demand,
Olympus Corporation
Japan
Ryo Okabe
Qlik Architect,
K.K.Ashisuto
Japan
Lars-Ole Hansen
Product Manager, Director - Performance Measurement and BI,
SimCorp A/S
Denmark
Rob O'Neill
Head of Information,
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
United Kingdom
Radovan Oresky
Chief Solutions Officer, Partner,
EMARK
Slovakia
Ashwin Pagare
Associate Director,
Pricewaterhousecoopers
India
Gary Palmer
IT Director,
ForbiddenPlanet.com
United Kingdom
Adrian Parker
VP Strategy & Marketing,
Differentia Consulting
United Kingdom
Shilpan Patel
Senior Qlik Solutions Architect,
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
United States
Richard Pearce
BI Developer,
Direct Line Group
United Kingdom
Andrei Pisarev
Strategic Project Manager,
Megapolis
Russia
Pedro Poveda
Internal Business Analytics,
Amadeus IT Group
Spain
Karl Pover
Solutions Architect,
Axis Group, LLC
United States
Christopher Powers
Global Product Manager,
Citi
United States
Lingaraj Prachande
Sr. Manager - Enterprise Applications,
Fujitsu Consulting India Pvt. Ltd
India
Sharon Puddle
Head of Digital Transformation for Institute for Innovation + Improvement (i3),
Waitemata District Health Board
New Zealand
Kabir Rab
Solution Architect,
Tahola LTD
United Kingdom
Lakshmi Ramasubramanian
Data Analytics Consultant,
HSBC Commercial Bank
United Kingdom
Alexander Ratanov
Data Quality Manager,
Gazprom neft
Russia
Stephen Redmond
Enterprise Insight Studio Lead,
Accenture
Ireland
Jutta Reindler
Senior BI Analyst,
Siemens Healthcare
Germany
Glenn Renwick
Senior Manager, Data Platform
PlayStation
United Kingdom
Stephanie Robinson
Functional Analyst IT,
JBS
United States
Francis Rodrigues
SVP - Business Insights, Data Labs, Innovation,
HDFC Life
India
Juan Pedro Barroso Rodríguez
DataViz Expert Engineer,
everis
Spain
Henri Rufin
Financial Controller & Data Analytics Manager,
Radiall
France
Julien Saint Maxent
Expert Data & Tech Lead Qlik,
Keyrus
France
Göran Sander
Sensei,
Ptarmigan Labs
Sweden
Julian Scatamachia
Consultant,
JJS Com
Brazil
Claudia Scott
Qlik Center of Excellence Lead,
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
United States
Torben Seebach
Director of Data & Analytics,
itelligence
Denmark
Nitesh Sethi
Senior Qlik Architect,
CLIQVENUS
India
Surya Singh
Sr Manager Global BI Strategy,
HSBC
United States
Mark Singleton
Acting Associate Director of IM&T,
Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust
United Kingdom
Niklas Skarstam
Solution Teamleader - Advanced Analytics,
IKEA
Sweden
Trey Smith
Director of Data Analytics,
Bardess Group
United States
Kaushik Solanki
Qlik Delivery Manager,
Predoole Analytics Pvt Ltd
India
Marcus Sommer
Analyst Retail Controlling,
mobilcom-debitel Shop GmbH
Germany
Neil Southern
Qlik Architect,
Barclays
United Kingdom
Gwendolyn Stamp
IT Solutions Architect,
BMW Group
United States
Michael Steedle
Chief Solutions Architect,
Axis Group
United States
Rod Stewart
Senior Qlik BI Specialist, Independent contractor within Federal Government,
Australia
Patrick Straub
Vice President of Business Intelligence,
IAS
United States
Shin Sugai
Director,
Daiichi Sankyo Espha Co.,LTD
Japan
Balaji Sundaram
Business Intelligence Analyst,
Benjamin Moore @ Co
United States
Wenyan Tan
ICT Group Manufacturing Engineering Department Production Innovation Division,
Nabtesco
Japan
Andrey Terekhov
Director, Consulting Services,
ATK Consulting Group
Russia
Khuzema Tikiwala
Manager, Analytics & Business Intelligence,
Meritor Inc.
United States
Sudip Trivedi
Head of Data and Analytics and Connectivity,
London Borough of Camden
United Kingdom
Oleg Troyansky
President,
Natural Synergies, Inc.
United States
Pierre-Louis Usselmann
Visual Analytics Lead,
Novartis
Switzerland
Deepak Vadithala (DV)
BI & Analytics Lead,
JPMorgan & Chase
United Kingdom
Manoj Kumar Varatharajan
Associate Director,
Synechron, Inc
United States
Ananthanarayanan Venkatesan
Vice President,
HDFC Life Insurance Company Limited
India
Vetrivillalan Vennila
Assistant Director (Data Analytics),
Singapore Management University
Singapore
Dion Verbeke
Lead Consultant/Analytics Manager,
Deloitte
Belgium
Julian Villafuerte
Director,
Evolcon
Mexico
Juan I. Vitantonio
Global Head of Data Visualisation,
HSBC
United Kingdom
Robert Walden
Head of HR Analytics,
Travis Perkins plc
United Kingdom
Joe Warbington
Senior Director of Industry Solutions,
Vizlib
United States
Nick Webster
Director,
Websy Academy SL
Spain
Constantin Wehmschulte
Leader MPM ProcessMining,
Mehrwerk AG
Germany
Stephanie Whyte
Lead Product Developer,
Webhelp UK
United Kingdom
Carly Wilson
Director,
FTI Consulting
United Kingdom
Marc Wintjen
Risk Analytics Architect,
Bloomberg, LP
United States
Adrian Worrall
Business Intelligence Consultant,
QlickXL
United Kingdom
Rob Wunderlich
Principal Consultant,
Panalytics, Inc
United States
Chris Yates
Head of BI Development, Visualisation and Analysis,
Royal Mail
United Kingdom
Satoshi Yokoo
Executive Officer Consulting Department Manager Senior Consultant,
INSIGHT LAB, Inc.
Japan
Kazutaka Yorozu
System Engineer,
SEGA Games Co., Ltd.,
Japan
Shahid Younis
Chief Executive Officer,
Data Whizz Academy
United Kingdom
Marco Zampieri
CTO & Senior Enterprise Architect,
Data Synapsi Srl
Italy