We’re back and we brought some changes. Today, join us for an electrifying episode featuring none other than Jeff Jorgensen , the Chief Investment Officer at Cap Six ! Hold onto your seats as Jeff takes us on a rollercoaster ride through his incredible journey from pro baseball player to Wall Street wizard. Get ready to have your mind blown as he dishes out the juiciest insights on using data and tech to stay on top of the game, steer clear of blunders, and achieve mind-boggling success! But wai...
Oct 10, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join us for an enlightening chat with Excel maestro, Szilvia Juhasz . We're diving into captivating tales, including that memorable moment when Szilvia left an indelible mark on the celebrated Mr. Excel with her pivot table expertise. Walk with us down memory lane, spotlighting the pioneering steps of those early Power Pivot champions. And, for a fun aside, we may even share the origins of the "RC Columns" cocktail - a cheeky gin-based nod to the legends of the Excel world. Switching lanes, we'l...
Aug 22, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today, on Raw Data by P3 Adaptive, we have the privilege of chatting with Steve Orrin , the Federal Chief Technology Officer at Intel Corporation . Steve's role is truly remarkable, as he plays a pivotal part in helping the US government embrace the latest technologies, including artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and high-performance computing. His collaboration with federal agencies enables the translation of cutting-edge tech capabilities into real-world solutions that support their cr...
Jun 20, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Raw Data! In this episode, we chat with Paul Ray, a Microsoft Product design manager with over 20 years of experience in software design. Paul is currently working on educational experiences for students and educators around the world! But what sets Paul apart is his unique journey to the tech world. As a teenager, he attended military maritime school with dreams of sailing the world. But after realizing the reality of working below deck in the engine room, he hit the road and travele...
Apr 25, 2023•2 hr 38 min•Transcript available on Metacast It's an International Microsoft MVP edition of Raw Data with our special guest; speaker, author, and blogger, Cathrine Wilhelmsen ! Cathrine is a prime example of the most accidental path to a data career, and she did so through the well-traveled avenue of......Fight Club?!
Apr 18, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Fasten your seatbelts, folks! Today, we're chatting with Chris Wagner , the original Data God of Kratos BI , whose career has seemingly shaped the entire business intelligence (BI) industry. One can't help but wonder, if there was no Chris Wagner, where on earth would we be today? Chris might just be the ultimate BI hybrid, skillfully navigating across platforms and staying flexible while progressing from storage to interactivity and finally to cross-source data modeling, thanks to Power BI. And...
Apr 11, 2023•1 hr 24 min•Transcript available on Metacast Get your popcorn ready and get ready to be entertained by our latest episode! In this episode, our host Rob Collie is joined by our data visualization and reporting specialist, Dave Rivera, who showcases the power of the Power Platform in his recent project to find the answer to a complex data question: "Which movie had the most decorated cast based on having received an Academy Award for acting?" Using Power Query to scrape Wikipedia and Power Automate to gather information from IMDB, Dave crea...
Apr 04, 2023•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Get ready for an exciting episode of Raw Data by P3 Adaptive! Our guest today is Mike Nichols , a consumer technology and entertainment leader with a proven track record of building growth businesses and exceptional organizations. He's none other than the former Chief Marketing Officer at Xbox, who played a critical role in turning around the Xbox One release with his customer-centric and innovative marketing campaigns featuring #AaronPaul and #DannyMcBride. But that's not all—our guest also had...
Mar 28, 2023•2 hr 30 min•Transcript available on Metacast Get ready to tune in to the next episode of Raw Data by P3 Adaptive, where former P3 Adaptive superstar Fred Kaffenberger will be returning as a guest. Rob and Fred will be reminiscing about old times and geeking out over all things Microsoft. But the real kicker? Fred will be revealing a shocking confession: he once faced Rob's dreaded "Interview of Doom" having only known what V-LOOKUP was for 2 years! What happened next? Well, let's just say Fred didn't let that minor setback hold him back fr...
Mar 21, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today, we're doing something a little different. We're going to focus on a true, unfiltered story about people in the tech industry, and more specifically, about one of the most powerful figures in the field - Bill Gates. Some might even say he's one of the most powerful men in the world. This story had a profound impact on Rob, and we're excited to share it with you. You know, when people find themselves in uncomfortable situations, they often develop coping mechanisms. Some people might talk e...
Mar 14, 2023•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today's guest is Dan Battagin, a former program manager for Microsoft and the genius behind Adventure Taco ! Dan has an impressive track record as the former lead developer of Microsoft's Power Query as well as experience with multiple other software programs. We're excited to have him on the show, especially since he only agreed to appear in order to learn about Rob's video background. But once the conversation gets going, you will realize that Dan has a wealth of expertise in data cleansing an...
Mar 07, 2023•2 hr 30 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s episode, Charlie Ellis, former Program Manager at Microsoft and expert on the heart of excel, the calc engine, sits down for an amazing conversation. He brings with him stories of the evolution of Office that began with the retooling of Excel 2007. That reboot went on to become a veritable restart of the program that nearly wiped the slate clean by creating what would in essence become a new, more responsive product. With so many big changes happening at the same time inevitably there...
Feb 28, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today, special guest, Brad Weed of Interplace waxes philosophical about his and Rob’s shared time at Microsoft and we discover where the seeds of ethical capitalism were planted. He is a former designer at Microsoft who worked on every release of Office from 1992-2007 and played a major role in defining and refining the company's design and user research disciplines. He is an incredible entrepreneur with a passion for innovation who may forever be known as the perfector of the Microsoft Ruler. B...
Feb 21, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today, we welcome David Wood, founder of Eventene , to share the story of his exceptional journey through the ever-evolving field of computer technology and the extensive digital transformation it has undergone over the years. David will take us back to his high school days, where his interest in technology was first sparked by the purchase of a scientific calculator with programming capabilities. While nowadays, your cellphone may hold more computing power, back in the day, a programable calcul...
Feb 14, 2023•2 hr 38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today’s guest, Jocelyn Collie, is the co-founder of P3 Adaptive, and she brings a story or two to share with you on impostor syndrome. But what is impostor syndrome? Have you ever felt like a fake or a fraud despite your accomplishments? That is impostor syndrome. It's when you don't believe in your own abilities and attribute your success to things like luck or outside help or even view yourself as less accomplished or mediocre. And despite what you might think, it’s surprisingly common, especi...
Feb 07, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s episode, Chuck Vigeant, founder/CEO of Clearify , entrepreneur, speaker, leadership consultant, golf aficionado, and, the mastermind behind QQube , brings his most interesting stories of XML, ETL, and even some PGA. He discusses the frustration of accessing data in QuickBooks, sometimes a download can take 12+ hours. For many QuickBooks users, workarounds have become too complicated and time-consuming so they have resorted to deleting data yearly to save time. Can you imagine? Deletin...
Jan 31, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s episode, Alice Drummond , co-founder of DiscoverEI gives the inside scoop on transitioning from environmental engineering to Microsoft Power Platform MVP. She shares her story of building a consultancy firm from the ground(water) up while increasing her own skill set. She and Rob wax poetic on the struggles of taking the plunge into the small business owners’ realm and neither sugarcoats the challenges faced. During the course of the conversation, a common thread emerges on the people...
Jan 24, 2023•2 hr 31 min•Transcript available on Metacast When its winner takes all, it’s the unexpected choice that provides the most impressive results. Who made the bold moves? Three Power BI DAX experts duke it out in a game of "Choose it or Lose it" with 8 cutthroat rounds of DAX Draft! Your competitors: Rob Collie – the founder of P3 Adaptive. He wrote the book on DAX. Ed Hansberry – a 13-time Microsoft MVP with an extensive track record of creating innovative DAX solutions both in the community forums and for his clients. An avid chess player wh...
Jan 17, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Brian Knight, founder of Pragmatic Works , describes his accidental entrance into the field of technology. From a chance job offer to being “that guy” who hit the server rebuild button, you won’t want to miss this data origin story. Only someone like Brian could get such a great start by nuking a database and turning it into a DBA career where he would become both a prolific community member and content creator. While reminiscing with Tom about SQL and the glory days of being a ...
Jan 10, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today, Nicole Janeway Bills, community organizer for Data Strategy Professionals , stops by with the inner scoop on data training, cryptocurrency, tokens, scandal, fraud, and the trauma of moving. At the time of recording, Nicole was an employee of FTX. During the podcast, she shared tales of last-minute relocations and the expense of attaining career goals right as an unraveling began. As a full-stack engineer with an exceptional data background, Nicole was able to find the bright side of her i...
Dec 06, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s episode, we sit down with 11-time Microsoft MVP Belinda Allen as she shares her accidental data origin story. As the co-author of two books and a prolific Power Platform blogger, Belinda has a unique perspective on business intrigue, data discoveries, and reporting solutions. With her penchant for pivot tables, she is a classic example of a citizen developer, and she generously shares her knowledge with the communities at large through her writing, public speaking, and training. In fa...
Nov 29, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today, we reunite two old friends with a penchant for writing books for people adjacent to tech as we welcome Miguel Escobar to the show. If you use Power Query or Power BI, you might have heard of Miguel. He is the co-author of several books on Power Query, Power BI, Power Pivot, and DAX. He is also part of the expert trifecta that created Skill Wave training and he is now an integral part of Microsoft working to make Power Query better for all users. He and Rob reminisce about book deals, DAX,...
Nov 22, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s episode, we sit down with P3 Adaptive’s own Justin Mannhardt to get the inside scoop on delivering results and backing into data infrastructure, aka the origin story of P3 Adaptive’s Solutions Architect Team and the impact it can have on an analytics project. Justin explains the expanded focus to fulfill analytics needs through a more holistic approach to drive adoption and deliver results. With his own experience, he explains how results must sometimes come first as a proof of concep...
Nov 08, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today’s guest, Gustavo Miranda, started his career in a research adjacent Program Evaluation position using Power Pivot Slicers in a non-Power Pivot table before he was introduced and lured by the power of the Power Platform. He shares his story of how reducing friction and creating automation introduced even non-data people to the concept that data quality matters. Most importantly, though, today you will learn the underdog story of how Power Query saved Christmas during the Kronos Hack of 2021...
Nov 01, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today we welcome to the show Scott Louvau , twice retired from Microsoft and now focused on his Relentless Optimizer blog, he is our second twice retired from Microsoft guest. If his last name sounds familiar, it should be. Several weeks back, his partner, Darinee Louvau was our guest. Her absolute enthusiasm caused us to seek out the other half of the equation and invite Scott to share his take on life at and after Microsoft as well as his data origin story. How exactly did Scott go from a smal...
Oct 25, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s episode P3 Adaptive Principal Consultant extraordinaire, Narayana Windenberger sits down for a chat on data, travel, and the ethics of the financial markets. Nar is a 5-year veteran of P3 with an unforgettable name and a penchant for being a digital nomad. Whether he is working from the Midwest, Germany, or enjoying hang gliding in San Diego, Nar puts the remote in remote work and regardless of his location, still creates epic analytic masterpieces. Nar also has the distinction of bei...
Oct 19, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s episode, we sit down with educator, researcher, and all-around information guru Simon Peyton Jones to learn all about programming languages and their impact on hardware, software, and research/development. Simon also brings some professional insight into Excel as a programing language. Oddly enough, around the time Rob met Simon, Rob began to think of Excel as a programming language. In order to be a language, the formulas have to deal with both space and time, so Excel formula langua...
Oct 11, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today we bring in the big guns, a Microsoft MVP and Power Platform advocacy team lead, and a true Power Platform aficionado: April Dunnam . In the realm of social media, April is known as the Woman who Codes, the SharePoint Siren , and the Karaoke Queen with a passion for all things Power: Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents, and Power Pages. In this episode we get April’s origin story, starting with the moment she was the intern tossed into the deep end of the SharePoint ...
Oct 04, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast In today’s episode, we welcome Eric Vigesaa of Microsoft to the show. This special guest has a decades-long relationship with our host. According to Rob, Eric can always be counted on as a partner in cynical observations. Rob describes Eric as one of the rare breeds that enjoy the excitement of building an emergency solution. Someone who prefers a shorter distance between the software and the problem. The closer he is to impact, the more satisfying the solution becomes to him. Sardonically, Eric...
Sep 27, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode, we are bringing in a true leader in workplace diversity, Sadie St. Lawrence from Women in Data ! Be prepared to be surprised when you learn that Sadie’s idea of diversity is more of a value-driven balance that benefits all people regardless of gender. Improvements, she points out, made in the workplace under the guise of removing gender disparity enhance the workplace for all employees, not just for a single demographic. Sadie is an incredible person with an incredible story tha...
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