Dr Peter Prevos
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What do you get when you combine a civil engineer, a social scientist, and a magician? No, this is not the start of a cheesy joke—the answer is Dr. Peter Prevos.
With over three decades of experience as a water engineer and manager, and a PhD in business, Peter has worked on multiple continents including Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. He aspires to become the Willy Wonka of the water industry by developing new ways to solve old problems. Currently, Peter is responsible for developing and implementing the data science strategy at a water utility company in regional Australia. The objective of his strategy is to create value from data through useful, sound, and aesthetic data science.
While analysing data has been a central theme of Peter’s career, at his core, Peter aims to inspire others, be it through writing books, writing blog posts, international keynote presentations, and even performing magic tricks. Peter is the author of Customer Experience Management for Water Utilities, Principles of Strategic Data Science and Data Science for Water Utilities.
The Horizon of Reason
Horizon of Reason explores culture, science, and magic and covers topics that straddle the boundary between rationality and the non-rational. Through stimulating articles with a good dose of sarcasm, The Horizon of Reason dishes out practical and life-enhancing philosophy. Ideal for artists, writers, thinkers, philosophers, and free-thinkers, Peter invites his readers to indulge in the wildest parts of their curious nature and explore how deep the rabbit hole of reality goes. Combining three unique personas—the philosopher, the magician, and the engineer—The Horizon of Reason dissects complex topics while inserting humour and magic.
Perspectives on Magic
This book explores some of the answers to the questions that scholars from different fields of science have asked about the performances of magicians.
The Lucid Manager
The Lucid Manager Lucid Manager focuses on data science, marketing, and management and provides professionals with thought-provoking content to help propel their careers forward. Combining in-depth analyses on a wide range of topics with Peter’s signature touch of humour and satire, The Lucid Manager offers informative, yet entertaining articles that encourage professionals to think differently about the way they work. Containing ten years (and counting) of valuable content, The Lucid Manager is an expansive source of information that demonstrates Peter’s extensive practical experience with theoretical knowledge.
Data Science for Water Utilities
Data Science for Water Utilities published by CRC Press is an applied, practical guide that shows water professionals how to use data science to solve urban water management problems using the R language for statistical computing.
Customer Experience Management for Water Utilities: Marketing Urban Water Supply
Practical framework for water utilities to become more focused on their customers following Service-Dominant Logic.
Principles of Strategic Data Science
Principles of Strategic Data Science helps you join the dots between mathematics, programming, and business analysis. With a unique approach that bridges the gap between mathematics and computer science, this book takes you through the entire data science pipeline.
With his far-reaching background, playful intellectual discourse, and genuine desire to help and inspire others, Peter is an invaluable source of knowledge who makes learning whimsical, compelling, and fun.
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