Walter Shields Data Academy

walter shields is a sql mentor, best-selling author, linkedin learning instructor and data analytics entrepreneur with over twenty five years of experience in a variety of roles managing data systems for startups to fortune 500 companies, from law to healthcare to big-box retail. “data is my career, teaching is my passion” "as a student i struggled to learn sql and data analytics concepts and had always felt there should be a better, less complex, simple, real-world approach to learning this stuff and making a career in data possible for more people. this led me to start developing my own unique teaching materials and teaching style with the beginner in mind. i started teaching data analytics at a gotan coffee shop in tribeca nyc; before long the entire coffee shop was full and the rest is history. teaching runs deep in my family. growing up in trinidad, my mom was both a literature teacher and a high school principal. she was always sharing ideas and considered it a social resp