--- title: Blog — DataDrive | Meg Johnson description: Thanks for stopping by! My name is Meg and I’m an Analytics Consultant with DataDrive. I first learned about Snowflake Data Cloud in 2019 and have since become SnowPro Core Certified. I love helping organizations effectively store and analyze their data using Snowflake and spend less time extracting or transforming data and more time making better business decisions. --- # Meg Johnson Thanks for stopping by! My name is Meg and I’m an Analytics Consultant with DataDrive. I first learned about Snowflake Data Cloud in 2019 and have since become SnowPro Core Certified. I love helping organizations effectively store and analyze their data using Snowflake and spend less time extracting or transforming data and more time making better business decisions. [![Highlighting Top Features of Matillion](https://godatadrive.com/hubfs/matillion-top-features.jpg) ](https://godatadrive.com/blog/5-useful-features-of-matillion) #### [5 Useful Features of Matillion](https://godatadrive.com/blog/5-useful-features-of-matillion) ![Picture of Meg Johnson](https://godatadrive.com/hs-fs/hubfs/meg-1.png?width=30&name=meg-1.png) [Meg Johnson: ](https://godatadrive.com/blog/author/megangodatadrive-com) Feb 11, 2022 Matillion Makes My Life Easier Matillion is one of my favorite ETL tools that I have discovered in my analytics journey. It’s a cloud-based platform that can be hosted on AWS, Azure, or GCP. It can be leveraged to automate workflows that pull in... 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[Read More](https://godatadrive.com/blog/5-reasons-why-school-districts-should-invest-in-the-cloud) [![](https://godatadrive.com/hubfs/snowflakeTrialPartTwo-2.jpg) ](https://godatadrive.com/blog/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-your-snowflake-trial-part-2) #### [How to Get the Most Out of Your Snowflake Trial- Part 2](https://godatadrive.com/blog/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-your-snowflake-trial-part-2) ![Picture of Meg Johnson](https://godatadrive.com/hs-fs/hubfs/meg-1.png?width=30&name=meg-1.png) [Meg Johnson](https://godatadrive.com/blog/author/megangodatadrive-com): Apr 15, 2021 In the first part of this series, we talked about the importance of having proper security in place... [Read More](https://godatadrive.com/blog/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-your-snowflake-trial-part-2) [![](https://godatadrive.com/hubfs/snlowflake-elt-automation.jpg) ](https://godatadrive.com/blog/snowflake-elt-automation) #### [Snowflake ELT Automation](https://godatadrive.com/blog/snowflake-elt-automation) ![Picture of Meg Johnson](https://godatadrive.com/hs-fs/hubfs/meg-1.png?width=30&name=meg-1.png) [Meg Johnson](https://godatadrive.com/blog/author/megangodatadrive-com): Feb 15, 2021 Recently, I was assisting an analytics team with implementing a Snowflake cloud data warehouse.... [Read More](https://godatadrive.com/blog/snowflake-elt-automation) [![](https://godatadrive.com/hubfs/SnowflakeTrial.png) ](https://godatadrive.com/blog/2020/12/15/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-your-snowflake-trial-part-one) #### [How to Get the Most Out of Your Snowflake Trial Part One](https://godatadrive.com/blog/2020/12/15/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-your-snowflake-trial-part-one) ![Picture of Meg Johnson](https://godatadrive.com/hs-fs/hubfs/meg-1.png?width=30&name=meg-1.png) [Meg Johnson](https://godatadrive.com/blog/author/megangodatadrive-com): Dec 28, 2020 In most cases, a trial period is a great way to get introduced to a new tool and evaluate if its... 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