About the authors

James D. Miller is an innovator and accomplished Sr. Project Lead and Solution Architect with 37 years of experience of extensive design and development across multiple platforms and technologies. His roles include leveraging his consulting experience to provide hands-on leadership in all phases of advanced analytics and related technology projects, as well as providing recommendations for process improvement, report accuracy, adoption of disruptive technologies, and insight identification.

 

 

Paul R. Johnson has over 10 years of data intelligence experience in the areas of information security, operations, and compliance. He is a partner at Discovered Intelligence, a company specializing in data intelligence services and solutions. Paul previously worked for a Fortune 10 company, leading IT risk intelligence initiatives and managing a global Splunk deployment. Paul co-founded the Splunk Toronto User Group and lives and works in Toronto, Canada.

 

 

Josh Diakun is an IT operation and security specialist with a focus on creating data-driven operational processes. He has over 10 years of experience managing and architecting enterprise-grade IT environments. For the past 7 years, he has been architecting, deploying and developing on Splunk as the core platform for organizations to gain security and operational intelligence. Josh is a founding partner at Discovered Intelligence, a company specializing in data intelligence services and solutions. He is also a co-founder of the Splunk Toronto User Group.

 

 

Derek Mock is a software developer and big data architect who specializes in IT operations, information security, and cloud technologies. He has 15 years' experience developing and operating large enterprise-grade deployments and SaaS applications. He is a founding partner at Discovered Intelligence, a company specializing in data intelligence services and solutions. For the past 6 years, he has been leveraging Splunk as the core tool to deliver key operational intelligence. Derek is based in Toronto, Canada, and is a co-founder of the Splunk Toronto User Group.