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Joel Stellner

Joel Stellner

As Co-Founder and Principal at Zuar, Joel puts his 10+ years of Tableau and data visualization experience to use by helping customers turn their data into a competitive advantage.

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The 8 Best BI Tools for Advanced Visualization in 2026: 3D Charts, Network Diagrams, Floor Plans, and Beyond
Data Experience Platform

The 8 Best BI Tools for Advanced Visualization in 2026: 3D Charts, Network Diagrams, Floor Plans, and Beyond

Most BI platforms can produce polished bar charts, maps, scatterplots, and dashboards. The field becomes much smaller when the requirement is an orbitable 3D surface, a live force-directed network, a data-bound floor plan, or another custom browser experience.

  • Joel Stellner
    Joel Stellner
16 min read
The Best Analytics Platform for Hospital Operations Is Not (just) a BI Tool
Data Experience Platform

The Best Analytics Platform for Hospital Operations Is Not (just) a BI Tool

Hospital COOs are not short of data. Most large health systems have invested significantly in data infrastructure. The problem isn't data volume. It's what the analytics layer can actually do with it.

  • Joel Stellner
    Joel Stellner
14 min read
Beyond BI for Field Service Operations: Why Your FSM and CMMS Data Deserves More Than a Dashboard
Data Experience Platform

Beyond BI for Field Service Operations: Why Your FSM and CMMS Data Deserves More Than a Dashboard

Zuar DXP is built for the disparate data reality of field service: FSM platforms, CMMS tools, ERPs, homegrown dispatch systems, and every other data source your operation depends on.

  • Joel Stellner
    Joel Stellner
21 min read
Best BI Platform for Equipment Rental Businesses: Why the Industry Is Moving to Data Experience.
Data Experience Platform

Best BI Platform for Equipment Rental Businesses: Why the Industry Is Moving to Data Experience.

The equipment rental industry is not short of data. It's short of platforms that can handle the full complexity of that data—from the legacy ERP and the homegrown dispatch system, to the customer portal and the partner dashboard, to the workflow that fires when a utilization threshold is breached.

  • Joel Stellner
    Joel Stellner
17 min read
What a Celestial-Themed Marketing Dashboard Reveals About the Future of BI
AI

What a Celestial-Themed Marketing Dashboard Reveals About the Future of BI

AI has fundamentally changed who can build what, and how fast. Experimenting with an unconventional visualization format no longer means pulling an engineer off a sprint.

  • Joel Stellner
    Joel Stellner
10 min read
Unify and Automate: Your Guide to Combining Google Analytics, Meta Ads, and Tableau in a Single Client Report
Data Experience Platform

Unify and Automate: Your Guide to Combining Google Analytics, Meta Ads, and Tableau in a Single Client Report

In the fast-paced world of digital marketing, agencies and businesses are inundated with data from a multitude of platforms. Zuar DXP helps gather and combine all of this into powerful customer experiences.

  • Joel Stellner
    Joel Stellner
13 min read
Vibecoding BI Applications: Hidden Risks & Enterprise Alternatives
AI

Vibecoding BI Applications: Hidden Risks & Enterprise Alternatives

Pure vibecoding introduces significant risks. Zuar DXP offers an enterprise grade builders framework with harnesses for all AI functions.

  • Joel Stellner
    Joel Stellner
9 min read
Business Intelligence vs Data Experience Platforms: Why the BI Category Is Splitting in Two
Data Experience Platform

Business Intelligence vs Data Experience Platforms: Why the BI Category Is Splitting in Two

Traditional BI tools were built to visualize data, not act on it. For curated, branded, activated data content, embedded analytics, data writeback, AI, automation and workflow integration—not just more dashboards—it's time to evaluate Data Experience Platforms instead.

  • Joel Stellner
    Joel Stellner
11 min read
Best AI Tools for Data Analysis? Look for Data Visualization Software With AI-Driven Insights
AI

Best AI Tools for Data Analysis? Look for Data Visualization Software With AI-Driven Insights

Modern full-stack Data Experience Platforms like Zuar offer production ready AI components at every layer, backend to front end....builder to end user.

  • Joel Stellner
    Joel Stellner
11 min read
Embedded Analytics Means 3 Different Things. Here Are the Top 5 in Each Category.
Embedded Analytics

Embedded Analytics Means 3 Different Things. Here Are the Top 5 in Each Category.

Embedded analytics covers three different approaches: standalone BI tools with embedding, embedding first platforms, and DIY libraries and open source tools. Here are five strong options in each, plus how to choose based on speed, control, and user experience.

  • Joel Stellner
    Joel Stellner
10 min read
The Best of All Worlds in One BI Platform: Embed, No-code, Low-code and Vibecode Safely.
Data Experience Platform

The Best of All Worlds in One BI Platform: Embed, No-code, Low-code and Vibecode Safely.

With Zuar DXP - embed your existing BI tools & build around them with the right combo of no‑code, low‑code and vibecode, in a governed framework.

  • Joel Stellner
    Joel Stellner
9 min read
Embed Tableau, PowerBI, ThoughtSpot & More in Branded Portals
Embedded Analytics

Embed Tableau, PowerBI, ThoughtSpot & More in Branded Portals

Embed dashboard content from all existing B.I. tools (even mix and match on the same page) + native visual & report elements, raw data and creative assets to create the ultimate reporting HQ for all audiences internal and external.

  • Joel Stellner
    Joel Stellner
9 min read
What is the best BI Platform to harness the power of AI in 2026? My DeepAgent's Perspective on How AI-Assisted Development on The Zuar DXP Outpaces Traditional BI
Data Experience Platform

What is the best BI Platform to harness the power of AI in 2026? My DeepAgent's Perspective on How AI-Assisted Development on The Zuar DXP Outpaces Traditional BI

Zuar DXP + any code assist LLM turns data-savvy analysts into full-stack BI application deployers — no dedicated engineering team required.

  • Joel Stellner
    Joel Stellner
14 min read
The Types of Modern Databases in 2026: A Complete Guide for the AI Era
Database/Cloud

The Types of Modern Databases in 2026: A Complete Guide for the AI Era

Aren’t sure which modern database is right for your organization? Zuar explores the different database models and their benefits.

  • Joel Stellner
    Joel Stellner
17 min read
Modernizing Supply Chain Analytics
Data Pipeline

Modernizing Supply Chain Analytics

In this article, we discuss the fundamental building blocks for supply chain analytics, the benefits of a modern analytics approach, how companies can get started, and more.

  • Joel Stellner
    Joel Stellner
  • Whitney Myers
    Whitney Myers
6 min read
If your business runs on NetSuite and you make your reports in Excel, you have to check this out!
Data Pipeline

If your business runs on NetSuite and you make your reports in Excel, you have to check this out!

NetSuite helps companies run sales, purchasing, inventory, and more…all in the cloud. Here's how Zuar can help you use that data to its fullest potential.

  • Joel Stellner
    Joel Stellner
3 min read
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