Stop using pipelines that are unreliable
Master data plumbing - the hardest, most critical, and least sexy part of BI that delivers 80% of your system's value.
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Workshop Details
Half-day intensive workshop focused on ETL architecture, pipeline design, and data governance. You'll leave with a complete 90-day action plan for getting your data out of systems and into your BI platform.
Data Plumbing Workshop
A hands-on experience where you'll learn to design, build, and maintain bulletproof data pipelines that become a true company asset.
- Master ETL architecture & pipeline design fundamentals
- Learn tools for pipelines - Snowflake, Fabric, and more
- Grok medallion refresh patterns & data movement strategies
- Implement permissions, governance & compliance frameworks
- Build comprehensive team and hiring plans for data operations
- Access lifetime learning portal with real-world pipeline exercises
What is the outcome?
By the end of this workshop, you'll have a complete data architecture blueprint tailored to your business, a 90-day implementation roadmap, and the confidence to build data models that become true company assets. You'll leave with practical skills in Power BI, DAX, and SQL optimization that you can immediately apply to transform your organization's data into actionable intelligence.
Meet the Team behind the Data Plumbing Workshop
We are not just educators, we practice what we preach on a daily basis. When you engage with us you're getting real industry experience and knowledge that is applied to our own systems and our own active customer base
Instructor(s)
Bish Singh 🏗️
Bish has specialized in big data plumbing and data engineering for over 10 years across multiple stacks, currently working as the senior cloud engineer for Aqueducts Consulting using Azure based technologies.
Joe Christensen 🗝️
Joe Christensen is the founder and Managing Partner of Aqueducts Consulting. He has been in F&O domain for 12+ years and maintains a burning passion for helping individuals & businesses succeed; while maintaining the highest degree of integrity. He is a Microsoft Certified Professional and at this point - a walking talking data dictionary for Microsoft F&O.
Master of Ceremonies
Nico DeLaO 🤖
Nico works for Aqueducts Consulting and has been in the ERP space for 10+ years. His career began as an implementation specialist, then a Product Director and in more recent years he has transitioned to Full Stack Web Development & AI Engineering using various technology stacks.
Contributors
Maidie Laurent 🎨
Maidie is a creative / artist & events coordinator, her artistry and organizational prowess is behind all of the outbound physical media for the company; as well as the booth designs for our conference events.
Bhavana Nayak 📊
Bhavana specializes in data visualization and data storytelling through her role as a data engineer at Aqueducts Consulting. She has over 10 years of experience in the field and has deep knowledge of SQL, DAX, Power BI & the Dynamics F&O space.
Workshop Schedule
8:00 - 8:30 AM
Session 1ETL Architecture Fundamentals
- •Understanding ETL architecture patterns
- •Pipeline design principles and best practices
- •Data plumbing as operational intelligence foundation
8:30 - 9:00 AM
Session 2Pipeline Tools & Technologies
- •Snowflake, Fabric, and modern ETL platforms
- •Code languages in ETL environments
- •Tool selection and evaluation frameworks
9:00 - 9:30 AM
Session 3Data Movement & Medallion Architecture
- •Pipeline data movement strategies
- •Medallion refresh patterns and implementation
- •Handling data transformations at scale
9:30 - 10:00 AM
Session 4Hands-On: Designing Your Pipeline
- •Step-by-step pipeline design exercise
- •Mapping data sources to business requirements
- •Creating your ETL architecture diagram
10:00 - 10:30 AM
Session 5Exception Handling & Troubleshooting
- •Designing robust exception handling
- •Troubleshooting common pipeline errors
- •Building monitoring and alerting systems
10:30 - 11:00 AM
Session 6Security, Governance & Compliance
- •Data security and compliance frameworks
- •Security permissions and governance models
- •Building RBAC matrices and lineage maps
11:00 - 11:30 AM
Session 7Team Building & SQL Policy
- •Creating comprehensive hiring and incentive plans
- •Developing SQL policy documentation
- •Building high-performing data teams
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Session 890-Day Action Plan & Deliverables
- •Creating your personalized 90-day action plan
- •Building your ETL backlog list
- •Finalizing architecture diagrams and documentation
- •Q&A and implementation roadmap discussion
Workshop Summary
What's included
- Master ETL architecture and pipeline design fundamentals$400 value
- Learn modern pipeline tools: Snowflake, Fabric, and more$350 value
- Grok medallion refresh and data movement strategies$275 value
- Implement security permissions and governance frameworks$200 value
- Design robust exception handling and troubleshooting systems$300 value
- Create comprehensive team and hiring plans$225 value
- Develop SQL policy documentation and lineage mapping$175 value
- Build RBAC matrices for data security and compliance$150 value
- Receive personalized 90-day action plan$150 value
- Get complete ETL architecture diagram for your business$400 value
- Access ETL backlog list template and implementation guide$125 value
- Dedicated web portal with pipeline exercises and case studies$300 value
- Lifetime access to all future updates and content$450 value
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all listed prices are in USD. all listed workshop dates are subject to change, final venue & dates will be confirmed via email, with ~72 hours notice. all sales are final and non-refundable.