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- #9 - Sarah Lean– Cloud Advocate/Glasgow Azure Group founder#9 - Sarah Lean– Cloud Advocate/Glasgow Azure Group founderYour browser does not support the audio element.
Duration: 14:23
In this episode we talk with Sarah Lean aka TechieLass. She is a STEM ambassador, founder of the Glasgow Azure group, she has been a Cloud Solution Architect and now she works as a Cloud Advocate for Microsoft. In this episode we talk about how Sarah influenced Azure Migrate and its features, how she bridges the gap between the customers and the product engineering and how she keeps herself up to date with everything happening in the cloud world.
Enjoy listening !
Sarah’s journey on how she got to where she is today (01:41)
- Sarah joined MSFT in 2017 as a Cloud Solution Architect
- She transitioned to the Cloud advocate role a couple of months ago. Her role as a cloud advocate is to be an evangelist to Microsoft products ( she focusses on the ITPro audience), collect feedback from customers and bridging the gap between customers feedback and product engineers.
Interesting projects that Sarah has worked on (03:37)
- She talks about how she specializes in data center migration. She also talks about the “Azure Migrate” – how they were using it, how they should be using it and how she influenced the product with the feedback provided.
- Some of her feedback that was incorporated into the products include the inclusion of importing CSV files and import it into azure migrate – which was announced at MS Ignite.
Sarah’s advice to anyone who is starting off in the Cloud Solution space (06:45)
- MSLearn – Leverage MSLearn – it has free and has different learning paths for varying skill levels.
- Local Azure Meetup groups – She encourages joining local azure user groups and learning from other people. Examples include – Glasgow user group which she runs. [If you are in the NYC region also check out the following user group that we host – https://www.meetup.com/Microsoft-Azure-Public-Sector-Meet-Up/ ]
Sarah’s advice to keep herself abreast of all the changes happening in the cloud world (09:40)
- She uses twitter to keep herself updated on everything that is happening and everything that people are talking about – she follows customers and Azure Program managers. She listens to the community and understands the latest trends and what is important.
- She also has started a Youtube channel where she posts regular updates on Azure.
Sarah defines what a “good day” and a “bad day” is for her (12:10)
- Good day – Almost every day, specifically when people find the content she shared or created useful and provide her feedback on it
- Bad day – when travel schedules get messed up
How to get in touch with Sarah (13:50)
- LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/sazlean/
- Twitter – https://twitter.com/techielass
- Glasgow Azure User Group – https://twitter.com/GlasgowAzureUG
. Show Notes Available at https://cloud-monk.com/2019/12/28/ep9/.15 min - #8- Mike Pfeiffer– cloudskills.io – shortening the learning curve for others#8- Mike Pfeiffer– cloudskills.io – shortening the learning curve for othersYour browser does not support the audio element.
Duration: 28:36
In this episode we talk with Mike Pfiffer who works as a Chief Technologist at Cloudskills.io
We talk about Mike’s journey and how he got to where he is today. We also talk about his work in the education space using deep immersive education. We also talk about how fitness plays a critical role in his focus and attention to learn new technologies.
Enjoy listening !
Mike’s journey on how he got to where he is today (02:02)
- He talks about his journey from a ski lodge to AOL all the way to getting his MCSE certifications – working with Microsoft, AWS and now running his own learning and consulting company – Cloudskills.io
- He also talks about how he wet his feet into the development world by working on ASP.NET and other technologies, but decided to come back into the infrastructure space where the application development skills he learnt give him an edge.
Interesting projects that Mike has worked on (08:09)
- Immersive training programs – After doing 25 Pluralsight courses and LinkedIn learning courses – Mike is now designing a course which is more immersive – the content is spread over longer period of time, people get more depth experience and absorb content in better way and they have a community to stay connected to create an impact. He talks about how his students are now the co-authors for his new books (published by Microsoft Press).
Mike’s advice to anyone who is starting off in the Cloud Solution space (13:04)
- Don’t chase the dollar, chase your passion/goal.
- Get active – use the passion. Consistently have a routine. Be organized
- As tech people – we always bet on technology and learn and master it. Respect the highs and lows in the process
- Complaining is not good enough, expressing viewpoints must add value – must not just be venting or shooting down a product or a service.
Mike’s advice to keep himself abreast of all the changes happening in the cloud world (16:10)
- Have a system or routine in place- wake up early at around 4 AM. Prepare for the day, learn and share. Get a focused concentrated time.
- He is militant about his calendar, if it’s in his calendar – he will do it no matter what.
- Observe what people are talking about and get into the conversation.
- Observer what successful people are doing.
Mike’s routine outside of tech / his daily routine (22:40)
- He is intentional about his fitness and diet. His meditation is his workout. He feels its therapeutic.
- After his work he hits the gym – lifts weight.
- He feels there is a direct correlation between our physical fitness and the efficiency of the brain.
How to get in touch with Mike
- LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/mpfeiffer/
- Company website – www.cloudskills.io
- Personal website – https://mikepfeiffer.io/
- Twitter – https://twitter.com/mike_pfeiffer
- Podcast – www.cloudskills.fm
- Books mentioned in the podcast – Deep Work
- Pluralsight profile – https://www.pluralsight.com/authors/mike-pfeiffer
. Show Notes Available at https://cloud-monk.com/2019/11/18/ep8/.29 min - #7- Kevin Mack – the “welldocumented” nerd#7- Kevin Mack – the “welldocumented” nerdYour browser does not support the audio element.
Duration: 29:21
In this episode we talk with Kevin Mack who works as a Cloud Solution Architect with ISVs.
He talks about how his past life as a professor gave him valuable life and tech skills, like explaining and simplify for the audience & also helped him sharpen his debugging skills. We also talk about how his wife made the greatest contribution to his blog, and also helps him run the alpha/beta test before delivering a session on a complex topic. We also talk about how designing for high availability is critical for the customers that he works with and he goes about designing them.
Enjoy listening !
Kevin’s journey on how he got to where he is today (02:08)
- Went to school business information technology and how he wanted to be anything but a programmer – but that’s where life got him 🙂
- He started off as a software developer, and how he took the process of reconciling bar exams from few days to a couple of hours.
- What drew him to the cloud was how it helped him to do things and create more impact in an easy and fast way
- His first cloud solution – Early learning solution for parents
- He now works as with Independent Software Vendors (ISV) in the State and Local Government space
Interesting projects that Kevin has worked on (06:03)
- Project #1 – Business problem – Achieve massive data processing in a really quick way – 100s of TB data on premise. He also talks about how he optimized the solution, making it compute & cost effective using Azure technologies. He had the opportunity to work on latest technologies like Lucene, Casandra.
- Project #2 – Biggest impact for ISV solutions that he works on is high availability – a downtime of single service or a server means all their customers are affected. How composite SLAs are more important than SLAs for each service. He also talks about how monitoring is critical – when we layer in services like Kubernetes and microservices.
Kevin’s advice to anyone who is starting off in the Cloud Solution space (14:44)
- Kevin talks about how his past life as a professor for the course “Intro to web development”, taught him all he needs to know about debugging, about how to boil down complex tech concepts and explain it in a way that makes sense. This skill of “simplification” really helps a Cloud Solution Architect in the following ways
- Help build rapport and make the customer comfortable to ask questions
- Empowers the Cloud Solution Architect to give and relay information and most importantly empower you to not know information.
- “The first time we are absolutely in our right to not know the answer, but the second time we are not.” – Advice he got when he started off in Microsoft
- He runs through his chalk talk with his wife who doesn’t have a tech background and uses it as an alpha/beta test before delivering it to the real audience – the principle being if someone who is non-tech can get it, anyone can get it
- Explain and simplify the complex – is what he feels is the biggest strength anyone can possess
- Anyone can gain this skill – there are enough community colleges which need professor. But if you can’t be a professor, find a user/meetup group – pick a topic to deliver which will force yourself to learn it.
Kevin’s advice to keep himself abreast of all the changes happening in the cloud world (22:50)
- When he wants to learn anything new, and to conquer competing priorities – he sets a timeline by which he will write a blog post about a new technology that will force him to learn and deliver on the topic.
- He picks on trends from the customer he is working with and learns about them.
- How yours truly, uses Kevin’s blog series “weekly series” to keep up with all the latest technologies.
How to get in touch with Kevin
- LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-mack-4834ba17/
- Twitter – https://twitter.com/DocumentedNerd
- Website – http://www.welldocumentednerd.com/
- “We all have limited keystrokes in our lives, use them wisely. Emails are where keystrokes go to die” – Scott Hanselman
. Show Notes Available at https://cloud-monk.com/2019/11/11/ep7/.30 min - #6 – Abhijeet Jhala – Making a parking system “smart” using Azure#6 – Abhijeet Jhala – Making a parking system “smart” using AzureYour browser does not support the audio element.
Duration: 19:15
Welcome to the “Cloud Solution Architect” podcast where we talk to Azure architects from across the globe and discuss interesting and creative Azure solutions. For more podcast episodes, animated azure video lessons and simplified how-to Azure articles please visit www.cloud-monk.com
In this episode we talk with Abhijeet Jhala (AJ) who works as a Cloud Solution Architect with ISVs.
He talks about how he has the “coolest job” since he has to solve a business problem only once but can be reused many number of times. We talk about how he was instrumental in solving a business problem which was – making a parking gate “smart” using Azure and its IOT capabilities. He also talks about how having a breadth of technical experience and a hip pocket skill helps him be a “problem solver”
Enjoy listening !
AJ’s journey on how he got to where he is today
- AJ talks about how he started off with Oracle and how he started off with a blank state in Azure when he joined Microsoft but quickly mapped & translated the syntax from Oracle and AWS to Azure
- AJ talks about how he has the coolest job by working with industry solutions in the ISV space. AJ solves a business problem once but the solution he develops can scale – thanks to partners who help amplify his solution to 100-1000s of customers
Interesting projects that AJ has worked on –
- A leader in parking management wanted their Kiosks, gate to be intelligent and dynamic fare based system. The challenges were the parking were 5 levels underground and had no internet connectivity. Azure IoT was used to solve this business problem – including OCR, Azure edge camera for License plate reading. This also gave them additional value added services like – differential pricing based on demands, monitoring the parking spots, categorize the car by frequent customers and more.
AJ defined what a “good day” and a “bad day” is for him –
- Good day:
- True business impact which tangible results than just a technical solution
- Seeing his impact in real world
Bad day:
- Unhappy Customers
AJ’s advice to anyone who is starting off in the Cloud Solution space –
- Categorizing oneself as a pillared solution category expert – may not be a good idea. The real world doesn’t work that way – they do not hear solutions or products, what they want is industry problems. In order to solve this he had to stop wearing the hat of a “pillared solution expert” model. He now prefers calling himself a “problem solver” rather than a Data & AI Architect or Apps & Infra architect with a “hip” pocket skill.
AJ’s advice to keep himself abreast of all the changes happening in the cloud world –
- He is more of an audio/visual learner
- Azure Mechanics, Azure Academy, and Channel 9 video contents are something that he goes back to for an update on the features.
- For day-to-day updates he prefers following updates blog
How to get in touch with AJ
- LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhijeetjhala/
- His future blog link will be posted here 🙂
. Show Notes Available at https://cloud-monk.com/2019/11/01/ep6/.20 min - #5 – Joe Sarabia – AWS, GCP and Azure Solution Architect#5 – Joe Sarabia – AWS, GCP and Azure Solution ArchitectYour browser does not support the audio element.
Duration: 42:21
Welcome to the “Cloud Solution Architect” podcast where we talk to Azure architects from across the globe and discuss interesting and creative Azure solutions. For more podcast episodes, animated azure video lessons and simplified how-to Azure articles please visit www.cloud-monk.com
In this episode we talk with Joe Sarabia who works as a Cloud Solution Architect in Microsoft
We talk about Joe’s variety of experiences working on and with all the major private and public cloud providers out there including VMWare, Google, AWS and now Microsoft. We also talk about the book – Phoenix project, how he bought low-cost discounted machines at his local Fry’s store to learn NT migration, how he likes to “build stuff” to keep up with his “continuous learning” methodology and much more valuable advice to anyone in the tech space. We also talk about two of his interesting projects that he has worked on – one focused around people and other around technology.
Enjoy listening !
Joe’s journey on how he got to where he is today (02:02)
- Joe talks about how he started off as an enthusiast by building his “home lab”, then working in weather service and how he worked his way through IT operations. He talks about how an incident where transitioning from a BCDR strategy of “shut down” when a disaster happened to using VMWare solutions, changed the game for him and his business. That’s when he learnt that technology can be a business driver. From there he transitioned over to Amazon and Google in the public cloud arena, and now in Microsoft – one of his main drivers for choosing Microsoft is the relationship and the understanding of enterprise and the flexibility of work to balance work
Defines his “good” and “bad” day at work (08:57)
- Good day:
- Solving a diverse and complex problem.
- When things start to click for the organization (especially around DevOps – he references the book “The Phoenix project”)
- Bad day:
- When he can’t solve the business problem, when they need or want to – due to certain technological restraint/limitations.
The interesting projects Joe has worked on and has made a big impact (12:19)
Project #1 – Azure DevOps – He defines DevOps as – People, Process and Product -and the product side being the easiest – like they mention in the Phoenix project. He gives an example of how one of his customers had several silos inside the organization. All the teams at his customer were using different versions of TFS and were looking to migrate TFS to VSTS online and Azure Devops. He had to bring all the dev teams in the same room and talk about current state analysis, future state analysis and gap analysis. Each team had their own pocket of excellence. When the customer realized this and they started learning from the inhouse talent of how the other teams were leveraging technology – it was a moment of dissolving the silos and how he was able to get the people working together.
Project #2 – Joe talks about how application insights helped his customer resolve sporadic errors and performance issue patterns. With the power of telemetry from application insights they were able to identify with a click of a button, it as something that coincides with calls back from the database and the RCA was the DBA team was performing maintenance without letting the application team know.
Joe’s advice to anyone who is starting off in the Cloud Solution space (23:41)
- Having a computer science degree helped him out, although he thinks it may not be a mandatory requirement currently.
- Ability to write lightweight code, and understanding both the infrastructure and app side gives him an advantage.
- Leverage the free tier (or pay if necessary) to play around with the features.
- Building your own website to build a blog will teach you a lot.
- Attend or host user groups local to the place you live in. Leverage the educational benefits or discounts that all the major cloud providers provide.
- Build stuff – applications ( he gives an example of his friend who built a game not because “he should” but because “he can”
Joe’s advice to keep himself abreast of all the changes happening in the cloud world (31:07)
- He uses feedly or a similar RSS feed aggregator for keeping up with all of the updates as a daily routine
- He uses “pattern recognition” to keep himself ahead of the curve when it comes to new technologies – example Kubernetes
- “Continuous learning” is critical – not just gets hands dirty but “keep your hands dirty” !
- There is a lot of overlap between all the major cloud providers and identify and having a strategy to learn around it helps.
- He has broken many things along with many “oops” moments – but this is what makes his experience valuable – Keep at it !!
How to get in touch with Joe
- LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-sarabia/
. Show Notes Available at https://cloud-monk.com/2019/10/29/ep5/.43 min - #4 – Olivier Martin– Data Scientist and Machine Learning Engineer#4 – Olivier Martin– Data Scientist and Machine Learning EngineerYour browser does not support the audio element.
Duration: 40:09
This is the fourth episode of the “Cloud Solution Architect” podcast where we talk to Azure architects from across the globe and discuss interesting and creative Azure solutions. For more podcast episodes, animated azure video lessons and simplified how-to Azure articles please visit www.cloud-monk.com
In this episode we go through an interesting and inspiring conversation with Olivier Martin who works as a Machine Learning Expert and Architect in Microsoft
We talk about a wide variety of topics from how “being curious” and being a #LearnitAll helped him to get to where he is today and helping him every single day. He also talks about an interesting Machine learning project where they helped increase the efficiency by identifying “false negatives”
Enjoy listening !
Show notes
1:40 : Olivier talks about his journey from a network engineer to his entrepreneurial journey to his different roles in Microsoft – all while maintaining his secret weapon – “Curiosity” and “GrowthMindset“
10:07 : Olivier talks about how he went about learning Machine Learning and Deep Learning (all this with a new born baby 🙂 )
16:39 : Talks about a project where they used Machine Learning to improve manufacturing efficiencies in the assembly line – to identify “false negatives” and reduce the number of devices which were classified as “bad” but in reality they were “good”
23:09 – Olivier’s advice to new Azure architects “Be Curious” – and he talks about his pet project of Robotics using RaspberryPi and Lego. He also talks about how to leverage the strength and help from SMEs and experts to not reinvent the wheel and build on top of others work
31:30 – Olivier talks about how he took a year and a half to build his robot. And how his “dig-dig-dig” approach to really understand the concepts works to his advantage. How he learns things because of his passion for technology even though it might not be directly related to work.
37:00 – He talks about how he uses LinkedIn and blogposts to keep update with technology
Olivier’s linked in profile – https://www.linkedin.com/in/omartin2010/
Microsoft Networking Academy – https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/MNA ; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy6v89YQ_u12dsxK4FH0NuA
. Show Notes Available at https://cloud-monk.com/2019/10/21/ep4/.41 min - #3 – Mohamed Faizal – Singapore Airlines KrisPay and Cloud Custodian program#3 – Mohamed Faizal – Singapore Airlines KrisPay and Cloud Custodian programYour browser does not support the audio element.
Duration: 35:51
In this episode we talk to Mohamed Faizal, who was one of the first 100 MVPs of Azure who is currently working as a Cloud Solution Architect in Singapore. In this episode we talk about interesting projects like KrisPay for Singapore Airlines using blockchain as a service to the Cloud custodian program
Show notes
01:37 – Faizal talks about his background on how he started off as a DOS Developer, to Lotus Notes migration to PaaS SQL in Azure and being one of the first 100 Azure MVPs in 2011
06:47 – Faizal talks about the implementation of Loyalty Program (KrisPay) using Blockchain as a Service for Singapore Airlines.
11:00 – Faizal talks about Cloud Adoption Framework and how Cloud Adoption Framework helps with the compliance requirements for customers.
12:27 – How CAF is using cloud agnostic Infrastructure as a Code implementation using Terraform.
15:07 – We discuss the hub and spoke model for both networking as well as an overall subscription purpose.
20:50 – We discuss, how the detect and auto – remediation of subscription policies.
22:07 – Faizal talks about the open source solution – Cloud Custodian and how he leveraged this to solve the business problem.
26:00 – Faizal talks about the waste water management solution. He talks about they used 200000 IoT sensors to monitor water quality, collect data using stream analytics, and leverage Azure ML to predict the chemical usage to treatment.
29:12 – Faizal talks about his advice for new Azure Architects. Understanding customer needs and problem statement first before jumping to technical solutions is great advice.
31:08 – Advice to keep up with the latest updates on Azure – Run user groups. Commit to the user group which makes learning mandatory. Follow Azure Updates, and Product Management team on twitter, listening to podcasts like Azure Friday, Kubernetes podcast by google, AWS podcast.
- Faizal’s Linkedin in account – https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmdfaizal/
- Faizal’s Twitter account – @kmdfaizal
- CAF using Terraform on github – https://github.com/aztfmod/blueprints
- Singapore airlines story – https://customers.microsoft.com/en-us/story/singapore-airlines-travel-transportation-azure
- Azure Friday podcast – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/resources/videos/azure-friday/
- Kubernetes podcast – https://kubernetespodcast.com/
- AWS podcast –
- Azure Product Management Team twitter handle –
https://twitter.com/AzureApp
https://twitter.com/AzureDevOps
https://twitter.com/jonfancey
. Show Notes Available at https://cloud-monk.com/2019/10/14/ep3/.36 min - #2 – Julian Soh – smart trash cans using Azure#2 – Julian Soh – smart trash cans using AzureYour browser does not support the audio element.
Duration: 27:45
This is the second episode of the “Cloud Solution Architect” podcast where we talk to Azure architects from across the globe and discuss interesting and creative Azure solutions. For more podcast episodes, animated azure video lessons and simplified how-to Azure articles please visit www.cloud-monk.com
In this episode we go through an insightful and fun conversation with Julian Soh who works as a Cloud Solution Architect in Microsoft US in the west coast.
We talk about a wide variety of topics from how smart trash cans are revolutionizing a city and county by leveraging Azure to how biking helps Julian keep up with the latest and greatest on Azure
Enjoy listening !
Show notes
01:42 –> Julian talks about his background and how he got into Azure space
04:20 –> We discuss how the CSA (Clous Solution Architects) organization is structured
07:00 –> Julian talks about how Azure was used in modernizing a legacy system
09:24 –>Julian talks about the interesting and creative smart trash cans solution for the city and county using Azure Data and AI, IoT, Machine Learning and Big Data Analysis
12:54 –> Julian talks about how cycling helps him achieve multiple benefits -> focus, fitness goals and learn the latest and greatest on Azure & clearing the head.
20:04 –> Challenges and advice for budding new Azure architects
Julian Soh’s LinkedIn -> https://www.linkedin.com/in/julian-soh-307ab24/
. Show Notes Available at https://cloud-monk.com/2019/07/02/ep2/.28 min - #1 – Stanislav Novoseletskiy -modernizing and transforming one of the largest transportation systems in the worldThis is the first episode of the “Cloud Solution Architect” podcast where we talk to Azure architects from across the globe and discuss interesting and creative Azure solutions. For more podcast episodes, animated azure video lessons and simplified how-to Azure articles please visit www.azuremonk.com In this episode we go through an insightful conversation with Stanislav30 min
- #1 – Stanislav Novoseletskiy -modernizing and transforming one of the largest transportation systems in the world#1 – Stanislav Novoseletskiy -modernizing and transforming one of the largest transportation systems in the worldYour browser does not support the audio element.
Duration: 29:35
In this episode we talk to Mohamed Faizal, who was one of the first 100 MVPs of Azure who is currently working as a Cloud Solution Architect in Singapore. In this episode we talk about interesting projects like KrisPay for Singapore Airlines using blockchain as a service to the Cloud custodian program
Show notes
01:37 – Faizal talks about his background on how he started off as a DOS Developer, to Lotus Notes migration to PaaS SQL in Azure and being one of the first 100 Azure MVPs in 2011
06:47 – Faizal talks about the implementation of Loyalty Program (KrisPay) using Blockchain as a Service for Singapore Airlines.
11:00 – Faizal talks about Cloud Adoption Framework and how Cloud Adoption Framework helps with the compliance requirements for customers.
12:27 – How CAF is using cloud agnostic Infrastructure as a Code implementation using Terraform.
15:07 – We discuss the hub and spoke model for both networking as well as an overall subscription purpose.
20:50 – We discuss, how the detect and auto – remediation of subscription policies.
22:07 – Faizal talks about the open source solution – Cloud Custodian and how he leveraged this to solve the business problem.
26:00 – Faizal talks about the waste water management solution. He talks about they used 200000 IoT sensors to monitor water quality, collect data using stream analytics, and leverage Azure ML to predict the chemical usage to treatment.
29:12 – Faizal talks about his advice for new Azure Architects. Understanding customer needs and problem statement first before jumping to technical solutions is great advice.
31:08 – Advice to keep up with the latest updates on Azure – Run user groups. Commit to the user group which makes learning mandatory. Follow Azure Updates, and Product Management team on twitter, listening to podcasts like Azure Friday, Kubernetes podcast by google, AWS podcast.
- Faizal’s Linkedin in account – https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmdfaizal/
- Faizal’s Twitter account – @kmdfaizal
- CAF using Terraform on github – https://github.com/aztfmod/blueprints
- Singapore airlines story – https://customers.microsoft.com/en-us/story/singapore-airlines-travel-transportation-azure
- Azure Friday podcast – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/resources/videos/azure-friday/
- Kubernetes podcast – https://kubernetespodcast.com/
- AWS podcast –
- Azure Product Management Team twitter handle –
https://twitter.com/AzureApp
https://twitter.com/AzureDevOps
https://twitter.com/jonfancey
. Show Notes Available at https://cloud-monk.com/2019/06/27/ep1/.30 min
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