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

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/82 Being multilingual and learning languages, living in different countries to work, and family work Living in Italy, Italian food, favourite dish Recommended attractions for people visiting Southeast Italy Running his newsletter Dynamics Weekly Involvement in the Dynamics 365 community Speaking engagements in Milan and London Career background, working for a Nordic company eCraft and working remotely Staying prod...

3 Apr 201927min

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/81 Professional and career background, working in Dynamics and the field of business applications. Personal background – family, interests outside of work What has kept Shane in the industry for 20+ years Experience – building IP over the traditional SI type business What constitutes a successful team and the key roles for a strong SI type business to start within the Dynamics or Power Platform space Key resources at the bi...

1 Apr 201932min

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/80 Elaiza's passions, living in Melbourne, becoming vegan Being an MVP for the first time and looking forward to attending her first MVP Summit Journey to becoming an MVP Changes since becoming an MVP Winning women in tech award The story behind her YouTube channel Producing her videos – staging, camera, recording/editing software, equipment, post-production, etc. Audience reaction to show title “WTF” Having ...

27 Mars 201929min

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/79 Personal, career and business background Current focus/projects as ISV Thoughts on outsourced vs in-house staff business model, building a business in a remote island and regenerating the Isle of Wight Journey to deciding the position that they’re going to take in the market Thoughts on building what customers want Dealing with struggles that ISVs have no control over Most challenging aspects in the first 3 years of...

25 Mars 201951min

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/78 Personal and professional background — working in India and now in Singapore for PowerObjects and working in different roles Journey to becoming business applications professional Process and journey in writing a technical book Challenges in writing a technical book, investments in time and ROI, working with publishers and self-publishing Future plans – podcasting, pivoting to Power platform, custom machine learning scenario,...

20 Mars 201930min

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/77 Professional and personal background Living in Fairbanks, Alaska – childhood, the Northern lights, appreciation for nature Travel experiences and favourite destinations Career journey and working in Microsoft What comes with the role of overseeing Business Application Partner Ecosystem, focusing around customer engagement Having a fresh look at how Sales is going within Microsoft Thoughts on how partners/practices t...

18 Mars 201957min

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/76 Life outside work and being an MVP — family, fatherhood, hobbies Sri Lankan background and visiting family in Sri Lanka Moving from Sri Lanka to Australia, having NV1 status, and having Australian citizenship Community activities, D365 Saturday, organizing Dynamics activities in Colombo, Sri Lanka Thoughts on Dynamics 365 and Power Platform market in Sri Lanka Observations on the Dynamics community in Sri Lanka Thou...

13 Mars 201929min

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/75 Professional journey, internship, establishing MetricsHub, etc. Momentum growth in the Microsoft internal community around the Power Platform What to expect in the April ‘19 Release PowerApps Control Framework How items land in the platform over the release timeframe Line-of-business applications and the way they’re impacting work, the way they’re being created, and why the Power Platform plays a key part in that story&...

11 Mars 201958min