About the Authors
Joy Mundy has focused on DW/BI systems since 1992 with stints at Stanford, WebTV, and Microsoft's SQL Server product development organization. Joy graduated from Tufts University with a BA in Economics, and from Stanford University with an MS in Engineering Economic Systems.
Warren Thornthwaite began his DW/BI career in 1980. After managing Metaphor's consulting organization, he worked for Stanford University and WebTV. Warren holds a BA in Communications Studies from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.
Ralph Kimball founded the Kimball Group. Since the mid 1980s, he has been the DW/BI industry's thought leader on the dimensional approach and has trained more than 10,000 IT professionals. Prior to working at Metaphor and founding Red Brick Systems, Ralph co-invented the Star workstation at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). Ralph has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
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