Raw Data with Rob Collie8 Nov 2022

A Guest Fit for the 100th Episode, w/ Justin Mannhardt

On today's episode, we sit down with P3 Adaptive's own Justin Mannhardt to get the inside scoop on delivering results and backing into data infrastructure, aka the origin story of P3 Adaptive's Solutions Architect Team and the impact it can have on an analytics project. Justin explains the expanded focus to fulfill analytics needs through a more holistic approach to drive adoption and deliver results. With his own experience, he explains how results must sometimes come first as a proof of concept but once results are verified, more support is often needed to ensure a smooth functioning process. Rob often refers to this as the faucet first analogy, and it has the power to convince the exec team that analytics can be fruitful for businesses of all sizes.

We don't just talk shop, though, we also learn how Justin discovered his affinity for data after an educational background in music. And, for fun, you get to hear Justin's P3 Adaptive Diabolical Assessment story and how he increased his data skills and learned Power BI because he wanted to work for P3 Adaptive. He gets brutally honest about his interview and shares how he exited the process the first time only to come back and ace the process to become one of P3's finest solution architects!

Additionally, you can hear about the recent P3 Adaptive employee retreat in Miami where many of our team met face to face for the first time and, to sound a little cheesy, it was a lot like coming home. Family pranks and tacos by the pool makes a great feel-good story as we come into the holiday season.

Finally, if you enjoyed hearing Justin's story, be sure to catch him next week presenting at the PASS Data Community Summit. Justin will be on site with the P3 Adaptive team sharing his knowledge and presenting a session on snapshotting your CRM data with Azure Synapse. Be sure to catch him live or on the hybrid video feed. If you are in Seattle, stop by the booth and tell him Mullet Man sent you. He'll know what you mean!

Also on this episode:

Why was Ronald McDonald cancelled?

Faucets v Plumbing blog

Bugs Bunny left turn at Albuquerque

Mel Brooks - Space Balls

Did Cortez burn his ships in the harbor?

P3 Adaptive Advanced DAX training

Chumbawamba

This is Pop Abba episode

Def Leppard – Pyromania

Rob P3 Fantasy Football gloat video

Meatloaf – Two Out of Three Ain't Bad

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