About the authors

Andrew Berridge is a data scientist at TIBCO Software Ltd. He has 10 years' experience with TIBCO Spotfire—first as an end user and latterly (for nearly 8 years) as a TIBCO employee. He is a world-renowned Spotfire expert and has assisted with selling Spotfire and implementing it for many customers. He has also developed parts of the latest versions of Spotfire, being on the team that implemented the AI-Driven Recommendations feature in Spotfire X. Prior to his role at TIBCO, Andrew was an internal consultant at one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies.

In his spare time, Andrew restores classic cars. He is also an orchestral horn player. He is dedicated to his family and enjoys spending time with his wife and children.

Andrew would like to thank Peter Shaw, PhD., staff data scientist at TIBCO Software for additionally reviewing Chapter 9. He would also like to thank  Thomas Blomberg, product manager at TIBCO Software for reviewing Chapter 10.
Andrew is very grateful to Michael Phillips, who was the original author of the first edition of this book. He acknowledges the amazing contribution and the legacy of the first edition and thanks Michael for handing the project over to him and for his advice and council during the authoring process.

Michael Phillips is the original author of the first edition of TIBCO Spotfire: A Comprehensive Primer. He is an eClinical product innovator specializing in informatics solutions that support the drug development process generally, and clinical risk management in particular. He is a creative analyst with over 14 years' experience in IT and business intelligence and 5 years' experience in clinical informatics. He has a background in medicine and general science publishing, and a PhD in biochemistry (drug metabolism).