Qlik Luminary Program
The Qlik Luminary Program brings together the best and brightest customers, partners and enthusiasts in the Qlik ecosystem. With deep drive, passion and expertise, Qlik Luminaries champion the vision of turning data into insights that lead to transformative discoveries.
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 2018
Jagan Mohan Rao Appala
Senior BI Developer,
Autodesk, Inc.
Singapore
Orlando Agrippa
CEO,
Draper & Dash
United Kingdom
Mika Ahtinen
Principal Solution Architect,
eCraft Business Insight Oy Ab
Finland
Greg Anderson
Senior Product Manager, Business Intelligence,
PayPal
United States
Laura Ashworth
Business Intellingence Architect and Analyst,
Raymond James Financial
United States
Miguel Angel Baeyens de Arce
Senior Analyst,
LafargeHolcim
Switzerland
George Beaton
Partner - Data Practice,
Calibrate Consulting
United Kingdom
Ralf Becher
Principal Consultant and Architect,
TIQ Solutions GmbH
Germany
Alejandro Blaas
Deputy CTO,
ALD Automotive España
Spain
Nicholas Blewden
Head of Business Intelligence and Data Product Development,
Lloyd's of London
United Kingdom
Brian Booden
Managing Director,
DataGlow IT
United Kingdom
Carolin Borchert
Consultant,
SDG Consulting AG
Germany
Sean Cecil Bernard Bruton
Business Intelligence Architect,
Vocational Training Charitable Trust (VTCT)
United Kingdom
Matthieu Burel
Visual Discovery Project Manager,
Micropole
France
Keith Carter
Visiting Senior Fellow Decision Sciences, Business School,
National University of Singapore
Singapore
Sang-Woo Cho
Head of IT Analytics,
LafargeHolcim
Switzerland
Tom Chovanec
Senior Systems Analyst,
Nationwide Children's Hospital
United States
Aaron Couron
Senior Data Architect,
Visual Data Group
United States
Stephanie Crooks
Senior Toolkit Developer,
Webhelp UK
United Kingdom
Matthew Crowther
Co-Founder,
Qlik Dev Group
United Kingdom
Steve Dark
Qlik Expert,
Quick Intelligence
United Kingdom
Michael Der
Director - Business Intelligence,
Mark Anthony Group
Canada
Jonathan Dowey
Business Intelligence Manager,
Avon and Somerset Constabulary
United Kingdom
Mats-Olov Eriksson
Director, Finance Data Architecture,
King
Sweden
Brett Fahrner
Director, IT Infrastructure,
Berlin Packaging
United States
Darren Freeman
CIO - Pharmaceuticals,
HealthSouth Corporation
United States
Bhavesh Gandhi
CIO - Pharmaceuticals,
Piramal Enterprises Limited
India
Daniel Garcia Mejia
Insight Engineer,
Schibsted Spain
Spain
Monica Giselson-Olsson
BI & Analytics manager,
IKEA of Sweden
Sweden
Siddhartha Ghosh
Professor in CSE and Head of Training and Placements,
Vidya Jyothi Insitute of Technology
India
Martin Gries
Head of Supply Chain Management,
H. & J. Bruggen KG
Germany
Thomas Groffig
Head of Client Analysis & Cost Control,
Commerzbank AG
Germany
Masaki Hanai
Department Manager,
K.K.Ashisuto
Japan
Barry Harmsen
Chief Qlik Officer,
Bitmetric
The Netherlands
Simon Hatfield
Senior Technology Specialist,
Telstra Corporation
Australia
Monica Kedzierski
Director, Enterprise Data Analytics,
BorgWarner
USA
Angelika Klidas
Chief Business Officer,
MagnaVersum
Netherlands
Andreas Klopp
Head of IT & Process,
bmp greengas GmbH
Germany
Speros Kokenes
Visual Analytics Lead,
Axis Group
United States
Frank Kozurek
Director of Business Intelligence UK,
National Express
United Kingdom
Rusty Lacy
Pincipal,
Slalom
United States
Michael Laverick
Qlik Consultant,
Catalyst IT
United Kingdom
Martin Mahler
CEO,
Vizlib
United Kingdom
Neil Martin
Head of Toolkit,
Webhelp
United Kingdom
Alejandro Martinez
CEO USA & Canada,
SDG Group
Spain
Konrad Mattheis
Managing Partner,
akquinet
Germany
Mark Meersman
Managing Partner,
IPC Global
United States
Jason Michaelides
Practice Lead, Data Analytics,
Calibrate Consulting
United Kingdom
Adam Moore
Strategic Supplier Diversity Manager,
SunTrust Bank
United States
Rishi Muchhala
Manager, Enterprise Intelligence/President,
The Nemours Foundation/Aculytics, Inc
United States
Michael Muglia
Manager FP&A BI COE,
Verizon
United States
Alexander Nagler
Senior Solution Architect,
akquinet
Germany
Tsutomu Ogawa
Automobile R&D Center - Chief Engineer,
Honda R&D Co.,Ltd.
Japan
Todd Ohme
Global Manager eCommerce & Digital Marketing,
KitchenAid
United States
Akio Oka
General Manager, IT& Business Transformation Division,
Toshiba Memory Corporation
Japan
Adrian Parker
VP Strategy and Marketing,
Differentia Consulting
United Kingdom
Shilpan Patel
Qlik Architect, Qlik Center of Excellence,
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
United States
Richard Pearce
Principal Consultant,
R J Pearce Consulting Ltd
United Kingdom
Karl Pover
Principal Consultant / Owner,
Evolcon
Mexico
Michael Prorock
CTO, Founder,
mesur.io
Unites States
Qing Yi
CTO,
Shanghai Keyroads InfoTech
China
Alexander Ratanov
BI Architect / Head of BI Department,
Gazprom Neft
Russian Federation
Stephen Redmond
Senior Manager,
Accenture
Ireland
Jeff Richardson
Director, Business Intelligence,
Bentley Systems
United States
Julián Rioja Martínez
BI Manager,
El Corte Inglés
Spain
Kyle Roberts
Business Analyst,
OSU Physicians Inc.
United States
Göran Sander
Sensei,
Ptarmigan Labs
Sweden
Torben Seebach
Director Business Analytics,
itelligence nordic
Denmark
Nitesh Kumar Sethi
Sr. Business Application Developer - QlikView,
Sarens
India
Mark Singleton
Associate Director of IM&T,
Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust
United Kingdom
Niklas Skarstam
BI Expert Manager,
IKEA
Sweden
Jeremy Smith
Senior Manager, Distribution Optimization,
BT Financial Group
Australia
Marcus Sommer
Analyst Retail Controlling,
Mobilcom-Debitel
Germany
Jaime Soriano
Chief Operations Officer,
Goldcar
Spain
Sandra Strauss
Director - Business Technology,
Abbvie
United States
Dan Temby
VP Technology,
DAC Group
Canada
Andrey Terekhov
Chief BI Officer,
ATK Consulting Group
Russian Federation
Deepak Vadithala
BI and Visualisation Lead,
J.P. Morgan & Chase
United Kingdom
Ananthanarayanan Venkatesan
Vice President - Business Insights,
HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Limited
India
Vennila Vetrivillalan
Assistant Director (Data Analytics) ,
Singapore Management University
Singapore
Julian Villafuerte
Principal Qlik Consultant,
Evolcon
Mexico
Gysbert Wassenaar
BI Consultant,
HippoLine
The Netherlands
Nick Webster
Director,
Websy Limited
United Kingdom
Rob Wunderlich
Principal Consultant,
Panalytics, Inc
United States
Alexander Yazykov
Reporting Development Department Head,
VTB Insurance
Russian Federation