Joe Reis

Ternary Data, CEO

Joe Reis is a “recovering data scientist,” CEO of Ternary Data, and a business-minded data nerd who’s worked in the data industry for 20 years. His responsibilities have ranged from statistical modeling, forecasting, machine learning, data engineering, data architecture, and everything else in between. He hosts the popular data show and podcast, the Monday Morning Data Chat, interviews the top thought leaders in data on The Data Nerd Herd, and runs several multi-thousand member meetups, including The Utah Data Engineering Meetup and SLC Python. Joe also teaches at the University of Utah and is the co-author of the O’Reilly book, Fundamentals of Data Engineering. When he’s not busy running a company, teaching, or creating content, Joe often finds himself DJing/making music, rock climbing, or trail running in the mountains around Salt Lake City, Utah.