The Intelligence Age

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• Family, career and personal background of Mike Dickerson and Umberto Milletti.  
• A discussion with Mike and Umberto’s current job position and role, and how are you taking this work situation amidst the pandemic?  
• Understanding why companies need to be concerned about maintaining quality DATA.  
• Umberto’s thoughts on the impact of DATA in business  
• What brought Mike and Umberto together to form a partnership around DATA.  
• Find out how powerful their partnership is?  
• What are their customers excited about? 
• Three areas of DATA that are particularly relevant in driving revenue and today’s world.  
• The key focus areas when it comes to DATA for both organizations.   
• Discussions about the future of data integration 3-4 years ago compared to now.  
• Umberto talks about InsideView and how it helps organizations when it comes to DATA. 
• A discussion with Mike about how  ClickDimensions embraces the Power Platform and the importance of data quality for your customers?  
• The changes and the challenges they see.  
• How do Mike and Umberto engage with their customers?  
• Where is the DATA world out now?   
• Mike and Umberto’s thoughts about using the telephone as a means of communication these days?  
• What are the action items Mike and Umberto want people to do?   
• Talks about the new world of DATA and the integrity of DATA in a digital organization.  
• Learn how they make sure their technology helps people.  
• The impact of COVID on business and their customers. 

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• Family background of Dani Kahil – born and grew up in Africa, now lives in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.  
• What Dani loves to do the most with his family.  
• Talks about Dani’s career background.  
• Dani shares his experience as a web developer.  
• A conversation about Dani’s involvement with Dynamics 365  
• Talks about Dani’s work experience and his role.  
• Discussions about what Dahil enjoy the most in what he does.  
• What excites Dani the most working in Dynamics. 
• Life realizations of Dani Kahil 
• Experience as a Coach, Trainer and Blogger  
• A conversation about the type of resources Dani has and how he puts his training manuals/modules together.  
• Dani’s thoughts on design thinking concepts/techniques.  
• Talks about Dani Kahil’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP.  
• Discussions about Dani’s involvement with the MVP community.  
• Dani Kahil’s learning experience from Mark’s nz365guy mentoring challenge.   

Other Resources:

Peer Group 2021 Expression of interest: https://training.danikahil.com/f/q1-2021-peer-group-interest 

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• A brief introduction about Doher Drizzle Pablo’s life – family background, origin and what she does outside of work.  
• Doher shared her story before becoming a Microsoft MVP.  
• Talks about Doher’s journey to becoming an MVP.  
• How Doher started and got involved in Microsoft Business Applications in the Philippines.  
• A conversation with Doher about how much she works with Microsoft in Manila.  
• Doher talks about her company background.  
• Talks about the biggest surprise after getting the MVP award and her experience.  
• A conversation about the benefits of becoming an MVP.  
• Discussions about the MVP community and Microsoft Business Applications user groups in Manila.  
• What’s Doher vision and opportunities available for 2021?  
• Discussions about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Doher’s life.  
• Find out and learn with Doher about what DARE stands for. 

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Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

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• Hammed Abdulazeez’s family background and what he does when not working. 
• A brief talk about Hammed’s hometown and the popular food in Nigeria 
• Talks about Hammed’s educational background. 
• A discussion about Hammed’s career background. 
• Hear Hammed ‘s story about how he started his D365 training. 
• Hammed talks about the projects he worked on in Canvas Apps. 
• Discussions about how the MVP community started in Nigeria. 
• Talks about the community in Nigeria around Microsoft Business Applications 
• Discusses A Hammed’s journey to becoming a Microsoft MVP. 
• Find out more about Hammed’s MVP community involvement.  

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Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

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• Danish Naglekar’s origin story – originally from India, now lives in Fort Mill, South Carolina, United States  
• Danish talks about his career background.  
• A discussion about Danish’s travelling plans with his wife.   
• Talks about Danish’s weekly newsletter focused on Power Platform for professional developers.  
• Weekly Power Platform developers - The feedback Danish is getting from people.  
• A conversation about Danish’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP - How did it start?  
• Who nominated Danish to become MVP?  
• Talks about his Blog – how Danish shares his knowledge with people.  
• The PCF builders for XRmToolBox.  
• Expands the meaning of - Easily create, build and deployment solution for your custom control using PCF.   
• What problems do PCF builders solve? 

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Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

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• The life of Jessica Militar – origin and her hobbies. 
• Jessica Militar talks about her journey to MVP - Currently in her 1st year as an MVP. 
• What got her into Microsoft Business Applications, and how it started. 
• A discussion about Jessica’s career background. 
• Talks about the MVP program and events. 
• How they conduct MVP events in the Philippines before COVID-19 and during the pandemic. 
• The number of people working in Business Applications at present.  
• A conversation about the growth of the MVP community in the Philippines 
• Jessica’s area of specialization in Business Applications 
• What Jessica sees as a limitation when it comes to Canvas Apps. 
• Talks about the project she is working on now. 
• Jessica’s recommendations to people who are wanting to become a Microsoft MVP. 
• The hardest thing about the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

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• A brief introduction about Marios Stavropoulos life – where he lives, and what he does outside of work. 
• The things people can do in Greece - the best place to visit. 
• Marios’ career background and his involvement in building software for other businesses and before building Softomotive. 
• What led Marios’ to start the Softomotive company? 
• The key highlights, learnings points and target market in building Softomotive. 
• Talks about the key clients Marios worked with over the years. 
• The reason why Marios focus on Citizen Developer. 
• Marios’ decision to sell Softomotive - the process involved. 
• A discussion about Marios’ journey as the founder of Softomotive to Microsoft. 
• Talks about the background of RPA and Automation – the key focus areas and how it works. 
• Specific software Marios is working on in solving business problems. 
• What’s driving the development journey in automation? 
• Find out what Marios is excited about going forward? 
• The future and evolution of RPA. 

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Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

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• Ajith Madathil’s journey to becoming a Microsoft MVP - how Ajith became a Microsoft MVP? 
• A brief introduction about Ajith Madathil family background 
• Ajith moved to the United Kingdom in 1997 – originally from India. 
• A conversation about Ajith’s educational background 
• A discussion about Ajith’s career background  
• Discussions about how Ajith began his career. 
• Talks about Ajith’s highlights in his career. 
• Discover and learn more about Ajith’ first job – what was his first program? 
• Learn more about how Ajith started contributing to D365 and the Power Platform community 
• Find out how many solutions Ajith has created. 
• What’s the most powerful solution Ajith created? 
• Talks about Ajith’s passion for coding.  
• Learn about what’s involved in being in a Power Automate community super user AKA Flownaut. 

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• Learn more about Star Diving Club 
• A brief introduction about Carl’s becoming a Microsoft MVP in December 2020 
• Talks about Carl’s passion for XrmToolBox - how did it start? 
• How does Carl’s Twitter/social media handle Linked365 come about? 
• Carl Cookson’s involvement in the MVP community in the United Kingdom 
• How active Carl is in the community. 
• Talks about Carl’s roles and responsibilities within the organization. 
• The benefits and impact of being part of the UK community on Carl’s career? 
• Carl shares his story about his journey to becoming a Microsoft Certified Trainer 
• The highlights of becoming Microsoft MVP 

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Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

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• Talks about Greg’s first winter experience in Seattle  
• Discussions about Gregs career background  
• Greg’s Dynamics background  
• The turning point for Greg where he thought that things are not just about implementing software but that people also need to adopt  
• How does Greg deal with customers who do not want to pay for Organizational Change Management?  
• What is the value of Change Management?  
• A conversation about the Catalyst program  
• Talks about Organizational Transformation Practice – what Greg does in this area  
• The part of HCD or Human Centre Design play in what Greg does  
• The things that Greg find very effective consulting in this space - Human Centre Design  
• How Greg’s thinking affected the successful delivery of all the projects he has done with the customers?  
• The three principles for the implementation and adoption of new technology  
• A discussion about Experience Design  
• The importance of creating a culture to understand the customers better 

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Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith