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ASF 035: Alex Yates interview (part 2)

Alex is a Data Platform MVP who loves DevOps.He's has been helping data professionals apply DevOps principles to relational database development and deployment since 2010. He's most proud of helping Skyscanner develop the ability to deploy 95 times a day. Alex has worked with clients on every continent except Antarctica - so he's keen to meet anyone who researches penguins.A keen community member, he helps organise Data Relay and he created speakingmentors.com. He blogs at workingwithdevs.com, speaks wherever they'll let him and manages the DLM Digest quarterly email: a report on the latest database DevOps news/tutorials. He was awarded his first MVP award in 2017.Due to the coronavirus outbreak, this talk has taken place online on 10 July 2020 (Friday) using Zencastr platform.Interviewer: Kamil Nowinski & Michal Sadowski.This is part 2 out of 2.

ASF 034: Alex Yates interview (part 1)

Alex is a Data Platform MVP who loves DevOps.He's has been helping data professionals apply DevOps principles to relational database development and deployment since 2010. He's most proud of helping Skyscanner develop the ability to deploy 95 times a day. Alex has worked with clients on every continent except Antarctica - so he's keen to meet anyone who researches penguins.A keen community member, he helps organise Data Relay and he created speakingmentors.com. He blogs at workingwithdevs.com, speaks wherever they'll let him and manages the DLM Digest quarterly email: a report on the latest database DevOps news/tutorials. He was awarded his first MVP award in 2017.Due to the coronavirus outbreak, this talk has taken place online on 10 July 2020 (Friday) using Zencastr platform.Interviewer: Kamil Nowinski & Michal Sadowski.This is part 1 out of 2.

ASF 033: Denis Reznik interview

Denis is a Data Architect. He has more than ten years of experience in software development, database design and performance tuning for cloud and on-premises solutions.In 2010 Denis became Microsoft Data Platform MVP and maintain the MVP status till now.Apart from his professional career, Denis actively participates in the development of Ukrainian SQL Community and hold the status of PASS Regional Mentor for Central and Eastern Europe.Due to the corona-virus outbreak, this talk has taken place online on 10 July 2020 (Friday) using Zencastr platform.Interviewer: Michal Sadowski & Kamil Nowinski.

ASF 032: Jen Stirrup interview

Jennifer Stirrup is a data strategist and technologist, Microsoft Data Platform Most Valuable Professional (MVP), Microsoft Regional Director, Microsoft Certified Trainer, founder of Data Relish Ltd, diversity and technical community advocate, public speaker and blogger. She is a published author, writing two books on Tableau and R, and she is in the process of writing another on Microsoft Power BI.Keynote speaker, author, diversity, influencer.Due to the coronavirus outbreak, this talk has taken place online on 26 June 2020 (Friday) using Zencastr platform.Interviewer: Kamil Nowinski.

ASF 031: Paul Andrew interview

Principal consultant and architect at Altius specialising in big data solutions on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform.Data engineering competencies include Azure Data Factory, Data Lake, Databricks, Stream Analytics, Event Hub, IoT Hub, Functions, Automation, Logic Apps and of course the complete SQL Server business intelligence stack.Many years’ experience working within healthcare, retail and gaming verticals delivering analytics using industry-leading methods and technical design patterns.STEM ambassador and very active member of the Data Platform Community delivering training and technical sessions at conferences both nationally and internationally.Father, husband, swimmer, cyclist, runner, blood donor, geek, Lego and Star Wars fan!This talk has taken place in London, UK on 9 March 2020 (Monday).Interviewer: Kamil Nowinski.