Stephen Swoyer is a researcher and analyst with more than 20 years of industry experience. His research has focused on business intelligence (BI), data warehousing, and analytics, along with the larger data management segment, for 15 years. Swoyer’s work combines a deep interest in BI and analytic technology with an alertness to the needs and priorities of the people who must use (or, often as not, dis-use) it. He’s a recovering philosopher and occasionally guest lectures on Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and Heidegger at both Penn State and Vanderbilt.