People

Lead Research Staff
Sarah Battersby
Focus: Spatial Visualization, Map Projections, Perception and Cognition
Senior Research Staff
Matthew Brehmer
Focus: Visualization for communication and collaboration, Creative / expressive information design, Conversations with data beyond the desktop
Lead Research Staff
Rick Cole
Focus: Databases, Query Processing, Query Optimization, Visual Analysis for Queries
Senior Research Staff
Michael Correll
Focus: Statistical Graphics, Graphical Perception, Visualization, Digital Humanities
Senior Research Science Staff
Anamaria Crisan
Focus: Data Visualization and Analysis, Data Science, Machine Learning, Human - ML/AI collaboration
Lead Research Staff
Chris Fraley
Focus: statistical computing / R language / machine learning, linear algebra / matrix computations / numerical methods
Senior Research Scientist
Robert Kosara
Focus: Data Storytelling, Perception and Cognition, Visualization Techniques
Principal Research Scientist
Vidya Setlur
Focus: Computer Graphics, Natural Language Processing, HCI, Mobile Computing, Content Retargeting, Iconography, Maps
Software Engineering Architect
Scott Sherman
Focus: Design of Languages for Visualization and Analysis of Data
Senior Research Staff
Arjun Srinivasan
Focus: Human-Computer Interaction, Natural Language Processing, Mixed-Initiative User Interfaces, Visualization Beyond the Desktop
Director, Tableau Research
Maureen Stone
Focus: Color, Applied perception, Algorithms for design, Vision and visualization
Senior Research Scientist
Daniel Ting
Focus: Statistics, Data sketching, Experimentation, Machine Learning

Tableau Contributors

Anushka Anand
Senior Product Manager
Focus: Algorithms for Automated Graphical Design of Visualizations, Visualization Techniques, Machine Learning
Andrew Beers
Chief Technology Officer
Focus:
Ross Bunker
Principal Software Engineer
Focus: Efficient Database Queries, Calculation language, Data Integration and Extensibility
Matthew Eldridge
Chief Architect
Focus: Software Architecture, Databases, Data Processing
Pat Hanrahan
Chief Scientist
Focus: Computer Graphics, Visualization, Parallel Computing
Alfons Kemper
Principal Technical Advisor
Focus:
Viktor Leis
Senior Software Engineer
Focus: *Databases *Query Processing *Query Optimization
Jock Mackinlay
Technical Fellow
Focus: Algorithms for Automated Graphical Design of Visualizations, Data Storytelling, Perception and Cognition, Visualization Techniques, Computer Graphics
Tobias Muehlbauer
Development Manager for Hyper
Focus: Databases, Query Processing, Query Optimization
Chris Stolte
Co-founder & Technical Advisor
Focus: Computer Graphics & Visualization, Databases, User Interface Design
Daniel Strebe
Staff software engineer
Focus: Tableau mapping capabilities. Numerical methods. Map projections.
Justin Talbot
Principal Technical Advisor
Focus: Algorithms for Automated Graphical Design of Visualizations, Design of Compilers and Runtimes for Visualization and Analysis of Data, Graphical Perception
Melanie Tory
Senior Manager, User Research
Focus: User research, Interaction, Visual analytics, Collaboration
Adrian Vogelsgesang
Senior Software Engineer
Focus: Query Optimization, query execution

Alumni

Xiang 'Anthony' Chen
Research Scientist
Focus: Human-Computer Interaction, Mobile and Wearable Interaction, Internet of Things
Rich Gossweiler
Senior Research Scientist
Focus: HCI, mobile, social and collaboration, information visualization, contextual computing and experiences
Robert Kincaid
Senior Research Scientist
Focus: Visual analytics, Visualization Techniques, Time Series Analysis, Novel User Interfaces, Human Computer Interaction
Heidi Lam
Senior Research Scientist
Focus: Understanding the analytical process, New evaluation methods for visualization
Terry Roberts
Senior User Experience Designer
Focus: User Experience Design, Data Prep, Visualization Workflow, Social Media
Marianne Shaw
Senior Software Engineer
Focus: Query Languages, Database Query Optimization, Graph Data
Robin Stewart
Research Scientist
Focus: Human-Computer Interaction, Data Visualization and Analysis
Scott Tennican
Staff Software Engineer
Focus: The data transformation platform especially features required for advanced analysis such as forecast, regression, clustering and R integration
Pawel Terlecki
Development Manager
Focus: Query Processing, Product Architecture
Richard Wesley
Senior Research Scientist
Focus: Hardware and Architecture, Database Query Processing
Leland Wilkinson
VP, Statistics
Focus: Scientific Visualization, Statistical Graphics, Predictive Analysis, Data Mining
Fei Xu
Senior Software Engineer
Focus: Design of Compilers, Optimizers and Runtimes for Large-Scale Data Analysis