Digital Leadership and Sustainability: Rik Irons-Mclean's Journey from Scotland to Microsoft CTO in ANZ

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/58 • Being the only Business Applications MVP living in Dubai • Choosing a career in IT, career growth over the years working with Microsoft Dynamics • Living and growing up in India • Life working in Dubai • Dynamics Community in Dubai • Being a prolific blogger on Dynamics 365 • Journey to becoming a Microsoft MVP • Being a co-author of the book, Dynamics 365 Application Development • Benefits of becoming an MVP • Working with the product team i...

9 Tammi 201926min

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/57 Running the most successful ISV and becoming a market leader Mike’s career journey and ClickDimensions’ successful growth Keys to building engagement with a wide partner base Strategies for developing a strong partner engagement focus Technology and strategy changes in Microsoft Running an effective marketing program Producing content to meet the soft skills of using ClickDimensionsAdapting technology to changing ma...

7 Tammi 201951min

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/56 Catching up with Tanguy and life outside of Dynamics The story behind the creation of XrmToolBox The growth of XrmToolBox over time Tools development in relation to PowerApps Opportunities for developers who want to build new tools Thoughts on WinForms Helping developers on XrmToolBox Journey to becoming an MVP Experience in being featured in CRMUG magazine Benefits of becoming an MVP Microsoft 3...

2 Tammi 201930min

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/55 The beginnings of MSCRM Add-Ons and the idea behind the company’s founding Transitioning from building custom software to getting into Dynamics Expanding and introducing MSCRM Add-Ons to a larger market The value of introducing your product to the community Working with Partners and growing the company on a global scale Engaging and creating relationships with partners all over the worldManaging real-time support for cli...

31 Joulu 201846min

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/54 Starting his career with Adxstudio and how specialized in Portals Moving to a startup company and then building his company, Engineered Code Working with clients all over the world The importance of focusing on a niche Moving the platform forward and future of Platforms Making Portals accessible via the Power platform Possibility of Microsoft going towards content management with Portals Keeping up with Portals...

29 Joulu 201844min

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/53 What it's like living in a transient communityExplore his love for blue crabsRoad to becoming an MVPCreating tools and bots for Dynamics 365Use cases for bots inside of Dynamics 365LUIS and botsUnderstanding the value and potential of botsDiscussing the power of Snapshot as a tool inside Dynamics 365Building his own company after 13 years of working for a companyEnjoying the flexibility and learning since starting his own businessMicrosoft 365 C...

26 Joulu 201830min

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/52 How Chris got into Dynamics, moving to the UK, and transitioning to PowerApps The best thing about presales What being a Dynamics 365 evangelist means What it’s like being a new MVP The Power platform, PowerApps and other terminologies What is common data model What is common data service The Microsoft Power Platform rebranding Fully immersive experience in the Power platform The biggest benefit of sw...

25 Joulu 201859min

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/51 Tracing Scott’s family roots and ancestryBeing a wine aficionado – enjoying a bottle of wine and a meal or relaxing, joining classes and clubs Starting journey as an MVP and a former Microsoft employee Enjoying sharing ideas and expertise with the community Trying to make use of the entire Power Platform Building an app on top of utilizing Dynamics data and being able to use it on a mobile device IoT and use cases and F...

19 Joulu 201831min