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Acknowledgments
Thanks to the Apress team for the opportunity to deliver this book. Specifically, to Nirmal
Selvaraj, Shaul Elson, and Mark Powers: thank you for your patient guidance, help,
and assistance. Also, Nadir Doctor, thank you for delivering a comprehensive technical
review. Your input provided more than just insight and valuable comments: I learned
some new things, too. For those unknown to me, including editors, reviewers, and
production staff, please take a bow. You are the unsung heroes who have made lightning
strike three times (this is my third book with Apress).
To my very dear friend Andy McCann: I am more indebted to you than I can say.
Your patience, insight, encouragement, and pragmatic approach provided much needed
help and guidance. This book would not be anywhere near as complete or consistent
without your input. I owe you more than a few beers.
To my friends at Snowflake who continue to both inspire and spur me on to bigger
and better things: Jonathan Nicholson, Will Riley, Cillian Bane, James Hunt, Ben
Conneely, and Adrian Randle. Keep on pressing forward; Snowflake is in good hands.
Also, thanks to Jiaqi Yan and Minzhen Yang, whose inspiring talk sparked the idea that
led to this third book in what has become a series. Little did I know back then just how
hard this book would be to investigate, test, and write!
To John Ryan (
https://www.analytics.today/
), who put shape to my thoughts and
inspired a section within this book, thank you.
To all my colleagues at London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), specifically:
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Corporate Data Cloud: Nitin Rane, Srinivas Venkata, Matt Willis,
Dhiraj Saxena, Bally Gill, Ramya Purushothaman, Radhakrishnan
Leela, and Rajan Babu Selvanamasivayam
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Snowflake Landing Zone: Nareesh Komuravelly, Nathan Hawes, and
Ravi Singh
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Enterprise Data: Kevin Whitchurch, Mike Frayne, Sahir Ahmed,
Kalpesh Parekh, Matt Adams, Rajen Pather, R.Senthil Kumar,
Prosenjit Chattoraj, and Chaitanya Kadiyam