About the Founder
Before founding 30A AI, Stephen McDaniel spent two decades building data architecture, forecasting systems, and analytics platforms inside Netflix, Microsoft, Tableau, Oracle, and SAS — where the models had to be defensible, not optimistic. He authored the industry-standard books on analytics and visualization, taught at the world's leading professional societies, and built the systems that enterprise teams still rely on today. Now he brings that same enterprise rigor to $5M–$500M hospitality operators—hotels, resorts, management companies, and restaurant groups—.
A framework for turning raw data into executive decisions. Recognized by Tableau as one of the great books on data visualization.
"This is a wonderful book, filled with practical advice... a great resource for building analytical prowess."
— Stephen Few, Author & Data Visualization Expert
The global standard guide for the world's leading statistical software. Used by analysts at Fortune 500 banks and pharma to build audit-grade models.
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The industry's first dedicated book on Tableau Software. Defined the visual analysis standards used by business intelligence teams globally.
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"In his keynote at the 2012 Tableau World Conference, Pat Hanrahan placed our book at the center of his presentation. He stated that it changed how he thought about analytics and inspired him to restructure his teaching approach at Stanford."
Invited Faculty for "Data Exploration & Visualization." Taught advanced forecasting to the world's largest society of operations research professionals.
View Archive →Led workshops on Customer Lifetime Value (LTV). Defined the cohort analysis frameworks used to value marketing spend at scale.
View Bio →Instructed enterprise data teams on transforming data warehouse architecture into ROI-generating assets.
View Article →Multiple invited sessions at Tableau World & European Conferences on advanced visual analytics and forecasting.
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The methodology document that established how modern SaaS companies visualize cohort retention and lifetime value. This research underpins the operational telemetry and ROI frameworks Stephen deploys at 30A AI today.