{"id":726,"date":"2013-05-18T00:26:23","date_gmt":"2013-05-18T07:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.1keydata.com\/blog\/?p=726"},"modified":"2013-05-18T00:26:23","modified_gmt":"2013-05-18T07:26:23","slug":"top-25-influencers-in-business-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1keydata.com\/blog\/top-25-influencers-in-business-intelligence.html","title":{"rendered":"Top 25 Influencers in Business Intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s the list of top 25 influencers in the field of business intelligence. The ranking is based on Klout score<\/a>. We used the Klout’s top business intelligence influencers<\/a> as the starting point, and we checked the top influencers for these accounts (sometimes going out to multiple levels) to arrive at the list below.<\/p>\n

1. MicroStrategy @microstrategy<\/a>
\nKlout Score 79
\nBusiness Intelligence and Mobile Intelligence Software. For better, faster business decisions.<\/p>\n

2. Mico Yuk @MicoYuk<\/a>
\nKlout Score 66
\nFounder\u00c2\u00a0http:\/\/BIDashboardFormula.com\u00c2\u00a0&http:\/\/EverythingXcelsius.com, Entrepreneur, BI Influencer, Global Speaker, #dataviz Geek, #BIDF Coach, #Xcelsius Guru.<\/p>\n

3. Philippe Nieuwbourg @nieuwbourg<\/a>
\nKlout Score 66
\nIndependent analyst and journalist specialized in Business Intelligence\u00c2\u00a0http:\/\/www.about.me\/nieuwbourg.<\/p>\n

4. Timo Elliott @timoelliott<\/a>
\nKlout Score 66
\nPassionate about analytics, business intelligence, performance management, and social enterprise. Employed by SAP, but all my own thoughts here.<\/p>\n

5. SAP BusinessObjects @SAPAnalytics<\/a>
\nKlout Score 65
\nOfficial Twitter account for analytics solutions from SAP. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re all about analytics & making data more intelligent: big data, predictive, mobile & more.<\/p>\n

6. Tableau Software @tableau<\/a>
\nKlout Score 64
\nTableau Software helps people see and understand data.<\/p>\n

7. Jill Dyche @jilldyche<\/a>
\nKlout Score: 63
\nVice President of Thought Leadership@SASBestPractice. Best-selling business book author. Dog rescuer. Dilettante haiku writer. Opinions mine.<\/p>\n

8. Shawn Rogers @shawnrog<\/a>
\nKlout Score 63
\nVP of Research – Business Intelligence at EMA, Serial Media\/Internet Entrepreneur. Social media\/networking & Big Data expert, habitual early adopter.<\/p>\n

9. Jamie Oswald @oswaldxxl<\/a>
\nKlout Score 62
\nSAP BusinessObjects evangelist with a side of gangsta. Better check yo’self before you compromise your data’s integrity.<\/p>\n

10. Qlikview @QlikView<\/a>
\nKlout Score 62
\nQlikView is a leading Business Discovery platform that lets business users explore data, make new discoveries, and solve unique problems.<\/p>\n

11. Tamara Dull @tamaradull<\/a>
\nKlout Score 62
\nDirector of Emerging Technologies for@SASBestPractice. Geeky about BI, big data, social biz, and open source. The Little Prince is my hero. Opinions are mine.<\/p>\n

12. Yves Mulkers @YvesMulkers<\/a>
\nKlout Score 62
\nBusiness Intelligence professional with a balance between Family, Business Intelligence, Music and DJ-ing.<\/p>\n

13. John Myers @johnlmyers44<\/a>
\nKlout Score 61
\nSenior Analyst for EMA Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing practice specializing in telecom analytics and business process management.<\/p>\n

14. Marcus Borba @marcusborba<\/a>
\nKlout Score 61
\nBusiness Intelligence, Analytics and Performance Management Expert.<\/p>\n

15. Pentaho @Pentaho<\/a>
\nKlout Score 61
\nModern, integrated, embeddable business analytics and data integration platform built for the future of analytics.<\/p>\n

16. SmartData Collective @SmartDataCo<\/a>
\nKlout Score 61
\nExpert writers on analytics, BI and big data brought to you by the folks at Social Media\u00c2\u00a0http:\/\/Today.com.<\/p>\n

17. TDWI.org @TDWI<\/a>
\nKlout Score 61
\nThe Premier Source for Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing.<\/p>\n

18. Boris Evelson-Forrester @bevelson<\/a>
\nKlout Score 60
\nBusiness Intelligence industry analyst at Forrester Research.<\/p>\n

19. Microsoft BI @MicrosoftBI<\/a>
\nKlout Score 60
\nYour official source for Microsoft Business Intelligence solutions and news.<\/p>\n

20. Kurt Bilafer @Bilafer<\/a>
\nKlout Score 60
\nAPJ @ SAP, Analytics, EPM, GRC, BI, Mobile, Cloud, Social, Ecosystem & Channel Enthusiast.<\/p>\n

21. Claudia Imhoff @Claudia_Imhoff<\/a>
\nKlout Score 59
\nConsultant and analyst for business intelligence, analytics and the technical architectures supporting it. Founder of the Boulder BI Brain Trust.<\/p>\n

22. Jaspersoft Corporation @Jaspersoft<\/a>
\nKlout Score 58
\nJaspersoft provides the most flexible, cost effective and widely deployed Business Intelligence (BI).<\/p>\n

23. Oracle EPM & BI @OracleAnalytics<\/a>
\nKlout Score 58
\nOfficial account for Oracle’s Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management, Business Intelligence, and Big Data Product News, Updates, and Conversation.<\/p>\n

24. Cindi Howson @BIScorecard<\/a>
\nKlout Score 57
\nBusiness Intelligence (BI) analyst & consulting company that advises clients on tool selections & strategies. Product insights from hands-on testing.<\/p>\n

25. Donald Farmer donalddotfarmer<\/a>
\nKlout Score 57
\nQlikView Product Advocate at QlikTech.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

List of top 25 business intelligence influencers based on Klout score as of May, 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[331],"tags":[332,337,334,22,335,336,333],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1keydata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1keydata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1keydata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1keydata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1keydata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=726"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.1keydata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":738,"href":"https:\/\/www.1keydata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726\/revisions\/738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1keydata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1keydata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1keydata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}