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Causeway Solutions Welcomes Tim Duer
Causeway Solutions
CausewaySolutions, Welcome
June 17, 2021
Welcome, Tim Duer! Causeway Solutions is happy to announce the appointment of Tim Duer as Director of Healthcare Insight. Tim will lead the healthcare division leveraging the data science and ... READ MORE
Healing Healthcare: Part 2 - The History of Modern American Healthcare
Tim Duer
Data, Healthcare, Analytics
June 15, 2021
Healing Healthcare: Part 2 - The History of Modern American Healthcare How did modern healthcare delivery and the managed care structure come to exist? With so much talk about restructuring, it’s ... READ MORE
Causeway Solutions Welcomes Alex Buerck
Causeway Solutions
CausewaySolutions, Welcome
June 10, 2021
Welcome, Alex Buerck! Causeway Solutions is excited to welcome back Alex Buerck as our summer associate. Alex will be joining the Causeway Solutions Analytics team for a second summer to conduct a ... READ MORE
Paging Doctors Mars and Venus: Men Versus Women on Healthcare
Therese Mulvey
Healthcare, Surveys, Consumers
June 8, 2021
Paging Doctors Mars and Venus: Men Versus Women on Healthcare Regardless of topic, gender frequently drives differences. At Causeway Solutions, we’ve found this to be true in many areas of ... READ MORE
Causeway Solutions Welcomes Two Summer Associates
Causeway Solutions
CausewaySolutions, Welcome
June 3, 2021
Welcome, Abby Jovanovic and Clay Duplantier! Causeway Solutions is excited to welcome two new summer associates to our team, Abigail Jovanovic and Clay Duplantier who will both be working on our ... READ MORE
Causeway Solutions Welcomes SydniCherise Austin
Causeway Solutions
CausewaySolutions, Welcome
May 27, 2021
Welcome, SydniCherise Austin! Causeway Solutions is excited to welcome SydniCherise Austin to our team as Junior Analytics Engineer. Sydni was most recently a Data Analyst at L2 Environmental ... READ MORE
America’s Favorite Pastime. No, Not Baseball—Panic Buying.
Hailey Russell
Consumers, Behaviors, Panic Buying
May 25, 2021
America’s Favorite Pastime. No, Not Baseball—Panic Buying. Think back to the spring of 2020. Do you remember roaming the aisles of your local grocery store, hunting for pandemic essentials? All ... READ MORE
Causeway Solutions Welcomes John McClelland
Causeway Solutions
CausewaySolutions, Welcome
May 20, 2021
Welcome, John McClelland! Causeway Solutions is happy to announce the appointment of John McClelland as Director of Political Insights. John has more than two decades of experience as a political ... READ MORE
Connect With Causeway: Lauren Kornick
Causeway Solutions
Marketing, Outreach, CausewaySolutions, ConnectWithCauseway
May 13, 2021
How long have you worked at Causeway? Since the long ago times of 2017. What would you say you do here? Whatever the VPs need me to do, spanning from researching for election and census data and ... READ MORE
Healing Healthcare: Part 1 - Healthcare History
Tim Duer
Data, Healthcare, Analytics
May 11, 2021
Healing Healthcare: Part 1 - Healthcare History Causeway Solutions is excited to introduce a new series from our Healthcare team titled “Healing Healthcare.” Over the next few months, we will be ... READ MORE
Connect With Causeway: Madeleine Mattesky
Causeway Solutions
Marketing, Outreach, CausewaySolutions, ConnectWithCauseway
May 6, 2021
How long have you worked at Causeway? I joined the team in 2015. What would you say you do here? I work with clients to leverage the data and analytics available to them. But most importantly, I ... READ MORE
A New Hope in Turning the COVID Corner: May the Fourth be with You
Lauren Kornick
Data, Polling, Vacations
May 4, 2021
A New Hope in Turning the COVID Corner: May the Fourth be with You With summer vacation time coming in the midst of a country recovering from COVID-19, Disney hopes that you, your friends and your ... READ MORE
Causeway Solutions Welcomes Matt Kararo
Causeway Solutions
CausewaySolutions, Welcome
April 29, 2021
Welcome, Matt Kararo! Causeway Solutions welcomes Matt Kararo as our new Director of Research. Matt will employ his expertise in customer research, both quantitative and qualitative, with a passion ... READ MORE
A New Approach to Data-Driven Marketing
Bill Skelly
Data, Marketing, Advertising
April 27, 2021
A New Approach to Data-Driven Marketing According to Forbes, a tsunami of advertising dollars will be up for grabs in the next six months. The reason? Many companies are reexamining their agency ... READ MORE
Creating Reusable Datasets in Azure Data Factory with Parameters
Joel Cochran
Data, ETL, Azure, ADF
April 20, 2021
Creating Reusable Datasets in Azure Data Factory with Parameters Serverless ETL with Azure Data Factory One of the biggest challenges we face working in big data environments is moving and ... READ MORE
Causeway Solutions Welcomes Gera Carstenson
Causeway Solutions
CausewaySolutions, Welcome
April 15, 2021
Welcome, Gera Carstenson! Causeway Solutions is excited to announce the appointment of Gera Carstenson as our new Operations Coordinator. Prior to joining Causeway Solutions, Gera worked as the ... READ MORE
Better Together: Data, Analysis, and Application
Chris McNulty
Data, Analytics, Politics
April 13, 2021
Better Together: Data, Analysis, and Application I cut my teeth in politics working for the iconic Ohio GOP Chairman Bob Bennett. The Chairman used to say, “If a candidate wins, they will say they ... READ MORE
Connect With Causeway: Thérèse Mulvey
Causeway Solutions
Marketing, Outreach, CausewaySolutions, ConnectWithCauseway
April 8, 2021
How long have you worked at Causeway? 9 months. What would you say you do here? All the things no one else wants to do plus marketing, strategy and a little bit of organization. What is your most ... READ MORE
COVID-19: The Great Trend Accelerator
William Fitzpatrick
Data, Analytics, Real Estate, COVID-19
April 6, 2021
COVID-19: The Great Trend Accelerator Over the past year, the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated many of the trends present in our society. Billionaires increased their collective net worth by more ... READ MORE
Connect With Causeway: Joel Cochran
Causeway Solutions
Marketing, Outreach, CausewaySolutions, ConnectWithCauseway
April 1, 2021
How long have you worked at Causeway? 1300 days, but who’s counting? What would you say you do here? I transport electrons from one place in the cloud to another. What is your most memorable ... READ MORE
Together Like Never Before: Harnessing the Power of Online Focus Groups
Molly Rutledge
Data, Analytics, Focus Groups, QualBoard
March 30, 2021
Together Like Never Before: Harnessing the Power of Online Focus Groups Quantitative data is our bread and butter here at Causeway Solutions, driving the bulk of our analyses and providing plenty of ... READ MORE
Connect With Causeway: Chris McNulty
Causeway Solutions
Marketing, Outreach, CausewaySolutions, ConnectWithCauseway
March 25, 2021
How long have you worked at Causeway? Since April of 2015. What would you say you do here? Point person on all things related to political clients and clientele. Work with those clients to discern ... READ MORE
Email Appends and Digital Onboarding
Madeleine Mattesky
Data, Analytics, Digital, Onboarding
March 23, 2021
Email Appends and Digital Onboarding At Causeway Solutions, we specialize in helping our clients get the most out of their data which oftentimes involves building on what they already have. For ... READ MORE
Connect With Causeway: Molly Rutledge
Causeway Solutions
Marketing, Outreach, CausewaySolutions, ConnectWithCauseway
March 18, 2021
How long have you worked at Causeway? It will be 6 years in May. What would you say you do here? I play with data. What is your most memorable experience at Causeway? The travel. Getting to discover ... READ MORE
Causeway Solutions Sports Fan Profile
Thérèse Mulvey
Data, Analytics, Survey
March 17, 2021
Causeway Solutions Sports Fan Profile Causeway Solutions conducted a survey to get a read on American consumers and their feelings about the favorite American pastime – SPORTS! The franchises ... READ MORE
Connect With Causeway: Bill Skelly
Causeway Solutions
Marketing, Outreach, CausewaySolutions, ConnectWithCauseway
March 12, 2021
How long have you worked at Causeway? Since Day 1! June of 2013… What would you say you do here? Sometimes I run the place… sometimes I’m an intern. What is your most memorable experience at ... READ MORE
Winning the Election: A Case Study
Hailey Russell
Data, Analytics, Case Study, Politics
March 2, 2021
Winning the Election: A Case Study Causeway Solutions was asked to assist our client with their bid for re-election by running a data-driven campaign. The client wanted a targeted campaign to ensure ... READ MORE
How the Movie Industry uses Data in Crazy Times Like These
Lauren Kornick
Data, Analytics, Marketing, Industry
February 19, 2021
Data and Entertainment, Unlikely Companions Data and entertainment are two words that audiences do not normally group together, but data is awesome, and data is everywhere! Data is behind all major ... READ MORE
Causation and Correlation: Men Who Shop At Big & Tall Stores Are More Likely To Get Knee Replacement Surgery
Tim Duer
Data, Analytics, Marketing, Outreach, Healthcare
January 19, 2021
Causation and Correlation: Men Who Shop At Big & Tall Stores Are More Likely To Get Knee Replacement Surgery At Causeway Solutions, our data has shown that men who shop at Big & Tall stores ... READ MORE
Data Is Awesome
Bill Skelly
Data, Analytics, Modeling
January 11, 2021
DATA IS AWESOME Please welcome Causeway Solutions’ Bill Skelly to our #StrategySession today where Majority Strategies CEO Brett Buerck asks…. Bill, a lot has been written of late regarding Google’s ... READ MORE
POLLING OR MODELING, WHICH DO YOU NEED
Molly Rutledge
Data, Analytics, Modeling, Polling
December 18, 2020
POLLING OR MODELING, WHICH DO YOU NEED? Polling and modeling are both important tools in the world of data-driven campaigns. While polling and modeling seem similar in nature, there are some key ... READ MORE
Bet On Prescriptive Analytics
Bill Skelly
Data, Analytics, Modeling
December 17, 2020
BET ON PRESCRIPTIVE ANALYTICS Causeway Solutions’ Bill Skelly joins the Majority Strategies #StrategySession today in a discussion of prescriptive analytics. Businesses thrive on being able to make ... READ MORE
Patient acquisition in times of the incredible shrinking marketing budget
Tim Duer
Data, Analytics, Healthcare, Covid-10
July 12, 2020
As already slim health care marketing budgets are being cut even further, it is becoming more important than ever that health system marketing teams pivot to new strategies. In response to the ... READ MORE
Now more than ever: The need for a new approach to healthcare analytics in a post-COVID world
Tim Duer
Data, Analytics, Healthcare, Covid-10
June 30, 2020
The “new normal”. It is a term that has now become all too common in commercials, articles, and commentaries about our (attempted) emergence from COVID-19 restrictions, but what does it mean for ... READ MORE
A different world: Data analytics from a medical provider’s perspective
Tim Duer
Data, Analytics, Healthcare, COVID-19
February 10, 2020
I’ve been working with Causeway Solutions for about a year. My initial role was providing brainstorms for the melding of analytics and health, and now I work to incorporate medical epidemiology and ... READ MORE
AMONGST OUR OPTIONS … THE ANATOMY OF A DECISION.
Bill Skelly
Data, Consideration Scores, Prescriptive Analytics, Research
September 23, 2019
Sometimes it’s difficult to work at Causeway Solutions if you’re not well versed in Monty Python sketches. One of our favorites is the Spanish Inquisition and we believe it’s a great metaphor for ... READ MORE
HOW TO CREATE AN AZURE DATA LAKE LINKED SERVICE IN AZURE DATA FACTORY V2
Joel Cochran
Active Directory, ADF, ADLA, Azure, Data Factory, Data Lake, USQL
April 30, 2018
Here at Causeway, we’ve been working with Azure Data Lake (ADL) as our big data analytics solution for a while now. We store national-scale data from a variety of sources, and over time we have ... READ MORE
PASSING PARAMETERS TO U-SQL SCRIPTS FROM AZURE DATA FACTORY V2
Bill Skelly
USQL, ADF, Azure
March 7, 2018
Sometimes you write Part 2 of your documentation before you write Part 1. This is one of those times. We’ll post Part 1 – which is ACTUALLY CONFIGURING Data Factory to have the authority to execute ... READ MORE
SECURING AN AZURE VM WITH IP RESTRICTED FIREWALL
Bill Skelly
October 18, 2017
We recently came across a client who wished to secure some of their Azure VMs by white listing IP addresses. After clicking around, we decided to share what we found. This is a much easier task to ... READ MORE
ACCESSING AZURE SQL WITH SSMS USING AZURE ACTIVE DIRECTORY AND MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION
Joel Cochran
Active Directory, Azure, Mult Factor Authenitcation, SQL
September 11, 2017
Among its many features, Azure Active Directory (AAD) allows enterprise organizations to enforce Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) when accessing Azure and O365 resources. Previously it was not ... READ MORE
CAUSEWAY SOLUTIONS EXPANDS INTO WASHINGTON, D.C
Bill Skelly
August 22, 2017
Causeway Solutions has expanded its Washington D.C. presence with the opening of a new office in the nation’s capital and the addition of James Garcia as President of Public Affairs and ... READ MORE
THAT ESCALATED… REGISTER USQL ASSEMBLIES
Bill Skelly
Data, DataWarehouse, USQL
February 14, 2017
Well, we thought the next “chapter” of this USQL / Data Lake journey would be table query performance… but we quickly escalated from “hey let’s load this table from a small csv” to “WHERE DID THAT ... READ MORE
ACCIDENTAL BIG DATA (FOR REALS)
Bill Skelly
Data, DataWarehouse, USQL
February 8, 2017
If only we saw this data problem coming… In December of 2011, I remember reaching out to O’Reilly Publishing with an idea I had for a book. Essentially, I was staring down the barrel of an enormous ... READ MORE
ADLAUS AND PERFORMANCE
Bill Skelly
Data, DataWarehouse, USQL
February 8, 2017
As with all database technologies, performance comes down partially to how much horsepower you can throw at a problem. At some point we’ll have to deal with distribution, skew and partitioning of ... READ MORE