The Intelligence Age

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• Talks about what and who Roger Federer 
• Hardit Bhatia's personal background - Originally from Mumbai, India and moved to the US in 2010 
• What Hardit thinks about living in Houston, Texas 
• A conversation about working for Hitachi Solutions America in the Power Platform practice 
• Hardit’s journey to becoming a Microsoft Business Applications MVP  
• Talks about Hardit’s Power Apps Background 
• A discussion about Hardit’s area of specialization 
• The Apps Hardit has built and the challenges he had to face in solving business problems 
• Find out what’s Hardit’s most special and the best Apps he had created 
• The changes happened in Hardit’s life since becoming a Microsoft Business Applications MVP 
• How Hardit’s MVP nomination come about – who nominated him? 
• Hardit’s recommendation to people who are wanting to become a Microsoft MVP 

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• A conversation about Seth’s hobbies 
• Discussions about Seth’s educational and career background 
• Talks about Seth’s journey – moving from being an Accountant to Microsoft ecosystem 
• When did Seth discover that accounting is not right for him? 
• What made Seth realize that working as an Accountant is not for him? 
• Seth’s area of specialization when it comes to technology 
• Discusses Seth’s involvement with top 5 use cases portals 
• Seth’s journey to becoming a Microsoft MVP 
• The opportunities and benefits of becoming an MVP 
• What surprised Seth a lot from becoming an MVP 

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Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

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• Talks about Nicolas Fernandez’s life – family and how he spends his time when not working 
• A conversation about the things you can do in Madrid, Spain 
• Nicolas’ main area of specialization in Microsoft Business Applications 
• Talks about Nicolas’ role in what he does 
• Nicolas’ journey to becoming a Microsoft MVP – how it started and who nominated him 
• What makes him interested in joining the MVP Program 
• A conversation about the impact of the Dynamics365 Saturday event on Nicolas’ MVP journey 
• Discussions about how popular Microsoft Business Applications is in Argentina. 
• How big is the MVP community in Argentina? 
• The number of companies seeking a solution using Microsoft Business Applications 
• Nicolas’ thoughts and plans for Dynamics365 Saturday event after COVID19 
• A discussion about Nicolas’ biggest learning since becoming an MVP 

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Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

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• A brief introduction about the life background and hobbies of Douglas Romao 
• Douglas Romao as the author of App de Despeasa 
• Talks about Brazil – good food and the best place to visit 
• A conversation about Douglas Romao’s career background  
• As the Co-founder of Trentim - background and what they do 
• How Douglas works with customers and what services they offer 
• Discussion on how they handle Sales and Marketing  
• How do they connect with international clients? 
• The number of companies in Brazil using Microsoft technologies 
• Talks about Douglas’ YouTube channel and what was the journey like 
• The outcome of the work Douglas had done on YouTube 

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Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

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• A brief introduction about Dian Taylor’s life – originally from the Netherlands 
• Talks about Dian’s family background 
• A conversation about where she grew up, the Netherlands 
• Talks about Dian’s career background 
• A discussion about how Dian got into technology 
• How Dian started working in Dynamics 
• Discussion on the impact of being an MVP on Dian’s career 
• Dian’s journey to becoming a Microsoft MVP 
• The benefits of being part of the MVP community. 

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Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

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• Amey’s thoughts about being an MVP 
• The impact of COVID19 on Amey’s career  
• What is it like being an MVP during the COVID19 pandemic 
• A conversation about the world now   
• The benefits of being an MVP on Amey’s career 
• How being an MVP helps Amey in her current role? 
• What MVP means Amey 
• Amey’s view on what is Marketing Dynamics 365 right now 
• Who are Marketing Dynamics 365 customers? 
• The benefits Marketing Dynamics 365 can give the customers 
• How powerful is Marketing right now? 
• Discussions about the new ON24 virtual conference 
• What people can expect about the ON24 virtual conference 

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Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

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• Meet Paul Soliman, a first time MVP and the first Microsoft Business Applications MVP in the Philippines 
• A conversation about Paul’s journey to becoming a Microsoft MVP 
• Paul’s involvement with the community group in the Philippines 
• Talks about the number of consultants and people working in Dynamics365 and Power Platform 
• The type of industries and organizations in the Philippines using the Power Platform 
• Discusses the impact of the COVID19 pandemic in their business with the implementation of Power Platform  
• Shares the challenges Paul encountered during this pandemic 
• What he does when not working and how he spends his time especially during this COVID19 pandemic 
• Paul’s journey to becoming a Microsoft MVP - early experiences, the differences and the impact in his career 
• Paul shares his views about the MVP Program 
• Describes how they maintain the community during COVID19 in the Philippines active 

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Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

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• Country of Origin, career and educational background of Bruce Sithole 
• Bruce’s journey to Business Applications  
• Key learning from working with a partner and directly with a customer 
• Bruce’s role for attracting customers and working with a partner  
• The attraction to working for a customer 
• A discussion about what Bruce did differently from running his own partner business 
• Running his own organization, what Bruce discovered that works well in business 
• Bruce’s learning experiences in running a partner business 
• As an owner of a business, how Bruce manages his relationship with Microsoft and other Microsoft Partners 
• Talks about Bruce’s journey to becoming a Microsoft MVP – who nominated him 
• The impact of being a Microsoft MVP on Bruce’s career 

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Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

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• A brief introduction about Luc Van Vugt’s life and his hobbies 
• What Luc loves to do outside work 
• Talks about what’s famous in the Netherlands 
• Luc’s area of specialization within the Microsoft Business Applications 
• A conversation about Luc’s career background 
• Luc’s journey working at Microsoft for 6 years  
• The lessons Luc learned working at Microsoft 
• Explains Luc’s thoughts on NAV becoming a Business Central 
• Luc’s view on the migration from on-premise based solutions with NAV to Business Central 
• Describes what he likes about his job as a programmer 
• Talks about the book Luc wrote - Automated Testing in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 
• What made Luc choose to write his book - Automated Testing in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 
• Luc’s goal in writing the book 

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Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

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• A Brief Introduction about Rama Krishnamoorthy – life, family and hobbies  
• A short discussion on Rama’s career background  
• Rama Krishnamoorthy talks about her journey to Microsoft.  
• What is Rama’s current role and what’s involved?  
• A conversation about what Duel Write is   
• Why Microsoft is investing in this area - Duel Write  
• Why do we need Duel Write?  
• Why is Duel Write important?  
• What can people expect from it? 
• How Duel Write will change ISV's world  
• Explains how it will change how people think about data management?  
• With all the tools available in the market like SSIS, D365 connectors, CDS connector - how does Duel Write different from these tools?  
• How does this work with D365 F&O?  
• What does Duel Write improve the User Experience?  
• How can ISV partners use Duel Write?  
• How much configuration/development/integration is required around implementing the Duel Write?  
• Shares use cases and the industries that these use cases apply to 
• Resources, forums and training materials available for the community to access 

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Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith