Raw Data with Rob Collie

On today's episode of Raw Data by P3 Adaptive, we welcome Allison Kennedy to the show. Allision is a Certified Microsoft trainer and MVP specializing in Excel but, according to her, that just means that she is a puzzle solver, number cruncher, and an Excel aficionado. Allision is one of the rare data gene types who loves teaching others to embrace their data for the good of humanity or for one-upp...

On this episode of Raw Data by P3 Adaptive, we set a new record for the number of times the word "Wow" is used in a single episode. What could possibly impress our veteran hosts to the point of leaving them speechless except for single-word answers? We're glad you asked. Today, we host Zara and Zenubia Kahn, 11-year-old twins on a mission to inspire young girls in STEM and turn the Power Platform...

It seems fitting for the week of Saint Patrick's Day to include some Shamrocks. This week, we welcome to the show, Jeff Lingen from Shamrock Foods Company. Boasting 15+ years of data management and BI development, Jeff is the Director of Business Intelligence and Analytics and a coder of DAX from way back. Today Jeff gives us the inside scoop on his data origin story of escaping the data drudgery...

Today on Raw Data by P3 Adaptive, we check in with past guest Matt Selig of @Barkeeperfriend to see how post-project implementation is going.  In this visit, Matt brings coworker Christina Roark, Controller and VP of Digital Marketing, to discuss using Power BI to create visual stories to create a social media marketing department and fine-tuning inventory reporting -- in the middle of a pandemic...

Hello friends! Today's episode is like no other! We learn the inside secrets to creating an internal Power BI community within an organization from none other than Khaled Chowdhury , Global Director, Data & Analytics with CMC Materials. Khaled is one of the doers who took what he learned from training, rode the excitement after class, and achieved buy-in at his company by tackling a huge project u...

Hello friends! Today we welcome one of the big guns of analytics to our show, Diego Oppenheimer. He is an entrepreneur, product developer, co-founder of Algorithmia, Microsoft alumni, rugby aficionado, and current Executive Vice President at DataRobot . Nothing is off the table in this romp through topics that run the gambit from machine learning to quantum computing. Even string theory gets a men...

Today, on Raw Data by P3 Adaptive, our special guest is Priscilla Camp , tech blogger, Power BI enthusiast, user group leader, and data diva.  Joining us from sunny Orlando Florida, Priscilla shares her Accidental DBA story. Like so many others, she began her evolutionary process in IT where she learned there are better, frictionless methods to fine tune data. Now, her skills are shared via her I....

Hello friends! Today on RawData, P3 Adaptive's very own Chris Haas relays not only his Data origin story but also shares with us how he came to join the P3 team. Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water, along comes Escher's waterfall to send you around again. In his role as ad hoc data therapist, Chris has the unique opportunity to see our clients grow and learn to ask the righ...

Today on Raw Data by P3 Adaptive, our guest is the mysterious Scree from the Undead Lords Guild . Choosing to remain anonymous, Scree brings his data and Power BI experience from his 'day job' in an informationally protected industry to his hobby and passion: gaming. Being part of the admin team gives Scree the opportunity to showcase his mad data skills and proves that you never know where a data...

Tim Rodman revisits his backyard BBQ education in PowerPivot. Not just any BBQ, this one hosted two corporate powerhouses casually chatting analytic software over the grill. After this informal introduction, Tim went on to become yet another Power BI OG. Flash forward to current times where his experience with Acumatica paired with his background in accounting, ERP systems, and Excel makes him uni...

Lars Schreiber is another one of the great examples of the human element of data that we love!  He's an MVP, a long-standing member of the Power BI Community, and his passion for the Power Platform is quite catchy.  Catch up with Lars at his website, Self Service BI Blog! References in this episode: Lars' Podcast with Jeffrey Wang Lars' PowerPivotPro Blog Post from 2014 Episode transcript: Rob Col...

For the second part of our 2022 New Year double feature, we sat down with Olivier Travers.  Olivier has had quite the data journey that has taken him from France to Germany, Portugal, Italy, and finally, to Chile where he serves clients all over the world as a Business Intelligence advisor and consultant...an expert in Power BI, he's focused on data visualization, SaaS integration, and software ar...

We're starting off 2022 with a dual release party! Our guest for the first part of the double feature is Geoff Mcneely, a very interesting human!  He has a degree in Anthropology (we can check that one off of our interesting background list!)  He's a Power BI OG, starting one of the first two Power BI user groups (Rob having started the other). He's a full-time Power BI professional working for Mi...

It's the last episode of Raw Data for 2021!  Thank you to all of our awesome guests for taking the time to tell their stories, and thank you to everyone that listened to us and supported this fun little thing that we do! This week's episode is a bit of a fun departure, as we peel back the curtain and talk a bit with Luke Pirozzoli, producer of Raw Data and Operations Manager at P3 Adaptive!  A sto...

The data gene lurks everywhere, including deep in the heart of Texas High School Football!  Enter Coach Chase Hargis, Defensive coach of the Magnolia High School Football team in Texas and also a data guy, who asked P3 Adaptive to help with a very specific data problem...how to visualize football data so as to give an edge to his players?  The solution is CoverHawk and has introduced Power BI to a...

What's the first feeling that you get when you hear the word Sales or Salesperson?  We believe that most people do not get warm fuzzies when they hear those words! Carson Heady is Director, Health Solutions - U.S. Health & Life Sciences at Microsoft and shatters the negative stereotypes of the Salesperson.  He is about as human and helpful as any guest we've had on the show, and we're quite sure t...

Adam Harstad is one of the few guests that have been on with us twice!  And we could have him on 100 times and still not cover everything to discuss (or debate in many cases). This time around, we cover some pitfalls that data people fall into including cognitive bias and how people behave in the face of uncertainty, how these traps can be applied and avoided in life and in data, and we do throw i...

For our 50th episode a few weeks ago, we shared an episode that Rob recorded with his grandfather, Bob "Pop" Collie.  We had some content that didn't quite fit the vibe of the episode, and we just didn't feel right about keeping this amazing stuff to ourselves! It's a lot of Pop Collie's Navy stories of him being goofy, how he played football for a legendary college coach, and how a series of stra...

Mary Fealty ( @Br0adtree on Twitter) is a prime example of the spirit of "Why not?" that we've been exploring as of late!  She is a Power BI early adopter (we like to call folks like Mary a Power BI OG!), and her experience and knowledge place her as a leader in the data solutions field.  Mary is an "Analytics Wildling," and we think her way of looking at things is a peek into what the future of B...

We've been quite busy not only here at Raw Data, but business at P3 Adaptive has been booming!  So much so, that we've had to add our 4th Director of Client Services to the team to keep up with our ever increasing business.  His name is Angel Abundez, and his journey has zigzagged him across both Rob and Tom's paths in the past (and maybe yours as well along the way) and has led him here today, si...

This is the 50th Episode of Raw Data!  Thank you to our wonderful guests that have made this podcast so enjoyable.  We also would not be doing this show if it wasn't for you, the listener.  We thank you so very much for your support!  We sought to talk with and about the humans that make the data world go around, and we feel that's exactly what we're doing! For this episode, we wanted to do someth...

If it wasn't for Rob's interaction with Dave Gainer during his time at Microsoft, there's no doubt that Rob's life and career path would have been vastly different, and very likely not in a good way!  Dave currently is Vice President of Product for Microsoft Office, but he's ALWAYS been a great leader of people.  As you listen to this conversation, you'll quickly realize why Dave is in the positio...

Imke Feldmann is among the first few to have recognized the incredible value and potential of this thing called Power Pivot in Excel (which was the precursor to Power BI).  And did she ever run with it, launching quite the successful solo consultancy and training service!  She exemplifies the helpful nature of the data community through her blog, The BIccountant , where she shares her amazing Micr...

Chris Rae has had quite the data journey!  In his current form, he's the co-creator of MyCoast , an app that helps government entities clean up hazards on coastlines. He's travelled many paths on his journey, from the banking space to working on Excel and other projects at Microsoft and all points in between and beyond!  His unique problem solving process is on full display when he tells the story...

There's a place where sports and data meet, and it's as powerful a collision as on any football field!  Jeff Sagarin has been a figurehead in the sports analytics realm for decades, and we're thrilled to have had the chance to have him on to talk about his data journey!  There's a fair mix of math AND sports geek out time in this episode.  And, did we mention that Dr. Wayne Winston is sitting in o...