# Josh Weyburne

> Josh Weyburne is a Cincinnati-based engineer and enterprise technology operator whose career runs from self-service analytics at Tableau, through data and AI leadership at Snowflake, to a founding forward-deployed engineering role at Handshake. His public work includes the widely used Tableau Cook Book, enterprise analytics talks, customer-facing technical leadership, and service as board secretary of the Queen City Book Bank.

- **Role:** Founding Forward Deployed Engineer at Handshake
- **Organizations:** Handshake, Snowflake, Tableau, Queen City Book Bank, Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber
- **Education:** Michigan Technological University
- **Known for:** Created the Tableau Cook Book, which had more than 242,000 views and 2,119 favorites when accessed., The Tableau Public team selected the Tableau Cook Book as one of its notable visualizations of 2017., Graduated in the inaugural 55-member Cincy LEAD class in 2022.

## Career timeline

- **2006-2011** — Attended Michigan Technological University.
- **2016** — As an Enterprise Sales Consultant at Tableau, co-presented “The Modern Approach to Enterprise Analytics: Bridging the Gap Between Business and IT” at the Disney Data & Analytics Conference.
- **2017** — Published the Tableau Cook Book, a community-sourced collection of visualization how-to recipes; Tableau later selected it among its notable visualizations of 2017.
- **2022** — Graduated with the first Cincy LEAD class while working as a Solution Engineer at Snowflake.
- **2023-2026** — Appeared at Snowflake customer events as a Sales Engineering Manager and later Solution Engineering Manager, including sessions focused on data and enterprise AI.
- **2026** — Joined Handshake as a founding forward-deployed engineer; Handshake’s Access agenda also identifies him as a Deployment Strategist for Handshake AI.

## Achievements

- Created the Tableau Cook Book, which had more than 242,000 views and 2,119 favorites when accessed.
- The Tableau Public team selected the Tableau Cook Book as one of its notable visualizations of 2017.
- Graduated in the inaugural 55-member Cincy LEAD class in 2022.
- Earned Snowflake’s SnowPro Core certification in July 2024.
- Serves as board secretary of the Queen City Book Bank in Cincinnati.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Scheduled on Handshake’s Access 2026 program as a Deployment Strategist for a customer-focused session on new employer products.
- **2026-03** — Listed as a Snowflake Solution Engineering Manager and speaker for Data for Breakfast Chicago.
- **2026** — Joined Handshake in a founding forward-deployed engineering role.

## Links

- Website: https://joinhandshake.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-weyburne

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Last updated: 2026-09-27