Raw Data with Rob Collie

Chuck Sterling's journey is another example of the uniqueness of the people in the data field. The short version is that he's a Marine Biologist turned Senior Program Manager at Microsoft. He has intimate knowledge of the entire Power Platform and he shares that knowledge and insight.   References made on the show: Power Virtual Agents Revell Model Ships Who Moved My Cheese? By Spencer Johnson, MD...

Data guy by day, crimefighter also by day!  John Hancock has revolutionized the Law Enforcement space with his company Hubstream .  His team uses advanced data techniques and tools to assist investigators to battle all manner of illegal activity.  His story, his data journey, and even his accent are fascinating! Episode Timeline: 1:35 - Project Gemini is how Rob and John met, the evolution of BI t...

Bill Jelen, known to many as Mr. Excel , was one of the first Internet Tech Celebrities. He turned his online resume into a highly recognizable brand and is a legend in the data community. We get his story, in his own words.  We hope you'll enjoy this candid conversation with Mr. Excel, Bill Jelen   Buy Bill's book Mr. Excel 2021: Unmasking Excel, containing his favorite Excel tips!   Stuff We Men...

Power BI has altered the course of many people's lives for the better, and that is surely the case with our guest Jonathan Perl.  Coming from a financial background, he was already well versed in the Business Intelligence tools of the past. But the Power Platform spoke volumes to Jon.  So much so that he changed his entire career path in order to share his expertise with these tools with others (a...

Lori Rodriguez has a unique perspective on business, she's been collecting data about and for C-suite technology leaders as Vice President-Executive Programs at Gartner.  In this episode, she shares her knowledge about technology and business as an expert in both fields.  Lori is an advocate for women in business and STEM fields and has authored the book due out soon-We Want You To Stay: The Hidde...

He's just a guy in a cube helping people.  That's the simplest way to describe who Adam Saxton is.  He turned a childhood fascination for computers into an amazing career at Microsoft (he's currently a member of the elite Power BI CAT Team), he has a hugely successful YouTube channel, Guy In A Cube , with his partner Patrick LeBlanc, and is a respected fixture in the data community.  He sits down...

Matt Selig wears many hats at SerVaas Labs, maker of Bar Keepers Friend (BKF) . When facing pain points to running more efficiently before COVID struck, Matt knew how he wanted the BKF data to look, but he wasn't sure how to get there. Enter his relationship with P3 that began in February 2020. Matt kept the in-demand cleaning product of a post-COVID world top of mind and easily accessible with th...

Stephanie Bruno and Shannon Lindsay join Rob for a special holiday giving edition of the podcast. This duo makes up the colorful online world of The Data Witches . Both of these ladies in tech are Power BI User Group Leaders in their respective regions of Pittsburgh and Washington, DC. The witches continue to use their Powers (of BI) for good across many philanthropic efforts: From their early day...

Conor Cunningham is a Microsoft Architect and he knows a great deal about data, storage, and everything Microsoft. He and Rob go way back and were even roommates for a couple of years during Rob's Microsoft days. There's quite a bit of history between Rob, Tom, and Conor. A history that fosters an insightful discussion and a little bit of busting chops! We discuss quite a bit including: What a Mic...

Austin Senseman is a former P3 team member who went on to start his own business, Conserv , an internet of things startup company in the conservation space. Conserv does important work to help preserve historical artifacts in museums and private collections by using sensors and analytics. We talk about historical artifacts and the data that is used in preserving them, the infamous P3 Interview Of...

Matt Allington is a Power BI consultant, Trainer, Microsoft MVP, author, and a friend! Matt has worked for many years in the retail and CPG industries, has a very deep knowledge of Business Intelligence and Data Analytics, and currently owns a Power BI consultancy ExceleratorBI in Australia!  Here's the link to Matt's book- Supercharge Power BI: Power BI Is Better When You Learn to Write DAX Episo...

For Thanksgiving week we think it's only appropriate to discuss the alcohol industry. For this, we welcome P3 principal consultant and alcohol industry veteran Paul Boynton. He and the crew discuss the tremendous amount of data that exists in the alcohol industry, hostages VS volunteers in training sessions, the culture at P3, and some great uncomfortable stories from Rob's days at Microsoft. Any...

It's a not so technical discussion with tech guru and Microsoft Cloud Solutions Architect Hope Foley!  We talk a lot about Microsoft, and a little about Star Wars. Episode Timeline: 1:25 - Meeting Hope 4:15 - The Darth Vader connection 6:45 - Three Letter acronyms and Hope's field work in the Education vertical 12:50 - The Satya Era at Microsoft, how his keynotes are vastly different than other CE...

He's known as the Man of a Thousand Jobs and he's done it all.  From horse farming and training, to security at Rupp Arena, to using dynamite to blow up mines, to analytical chemistry and everything in between.  Kevin currently works at Eli Lilly and Company and his path to Power BI was anything but a typical data journey.  He's a fine Southern Gentleman with a mind for data, he's Kevin Overstreet...

Hello fellow Americans!  It's the day after the election, and who better to have on than sports and analytics journalist Michael Salfino from FiveThirtyEight , The Athletic , and The Independent .  Data and politics and a little sports mixed in for good measure!

Every guest on Raw Data By P3 has been top-notch, but we haven't yet had a Doctor on...until now! Dr. Wayne Winston is Professor Emeritus of Decision Sciences at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, he's won numerous teaching awards, is a prolific writer, has consulted the NBA's New York Knicks and the Dallas Mavericks, and he's a 2 time Jeopardy winner! He's a highly entertaining...

Brad Miller and Kai Hankinson from Agree Media were Rob's first clients at P3 before it was even called P3!  These guys have been close friends and business partners for a long time, and they know a lot about data.  We cover: Their ups and downs in various business ventures How they wrote and used AI software to win at online poker, while living in India Organic farming in Hawaii, also known as WW...

Chris Finlan is a Principal Program Manager on the Microsoft Power BI team, the creator of the popular and incredibly adorable mascot Paginated Report Bear, and a huge Philadelphia sports fan.  We try very hard not to hold that last item against him!  He's done it all, from the product team to pre-sales, technical training, database administration and sales operations.  Tom is off this week, so P3...

Quick, everyone get your act together, we've got a bigwig coming through: Joe Phelan, former CEO of DHL Global Mail and Swissport North America, and now (among other things) Chief Strategy Adviser at P3.  We get his valuable C-suite perspective on a number of topics, including: What is the typical "data diet" for a CEO these days? The tension between good summaries and robust drilldown capability...

This episode features journalist Michael Salfino; who writes for The Wall Street Journal, FiveThirtyEight, The Athletic and other top shelf publications. In a spirited and wide-ranging discussion, we cover all of this (and yes, we use the word "multiverse" a few times): The statistic that changed Mike's life The wisdom of Einstein and Twain The theme of the Hybrid professional resurfaces, this tim...

In our inaugural episode, Rob and Tom cover all this and more: The slow decline of the "storage only" professional Tom has some unkind words for a rock and roll superstar Why SQL Batman had to retire The rise of hybrid IT/Business professionals Why are database administrators (DBA's) such a miserable crew? Rob shares a great story about a former colleague who pissed off Steve Ballmer Why storage h...