The Intelligence Age

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/119 A brief introduction about Gustaf’s life, including his family background, as a company founder and his career as MVP.  Introduction about Gustaf’s company – CRM-Konsulterna   Company achievements – having 3 MVP’s from his own company  Gustaf’s thoughts on the Microsoft MVP Program.  Challenges he has seen with SID, CDS and CDM   The support they of...

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/118 A brief introduction about Leah’s life – family background, her career and personal experiences  History, culture, economy and facts about New Orleans  What she does when she is not working  The value of the Microsoft stack  Advice to consumers who wants to adopt new technologies  Leah’s view on the Insurance and Health care industry  The best pract...

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/117 A brief introduction about Andrew’s life; his family background, what he loves in Adelaide, Australia.  His learning experiences as MVP; when and how his journey started.  As part of the MVP community in Australia; how active he is and his roles and responsibilities within the organization  PCF as a replacement for web resources  The future of PCF H...

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/116 A brief introduction about Sameer’s life – Current City in Seattle, Washington, Hometown in Mumbai, Maharashtra  What he does when he’s not working  Sameer’s passion for writing poems and storytelling  Introduction to Simple Intentions   His involvement with Pathwise Leadership program  Sameer’s story on his exciting journey and his experiences in M...

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/115 A brief introduction of Neil’s family and background Neil's journey to how his career as an MVP started  What Neil kids think about his career as MVP  Lessons he teaches his kids, so they learn the value of work.  The best lesson he learnt as a parent, family member, mentor, and someone who works with business  His life experiences – may it be...

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/114 A Brief Introduction about Dan’s life – where he lives, his hobbies, what he does when he’s not working or surfing  His involvement with the Not for Profit Space  What made him decide to join the Microsoft world Erik Arnold’s role as a Global CTO  Understanding Threshold.world  The Importance and goal of Threshold.world  Where the company name Thres...

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/113 A brief introduction about Mariano Gomez’s life –his family and personal background How his career as an MVP started   Mariano’s thoughts about the global economic recession that happened in 2008 and how it affected his life  Result of the evaluation of ERP solutions  As the author of Microsoft Dynamic GP  Improvements happening around Microsoft  Kn...

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/112 A brief introduction about Steve’s life – his family, sports they love playing and how they spend time together as a family  Steve’s experiences and his involvement with the ISV program What Steve wants to achieve with the new ISV program for Business Applications  The definition of a healthy and successful ISV  How the new program differs from the...

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/111 A brief introduction about Julien's life – born in Paris, grew up in Luxembourg, his favourite food and how he ended up living in Montreal, Canada.  How his journey of becoming an MVP in Business Application started Experiences living in another country   Lessons learnt after participating in the MVP Global Summit event  Julien's thoughts...

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/110 A brief introduction of Moacyr’s life and where he comes from  A breakdown of his professional background   Why Portugal is an exciting proposition   Where new technologies are leading us in the next 3 to 10 years   Understanding the importance and the future of new technologies  Maturity of understanding business with regards to AI and how to get s...

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/109 A short introduction about Daniel Christian who grew up in Bombay, India, moved to Dallas, Texas at the age of 17 and is presently residing in Concord, North Carolina.    Being a Microsoft Business Solutions MVP and when his journey started Power Platform User Group   Daniel's experiences and cope during difficult times Discussion about his ult...

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/108 A brief introduction about Manuela life who originally came from Vienna, Austria now presently residing in Horsham, West Sussex with her husband  What made Manuela decide to start using PowerApps How to be more productive in doing business and how to increase customer satisfaction in using PowerApps governance The importance of creating a community...

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/107 Personal and professional background – what led to his move to Melbourne, being a regional director and an MVP, starting in SharePoint and falling in love with Dynamics 365, being passionate about AI, working for Salesforce  Countries he has lived and worked – being a global traveller, getting involved in international Dynamics communities, and bein...

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/106 Personal and professional background – growing up in Detroit, taking up computer science, working at Siebel, etc.  Upcoming speaking engagement at a conference on digital inclusion  Journey to working with Microsoft  Career highlights in the past 14 years  Being a woman in tech: changes she has seen, her thoughts on the topic  How she encourages ope...

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/105 Background – being a Microsoft MVP for 13 years, living in York, UK, interests outside of work, home life  How David started in Dynamics CRM – IT training on Microsoft technologies, etc. then moving to Dynamics CRM  Running his old company, Excitation, and being purchased by Core Technology Systems  Knowledge and experience with Dynamics CRM 1.0  Ru...

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/104 Personal background – living in Kirkland, WA, interests, being fanatical about wine  Professional background – current role at InsideView, responsibilities  About InsideView – what they do and their services  Industries that commonly use or geographies where there’s a greater demand for InsideView’s technology   Current trends in the B2B businesses...

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/103 Personal and professional background – family, working in London, 12 years working with Dynamics  Living in England and growing up in Devon, popular places to go and dishes in Devon  How he started working in Dynamics  Perception on Microsoft partner ecosystem, especially in the UK  Pivoting to a different role – from a developer to solution archite...

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/102 Journey across the Dynamics ecosystem over the years  Being the author of Dynamics CRM Unleashed series, thoughts on authoring books   Being a Microsoft MVP  Interests outside of work  Experience starting a Dynamics practice – building a company (Webfortis) and going through the acquisition process  Thoughts on consolidation in the market and does i...

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/101 Personal background – living in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the local food scene  April's focus on the Microsoft Business Applications arena – PowerApps and Flow  Has Flow replaced the former workflow tools that were in SharePoint?  Professional background – working on InfoPath  Thoughts on PowerApps and Flow replacing old InfoPath form   How PowerApps co...

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/100 The Microsoft Business Applications Summit will be happening in a few days. In this special podcast episode, I am joined by none other than Steve Mordue to talk about what to look forward to and share our thoughts on some of the key things around the Summit. We're all excited, so here are some of the things we discussed about this upcoming two-...

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/99 Personal and professional background – growing up in Australia, hobbies outside of work  Career journey, joining Microsoft product team, working on PowerApps and working with the original team at Canvas Apps, starting as a Microsoft Partner before joining Microsoft  Key pillars/various moving parts of the Power Platform team  Owning the UI, holding t...

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/98 Personal background – living in Finland, family  A bit of Finland and Nordic geography, length of winter in Finland, local delicacies  Organizing Dynamics 365 events in Finland – Finland Dynamics User Group and Dynamics 365 Saturday  Favourite part of the Power Platform  Being one of three Microsoft MVPs in Finland Is Project Service Automation dead?...

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/97 Purvin’s role in Microsoft when it comes to the Microsoft MVP Program  What the MVP Program is from Microsoft’s perspective  What is “MVP for life”, and is there such a thing?  How one can become an “MVP for life.” MVP Award vs Inner Circle Award – what is the difference between individual and company awards Purvin’s passion and motivation for the Bu...

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/96 Personal background – living in Uruguay, being bilingual (Spanish and English), the popular food in Uruguay, family  Becoming a Microsoft MVP – being a 10-year MVP, how different the Microsoft MVP program was since he first got nominated  About Communidad 365 – starting the Spanish speaking community  Becoming officially part of the Dynamics User Gro...

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/95 Personal background – living in Issaquah, hobbies, family  Career highlights being part of the Microsoft Business Applications team  Thoughts on the idea of Microsoft’s shift in focus from apps to the platform  The “measuring stick” that Microsoft uses to define a top ISV  Patterns that successful ISVs do effectively to become a top ISV  Creating a b...