30th anniversary videos: Wayne Winston, author and Excel expert in data analysis

If you follow our blog, you know that we’ve been interviewing some of our authors to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Microsoft Press. We call these videos Behind the Books, and we’ve asked our authors to share some stories about getting started in publishing and what their books have done for their careers. We also asked them to talk about what they do in their spare time.

This interview with Wayne Winston, author of Excel Data Analysis and Business Modeling , was a lot of fun. He’s a professor at Indiana University, which is my alma mater. We talked about Indiana basketball and I found out that he wrote another book (not published by Microsoft Press) that combines his two favorite topics – sports and analytics. If you’re interested, check out his book, Mathletics: How Gamblers, Managers, and Sports Enthusiasts Use Mathematics in Baseball, Basketball, and Football .  

Wayne also reveals that he likes trashy television. Check it out.

Thanks, Wayne! You were a great sport.

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