Business Intelligence (BI) with Camille Vernon

The Cyber Queens Podcast

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The Cyber Queens Podcast is back with an exciting episode focused on the business intelligence function featuring Maril’s amazing sister Camille Vernon who is a Business Intelligence (BI) Engineer. What is Business Intelligence? Why is this relevant to cyber? How does someone with no experience decide they want to work in BI?

Camille Vernon did not study anything related to tech in college! In fact, she has degrees in math & statistics! After college, she went down a non-tech career path. She didn’t realize that she was destined to be in tech until someone in her LinkedIn network reached out to interview her for a role. Camille shares her journey into tech and all the fun/struggles that came with it. Camille has some great tips and tricks throughout the entire episode, so stay tuned the entire time! This episode was definitely hard to press the pause button because it’s some real-life vibes!!!

Key Topics:

• Camille Vernon’s Story
• Business Intelligence…What Is BI? What Is A BI Engineer?
• Required Skills To Get Into BI & How To Prepare For A Career In BI
• Previous Education Should Not Stop You From Coming Into Cyber
• Can Leaders Take A Chance On Someone Without Industry Experience
• Utilizing Your Current Skills – Tell Them To Take A Chance On You
• Women Being Loyal & How To Navigate Through That
• Importance Of Networking!
• How BI Ties Into An Organization
• Best Practices To Have A Successful BI Team
• Camille’s Professional & Personal Struggles While Entering Tech/Cyber
• Pro Tips From The Field

Sources:

• What is Business Intelligence? https://tinyurl.com/29y46nku
• What Is SQL? https://tinyurl.com/288hmude
• What Are KPI’s?: https://tinyurl.com/mpz7af9x

Camille Vernon LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/camille-vernon/

Get in Touch:

• Maril Vernon LinkedIn
• Stacey Champagne LinkedIn
• Queens Twitter - @TheCyberQueens
• Queens LinkedIn

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Chapters

1. Introductions (00:00:00)

2. Business Intelligence…What is BI/ What Is A BI Engineer? (00:01:56)

3. What Are The Skills Required For BI & How To Prepare For A Career In BI? (00:02:45)

4. Camille’s Education Background & Journey Into BI From Customer Service………WAS NOT IT OR CYBER RELATED (00:04:25)

5. Utilizing Your Current Skills (00:09:32)

6. Camille Talks About Her Experiences While Interviewing For Her First Job In Tech (00:10:56)

7. Maril Mentions “SCADA Engineer” (See Glossary) (00:12:00)

8. Being Loyal To Previous Or Current Employers & How To Navigate That (00:12:22)

9. Camille Discusses BI Tools & Processes She’s Built & Used (00:15:40)

10. The Importance Of Networking (00:16:39)

11. Some Of The Best Practices You’ve Seen Between BI & Rev-Ops/Sales? (00:18:44)

12. Deeper Dive Into BI (00:23:00)

13. Camille Overcame “Talking Herself Out Of A Role She Didn’t Feel Qualified For” (00:26:50)

14. Mental Health & Self Doubt (00:29:52)

15. amille Took A Step Back In Roles…..It’s Ok To Change Your Track (00:31:00)

16. Camille Drops A Pro Tip (00:38:12)

17. Final Takeaways (00:43:00)