Microsoft’s Customer Insights with Satish Thomas

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 Group community Membership in the Spanish speaking Dynamics and Power Platform comm...

22 Maj 201928min

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 business model around being an ISV Various tools that Microsoft have avai...

20 Maj 201951min

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/94 Personal background Recommendations for visiting Jordan – destinations, food (mansaf, falafel) Moving from Jordan to live in Norway as a career move – interviews abroad, deciding to stay within Europe Journey to becoming a Microsoft MVP – what's unique in Ahmad’s journey as a Microsoft MVP, getting married and bringing family 2 years after moving to Norway PowerApps and Flow community, co-organising SharePoint Saturday ...

15 Maj 201930min

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/93 Personal and professional background – living in Perth, hobbies, working as Solution Director at DXC-Eclipse How to assess whether an opportunity is worth pursuing Weeding out the concept of “column fodder” Importance of getting to the face-to-face phase of the bid processEssential elements of a bid proposal to get you into the next phase of the bid process Handling lighthouse customers when you don’t have the industry experi...

13 Maj 201950min

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/88 Personal background – working in Switzerland, becoming a Microsoft MVP Main Microsoft MVPs that introduced the Microsoft MVP program Journey working on Microsoft Flow and experience with PowerApps Moving from Paris to Switzerland for quality of life and job opportunity The biggest difference from Parisian lifestyle as compared to Swiss lifestyle Missing Parisian food when travelling, esp. Baguette, the best time to buy a...

8 Maj 201925min

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/91 Background – living in Seattle, moving to the Pacific North West from Philadelphia, working in Microsoft engineering team, interests outside of work Thoughts on home automation, i.e. Alexa vs Google Home, and a rundown of house automation devices How Smith started working for Microsoft — internship in Redmond campus and working with the product, getting a job offer, working in different capacities, different teams and services How...

6 Maj 201951min

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/90 Personal background – moving back to Galicia, Spain, from London, practicing the queimada, seafood in Galicia Changing jobs Becoming a Microsoft MVP, then a Microsoft employee, and then again an MVP, continuing to participate in the Dynamics community Roles handled when he was still working for Microsoft Overview of some highlights around how the core technology has changed since he’s been involved with it Changes around...

1 Maj 201930min

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/89 Personal background – living in Brussels, family, hobbies, etc. Background of SAGlobal – role, being chairman, Decision-making process at getting in and building a Dynamics based business Thoughts about Microsoft not pushing Dynamics GP to the market Thoughts on Dynamics 365 Business Central as a product vs Dynamics 365 for Finance and OperationsThoughts on recent big company acquisitions and the possible cycle of bout...

29 Apr 201950min