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In this episode of the Data Science Salon Podcast, host Anna Anisin sits down with two powerhouse leaders shaping the future of AI and inclusivity in tech. First, Jennetta George, SVP of AI at AlixPartners & CEO of Artificially Intelligent, shares her expertise on leveraging Generative AI for real-world impact. From forecasting market trends in finance to optimizing operations in healthcare and insurance, Jennetta dives into how LLMs are moving beyond hype into practical enterprise adoption. She also discusses strategies for navigating AI challenges and how businesses can harness AI for competitive advantage. Next, Anna is joined by Eve Psalti, Principal Group Program Manager at Microsoft and a passionate advocate for women in STEM. Eve highlights the barriers women still face in tech and the steps needed to foster a more inclusive industry. She shares insights on mentorship, hiring practices, and the importance of diverse leadership in AI and data science. Both guests provide invaluable perspectives on the evolving AI landscape and the role of diversity in driving innovation. Tune in to explore the intersection of AI, business transformation, and inclusivity in tech!

Microsoft Power Platform governance can be complex and overwhelming for organizations. Zohar Raz, Principal Group Program Manager at Microsoft, joins the podcast to discuss what governance features exist for Power Platform admins, what to think about when setting up a governance strategy, and how Microsoft can help organizations prepare, deploy, and scale Power Platform.

Microsoft Power Platform provides developers and makers the ability to build amazing solutions, and with Power Platform Connectors, developers can take their solutions further! Learn more about how Power Platform connectors can take your solutions to the next level in the most connected ecosystem with Jocelyn Panchal, Product Manager II and Sabin Nair, Principal Group Program Manager. 

This is episode 240 recorded November 2nd, 2022 where Jason talks to Mohammad Ali, Principal Group Program Manager for the Creator Experiences in Power BI at Microsoft, about what his team announced at Microsoft Ignite, and his viewpoint on the near term and long-term vision for the future of Power BI. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

Build highly scalable applications using the distributed Postgres relational database in Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL. See how it works with current Postgres tools, how to scale out with distributed tables and nodes to keep apps responsive, and how to eliminate latency with geo-replication capabilities for globally distributed apps. Cosmos DB has a variety of APIs, including native NoSQL and compatible APIs, targeted at NoSQL workloads. With the introduction of Postgres, Cosmos DB offers relational capabilities— a key cornerstone for application developers. With distributed Postgres in Cosmos DB, you can build highly scalable, cloud native apps using NoSQL and relational capabilities within a single managed service. Principal Group Program Manager, Charles Feddersen, from the Cosmos DB team joins Jeremy Chapman to walk you through the process. Join the Azure Cosmos DB team for all our announcements from Ignite 2022. Visit https://aka.ms/azurecosmosdbliftoff ► QUICK LINKS: 00:00 - Introduction 00:51 - Relational capabilities and scalability 01:46 - See it in action 02:48 - Connect code to cluster 05:20 - Scaling your application 07:49 - SaaS application example 11:05 - Geo-replication 13:21 - Wrap up ► Link References: Get started at https://aka.ms/trycosmosdb ► Unfamiliar with Microsoft Mechanics? As Microsoft's official video series for IT, you can watch and share valuable content and demos of current and upcoming tech from the people who build it at Microsoft. • Subscribe to our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MicrosoftMechanicsSeries?sub_confirmation=1 • Talk with other IT Pros, join us on the Microsoft Tech Community: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-mechanics-blog/bg-p/MicrosoftMechanicsBlog • Watch or listen from anywhere, subscribe to our podcast: https://microsoftmechanics.libsyn.com/website • To get the newest tech for IT in your inbox, subscribe to our newsletter: https://www.getrevue.co/profile/msftmechanics ► Keep getting this insider knowledge, join us on social: • Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MSFTMechanics • Share knowledge on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft-mechanics/ • Enjoy us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/msftmechanics/ • Loosen up with us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@msftmechanics

In this episode of Data Exposed, Joe Sack, Principal Group Program Manager of SQL Server engine and SQL Hybrid, and Anna Hoffman, Data & Applied Scientist, talk about a new way in Azure SQL Database to optimize the performance of queries when you are unable to directly change the original query text. They will cover the new public preview feature Query Store Hints, which leverages queries already captured in Query Store to apply hints that would have originally required modifications to the original query text through the OPTION clause.[00:32] Introduction[01:10] What are Query Hints?[03:10] Applying Query Hints today[04:26] Introducing Query Store Hints[05:07] How to use Query Store Hints - Step 1[05:46] How to use Query Store Hints - Step 2[06:36] Demo[12:10] Query Store Hint Scope and Behavior[14:10] Use-cases for Query Store HintsFeedback? Email QSHintsFeedback@microsoft.com

In this episode of Data Exposed, Joe Sack, Principal Group Program Manager of SQL Server engine and SQL Hybrid, and Anna Hoffman, Data & Applied Scientist, talk about a new way in Azure SQL Database to optimize the performance of queries when you are unable to directly change the original query text. They will cover the new public preview feature Query Store Hints, which leverages queries already captured in Query Store to apply hints that would have originally required modifications to the original query text through the OPTION clause.[00:32] Introduction[01:10] What are Query Hints?[03:10] Applying Query Hints today[04:26] Introducing Query Store Hints[05:07] How to use Query Store Hints - Step 1[05:46] How to use Query Store Hints - Step 2[06:36] Demo[12:10] Query Store Hint Scope and Behavior[14:10] Use-cases for Query Store HintsFeedback? Email QSHintsFeedback@microsoft.com

This week Jeffrey is speaking with Paul Yuknewicz! Paul is a Principal GPM on the Azure Dev Experience team and has had a rich, 20-year career with Microsoft. He first started out as a Program Manager in 2000; transitioned to a Lead Program Manager in 2005; became a Principal Program Manager Lead in 2010; a Principal Group Program Manager in 2015; and most recently, a Principal Group PM Manager in 2016.   As the lead product manager for Azure tools and diagnostics, Paul heads the PM team with a mission to provide the ultimate experience for developers building, testing, and diagnosing cloud-native apps. He contributes a number of products to the toolchain — including container tools for VS/Code, Kubernetes tools and scaffolds, tools for Azure Dev Spaces, ARM resource template tools, and much, much more!   In this conversation, Paul speaks about Azure development and the work he is doing in leading the Azure Dev Experience team. He also shares what the development pipeline looks like, the stages they go through before they move to production, how they go about managing test environments, and more.   Topics of Discussion: [:38] Be sure to visit AzureDevOps.Show for past episodes and show notes. [:50] About The Azure DevOps Podcast, Clear Measure, the new podcast Architect Tips, and Jeffrey’s offer to speak at virtual user groups. [1:18] About today’s episode with Paul Yuknewicz. [1:24] Jeffrey welcomes Paul to the podcast! [1:35] Paul shares about his career background and two-decade-long journey within Microsoft. [5:11] Paul speaks about the Azure Dev Experience team; what it is and what they do. [6:46] For developing new applications, what is the most popular service (with the most adoption) versus the services that have less adoption now but more room for growth? [11:24] Are there any products that Paul’s team directly ships and revs on? [15:11] A word from Azure DevOps Podcast’s sponsor: Clear Measure. [15:43] What does a deployment pipeline look like? How many stages does Paul’s team have before they actually move it to production? How do they go about managing test environments? What’s the process with Paul’s team? [18:54] Visual Studio used to have a load testing product and now it doesn’t. What does Paul’s team use to generate the load for tests? [22:14] Which Azure regions get bits faster? How does that work? [23:54] How to follow up with the Azure Dev Experience team. [26:00] Jeffrey thanks Paul for joining the podcast!   Mentioned in this Episode: Architect Tips — New video podcast! Azure DevOps Clear Measure (Sponsor) .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer's Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon! bit.ly/dotnetdevopsebook — Click here to download the .NET DevOps for Azure ebook! Jeffrey Palermo’s Youtube Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events! The Azure DevOps Podcast’s Twitter: @AzureDevOpsShow Paul Yuknewicz’s LinkedIn App Service | Microsoft Azure SQL Server PostgreSQL Azure Cosmos DB Azure Container Instances GitHub Actions Azure Event Grid Pub/Sub Visual Studio Code Azure Application Change AnalysisAzure.com/Tools Docs.Microsoft.com/Azure Paul Yuknewicz’s Twitter @PaulYuki99 Paul Yuknewicz’s Email: paulyuk@microsoft.com    Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

Create intelligent chatbots directly in Microsoft Teams using Power Virtual Agents (PVA). We'll also show how the integration with the Bot Framework Composer lights up new capabilities for building even richer custom experiences. Jeremy Chapman is joined by Emma Archer, Principal Group Program Manager for Power Virtual Agents, who shows you how easy it is to create a new PVA bot in Teams and how to extend it with custom capabilities, leveraging the Bot Framework Composer. With so many of us working remotely, it can be harder to get your questions answered. We’ve integrated PVA to give you an instant bot authoring canvas to build intelligent and responsive chatbots without even leaving Teams. You can build custom virtual chat experiences to engage with your team, address frequently asked questions, and save time by triaging common IT questions. And the good news is that Power Virtual Agents is included in your Teams license. Just released to public preview is our deep integration of PVA with the Azure Bot Framework Composer.This offers richer experiences, such as adaptive dialogues that give you a way to code complex event-driven dialogues. Bots can easily switch contexts mid-conversation and then switch back, so they appear less robotic. Or use adaptive cards that give you a rich, interactive display and enable you to incorporate images and videos. ► QUICK LINKS: 00:00 - Introduction 02:03 - See an example of a chatbot 02:55 - How to build your own chatbot 04:54 - How to create a complex interaction 07:21 - Azure Bot Framework Composer 08:39 - See Bot Framework Composer in action 10:39 - How to make chatbots available within Teams 12:33 - Closing notes ► Link References: Watch an introduction to Power Virtual Agents at https://aka.ms/PVAMechanics To learn more go to www.powervirtualagents.microsoft.com Unfamiliar with Microsoft Mechanics? We are Microsoft’s official video series for IT. You can watch and share valuable content and demos of current and upcoming tech from the people who build it at #Microsoft. Subscribe to our YouTube: https://www.powervirtualagents.microsoft.com/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MSFTMechanics Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft-mechanics/ Follow us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/microsoftmechanics/ 

Check out updates on how you can manage and secure distributed multi-cloud compute resources in Azure using Azure Arc. This extends a unified management plan to your virtual machines and physical servers on-premises, including your SQL Servers wherever they are. Travis Wright, Principal Group Program Manager from the Azure Data Engineering Team, joins host Jeremy Chapman to share the latest updates. If you're new to Azure Arc, it simplifies complex and distributed environments across on-premises, edge, and multi-cloud into a unified central management plan in Azure. Now you don't have to migrate these resources or move them to a common directory service; they simply stay where they are. This provides a frictionless way of bringing together all the infrastructure and services that you have across the clouds, your data centers, and edge site locations, into a single, consistent view and toolset. Updates include: Manage your entire SQL Server estate from a single point of view and a single toolset from Azure. Azure Arc extends Azure Security Center's vulnerability assessments and Advanced Threat Protection services to SQL Servers in your data center. Azure Policy ensures that services are compliant as they are provisioned. Track compliance in the Azure Policy compliance dashboard. Monitor all your Kubernetes clusters from one place using Azure Monitor. Link References: If you missed our show on Azure Arc for data services, check it out at https://aka.ms/ArcDatabase. Get started with Azure Arc, and sign up for the preview at https://aka.ms/AzureArcData. If you are unfamiliar with Microsoft Mechanics, we are Microsoft’s official video series for IT. You can watch and share valuable content and demos of current and upcoming tech from the people who build it at #Microsoft. Subscribe to our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MicrosoftMechanicsSeries?sub_confirmation=1 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MSFTMechanics Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft-mechanics/ Follow us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/microsoftmechanics/ #AzureArc #Kubernetes

In celebration of Microsoft the Tour Sydney, the Humans of Ai is proud to release the latest podcast edition featuring Uri Barash. Uri Barash is the Principal Group Program Manager for Cortana, AI and Research. He is also the Principal Group Product Manager of Azure Data Explorer (Kusto). In this podcast we deep dive into Uri's Machine Learning experience, talking about how he was doing Natural Language Processing in the 90's, what it was like to ship a machine learning production level product in the early 2000's - including how he tackled distributed analysis on petabytes of data, the difference between corporate & startup cultures in America & Israel & finally discuss his latest project, Kusto now known as Azure Data Explorer.

This is the Power Platform Daily Brief for June 19, 2019. This episode is brought to you by ClickLearn. Today Evan Chaki, Principal Group Program Manager from Microsoft joins us following the Business Application Summit to talk about 2019 wave 2 and Application Lifecycle Management of PowerApps and Flow. Links: Microsoft PowerApps and Microsoft Flow: Best practices for managing and automating https://youtu.be/aWjMFxI3y8c Microsoft PowerApps: Deliver higher quality apps with PowerApps checkers https://youtu.be/CdubuDhUDUU Got any feedback or suggestions for future episodes? Email voice@crm.audio.  

Sponsors Sentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry small plan CacheFly Host: Charles Max Wood Special Guest:  Dan Fernandez Episode Summary In this episode of My JavaScript Story, Charles hosts Dan Fernandez, Principal Group Program Manager at Microsoft. Listen to Dan on the podcast JavaScript Jabber on this episode. Dan went to a programming camp and fell in love with programming. He majored in Computer Science in college and started working for IBM upon graduation.  Listen to the show for Dan’s journey into programming and much more! Links JavaScript Jabber 241: Microsoft Docs with Dan Fernandez Dan’s Twitter Dan's LinkedIn https://twitter.com/JSJabber https://www.facebook.com/javascriptjabber Picks Dan Fernandez: Microstang: Microsoft helps build a custom Mustang packed with Windows 8 and Kinect JavaScript Jabber 347: JAMstack with Divya Sasidharan & Phil Hawksworth  

Sponsors Sentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry small plan CacheFly Host: Charles Max Wood Special Guest:  Dan Fernandez Episode Summary In this episode of My JavaScript Story, Charles hosts Dan Fernandez, Principal Group Program Manager at Microsoft. Listen to Dan on the podcast JavaScript Jabber on this episode. Dan went to a programming camp and fell in love with programming. He majored in Computer Science in college and started working for IBM upon graduation.  Listen to the show for Dan’s journey into programming and much more! Links JavaScript Jabber 241: Microsoft Docs with Dan Fernandez Dan’s Twitter Dan's LinkedIn https://twitter.com/JSJabber https://www.facebook.com/javascriptjabber Picks Dan Fernandez: Microstang: Microsoft helps build a custom Mustang packed with Windows 8 and Kinect JavaScript Jabber 347: JAMstack with Divya Sasidharan & Phil Hawksworth  

Sponsors Sentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry small plan CacheFly Host: Charles Max Wood Special Guest:  Dan Fernandez Episode Summary In this episode of My JavaScript Story, Charles hosts Dan Fernandez, Principal Group Program Manager at Microsoft. Listen to Dan on the podcast JavaScript Jabber on this episode. Dan went to a programming camp and fell in love with programming. He majored in Computer Science in college and started working for IBM upon graduation.  Listen to the show for Dan’s journey into programming and much more! Links JavaScript Jabber 241: Microsoft Docs with Dan Fernandez Dan’s Twitter Dan's LinkedIn https://twitter.com/JSJabber https://www.facebook.com/javascriptjabber Picks Dan Fernandez: Microstang: Microsoft helps build a custom Mustang packed with Windows 8 and Kinect JavaScript Jabber 347: JAMstack with Divya Sasidharan & Phil Hawksworth  

This podcast is part of a series highlighting the finalist teams of the 2019 INFORMS Franz Edelman Award. We will be releasing these episodes in the countdown to the INFORMS Business Analytics Conference in Austin, TX, April 14-16. In this episode, we are joined by Jay Nanduri, Distinguished Engineer, and Anand Oka, Principal Group Program Manager with Microsoft to learn how Microsoft leveraged O.R. to create a fraud detection system that identifies and reduces online fraudulent activity, while protecting legitimate consumer purchases and saving tens of millions of dollars.

Today’s featured guest is Martin Woodward! Martin is a Principal Group Program Manager on the Azure DevOps team at Microsoft as well as the Vice President of the .NET Foundation. Martin has been with Microsoft quite a while, joining back in 2009. When he first started with Microsoft, his focus was on open source, then bringing GitHub into TFS and Microsoft, and then helping with .NET team. He even created Microsoft’s original account on GitHub.   In today’s episode, Martin and Jeffrey dive right into the topic of Azure DevOps with GitHub; discussing some of the changes since Microsoft acquired GitHub, whether you should choose to work with Azure Repos or GitHub, and how to use Azure DevOps Services with GitHub.   Topics of Discussion: [1:07] Jeffrey introduces Scott and welcomes him to the show! [1:50] About Martin’s journey at Microsoft. [6:50] Why and when Martin opened the original Microsoft GitHub account. [9:11] Martin and Jeffrey discuss some of the early projects and changes to the Outercurve Foundation (AKA CodePlex Foundation). [11:10] Is the Outercurve Foundation still going? [11:36] Martin and Jeffrey talk interesting offerings from the .NET Foundation. [16:15] How to get sponsorships for user groups. [17:40] Since Microsoft acquired GitHub, what should people be using; Git Repositories or GitHub? And is Azure Repos going to die? [21:09] Why Azure Pipelines is such a simple, powerful solution. [22:42] A word from Azure DevOps Podcast’s sponsor: Clear Measure. [23:07] Martin addresses the “elephant in the room”: Azure Repos. [25:50] Between Azure Repos and GitHub, was does Martin see being the premiere option 10 years down the line? [30:17] The importance of having a GitHub account. [32:30] Martin and Jeffrey talk about how the industry is adopting more engineering practices and collaboration which makes DevOps work so well. [34:49] Does Martin agree with Sam Guckenheimer’s ideas on DevOps (from when he was on the podcast)? [37:09] Martin’s advice on how to use Azure DevOps Services with GitHub. [47:12] Martin’s recommendations on what to follow-up on after listening to this week’s podcast!   Mentioned in this Episode: Azure DevOps Clear Measure (Sponsor) Martin Woodward (LinkedIn) .NET Foundation Outercurve Foundation (CodePlex Foundation) Azure DevOps User Group Meetup CruiseControl.NET Jenkins TeamCity Azure DevOps Server The Azure DevOps Podcast episode 003: “Sam Guckenheimer on Testing, Data Collection, and the State of DevOps Report” Azure Pipelines   Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

In today’s episode, your host, Jeffrey Palermo, is joined by his guest, Gopinath Chigakkagari. Gopinath is Principal Group Program Manager on the Azure Pipelines product and is an expert on continuous delivery. He’s been with Microsoft for over 20 years, serving a variety of roles at the company — starting out as a developer, then becoming a program manager, and then transitioning to his current role as GPM for Pipelines.   Today, Gopinath hits on some fascinating points and topics about Azure Pipelines, including (but not limited to): what listeners should be looking forward to, some highlights of the new optimizations on the platform, key Azure-specific offerings, as well as his recommendations on what listeners should follow up on for more information!   Topics of Discussion: [1:03] About today’s guest, Gopinath Chigakkagari. [1:43] Gopinath’s speaks about his roles at Microsoft over the years. [3:11] Is there a particular part of Azure Pipelines Gopinath focuses on more than the rest? [4:02] Gopinath explains the similarities and differences of continuous integration and continuous delivery. [6:38] Gopinath reveals what listeners should be looking forward to with Azure Pipelines. [9:52] Fastforwarding in the future with the GitHub acquisition in mind, does Gopinath see GitHub becoming the default way to store source control? [11:15] A word from Azure DevOps Podcast’s sponsor: Clear Measure. [11:46] Gopinath highlights some of the new optimizations in the Azure platform. [14:09] How many Clouds are there? [15:41] Gopinath explains some of the key optimizations for Azure specifically. [17:23] Are there any application types that still have some gaps in Azure Pipelines or are they now all supported? [20:20] Gopinath goes over several more key Azure-specific offerings. [23:23] What parts are ready to move to Containers right now and have good support in Azure? [25:02] Is there a firm, recommended way to do automated database schema migrations at this point in time? Or are there multiple options being designed? [27:39] Gopinath’s recommendations on what listeners should follow up on for more information and some more key points about Azure.   Mentioned in this Episode: Azure DevOps .NET Build Conference Azure Pipelines Azure Repos Azure Boards Azure Artifacts Connect Conference GitHub GitHub Acquisition ServiceNow VSCode YAML Clear Measure (Sponsor) AWS Azure Stack Windows Containers ReadyRoll Azure SQL Paas Jenkins   Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.   Follow Up with Our Guest: Gopinath Chigakkagari’s LinkedIn Gopinath’s Chigakkagari’s Twitter

In today’s episode Jeffrey is joined by Jeremy Epling, Head of Product for Azure Pipelines and a Principal Group Program Manager at Microsoft. He has been a leader at Microsoft for over 15 years in various roles. There’s a lot going on in the DevOps space with Azure right now — and in particular, with Azure Pipelines. Jeremy is incredibly passionate about the current progress being made and is excited to discuss all the new features coming to Pipelines in today’s episode!   Topics of Discussion: [:48] About today’s episode with Jeremy Epling. [1:07] Jeffrey welcomes Jeremy to the podcast. [1:27] Jeremy speaks about his journey at Microsoft and what he’s worked on over the years. [2:30] Jeremy gives a rundown of the new features coming to Azure Pipelines. [8:34] Jeremy explains how IntelliSense with VSCode works and the capabilities it has added in. [11:19] Jeremy talks about how the same editor in VSCode (Monaco) is in Azure Repos and is going to become the YAML Pipeline editor in Azure Pipelines. [12:52] A word from Azure DevOps sponsor: Clear Measure. [13:18] How long is it going to be until people can use these new features? And the new features that are currently being worked on (to come early 2019). [15:18] How close is Azure Pipelines to an all-encompassing, forkable experience? [19:33] How does Rosalind being converted impact listeners today vs. down the road. [22:03] Jeremy outlines some public projects that demonstrate the interconnectedness of all of these features (creating a productive environment for teams to work in). [25:34] Is there a discoverable way to peruse public projects at this point in time? [27:56] Jeffrey and Jeremy discuss what users can do with Windows Containers and future innovations. [32:47] Jeremy explains the new Windows Container Hosted Agent feature and performance scenarios. [41:11] The latest pushes to making Azure Pipelines better. [43:08] Jeremy reflects on the mission of his team and why it works so well. [44:00] How and where to reach out to Jeremy online!   Mentioned in this Episode: Azure DevOps Azure Pipelines Azure Repos Connect .NET Python Library GitHub NuGet YAML VSCode IntelliSense in Visual Studio Code Monaco Editor Github.com/Microsoft/monaco-editor Clear Measure (Sponsor) Atom Dev.Azure.com/Github/Atom Windows Containers @Jeremy_Epling on Twitter Azure Container Registry Matt Cooper’s LinkedIn Cloud Build #AzureDevOps on Twitter @AzureDevOps on Twitter   Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.   Follow Up with Our Guest: Jeremy Epling’s LinkedIn Jeremy Epling’s Twitter

Technical Program Manager Interview: With  Alessandro Catorcini A fabulous interview with Alessandro Catorcini! He has over 20 years of experience in tech. He spent over 15 years at Microsoft in various roles from being a software architect, a Principal Group Program Manager. He’s worked at Amazon and now he and I work at Oracle’s Cloud Infrastructure Team also known as OIC. He is one of those people I see who are solving problems that are large at scale.  And another very interesting tit-bit is that he has done over 200 Interviews in the last 2 years at OCI. Technical Program Manager Interview: With  Alessandro Catorcini PART II of this interview lives here :)  We talk about:- TPM interviewing tips. Five core traits of Technical Program Managers. TPM leveling. What are the things to watch out for during an Interview in General. Compare the role across various organizations. Eg: Microsoft vs Oracle. What are some of the most understated qualities a TPM candidate must have? How do you evaluate a candidate's technical aptitude? Listen and enjoy ! Mario Gerard ps: You can find more podcasts here. And the next episode here. Transcript of the podcast;- Interview with Alessandro Catorcini Mario: Hello and welcome to the TPM podcast with Mario Gerard. I plan on doing a series of interviews with fellow TPM's and PM's, with top leaders and invite them to share their ideas with the TPM community. So, if you're interested in sharing your ideas, do reach out to me. Today, I have with me a very special guest, Alessandro Catorcini, and we're going to chat about a couple of things, primarily revolving around the fundamental characteristics of TPMS, how we level TPMS and what the TPM journey looks like. Alessandro has over 20 years of experience. He spent nearly 15 years at Microsoft doing various roles from being a software architect to a group principal program manager. He then worked at Amazon and now he's at Oracle's Cloud Infrastructure team where he and I are colleagues. He's one of those people I see who take and solve large skilled problems. Another very interesting tidbit about Alessandro is he's done over 200 interviews in the last two years at OCI. Alessandro, why don't you introduce yourself. Alessandro: Hi everyone, and thank you, Mario, for the introduction, it's kind of large-scale problems. Yeah, well more than large-scale problems, I've solved a lot of problems of every size, some of which happened to be larger than others. Mario: Yeah, today and that's when I saw your tagline, 'I solve problems' or something to that context. Alessandro: Yeah, that came out of a joke actually. When I was working with a networking team, they started calling me behind my back you Mr. Wolf, like Winston Wolf of Pulp Fiction. Mario: Cool. So, you have also done a lot of interviews for us. Alessandro: I did, yes. Mario: Approximately over the last two years what do you think the count is? Alessandro: Actually, I was looking at the scoreboard, there is a keyboard of the interviews which is actually funny. I was at 263, I think, since January 2017. Mario: Wow! That's a lot of interviews. And you do them for TPMs, PMs, and Ms. Alessandro: Yes, pretty much anything. Mario: Across the board. Alessandro: I have done engineers, PMs, TPMs, even admins, solution architects, some have been really interesting stories, guys that came for one job and got something completely different. Mario: Let's start with, like from your perspective, how do you define the TPM rule? Alessandro: There's a story that I remember hearing at a symposium of PMs at Microsoft probably a decade-plus ago. Yes, and it stuck with me because it captures the essence. If you think of a team like a big cake, you can start slicing it and you could slice a very clean slice that would be engineering, a very clean slice that would be product management, a very clean slice that is QA. When you're done cutting slices,

Technical Program Manager Interview: With  Alessandro Catorcini A fabulous interview with Alessandro Catorcini! He has over 20 years of experience in tech. He spent over 15 years at Microsoft in various roles from being a software architect, a Principal Group Program Manager. He’s worked at Amazon and now he and I work at Oracle’s Cloud Infrastructure Team also known as OIC. He is one of those people I see who are solving problems that are large at scale.  And another very interesting tit-bit is that he has done over 200 Interviews in the last 2 years at OCI. Technical Program Manager Interview: With  Alessandro Catorcini We talk about:-  TPM interviewing tips. technical-program-manager-interview Five core traits of Technical Program Managers. TPM leveling. What are the things to watch out for during an Interview in General. Compare the role across various organizations. Eg: Microsoft vs Oracle. What are some of the most understated qualities a TPM candidate must have? How do you evaluate a candidate's technical aptitude? Listen and enjoy ! technical-program-manager-interview Mario Gerard ps: You can find more podcasts here.

In this Intel Chip Chat audio podcast with Allyson Klein: Jason Stowe, Principal Group Program Manager for Hybrid and Cluster Computing at Microsoft, joins Chip Chat from Ignite 2018 to discuss enabling HPC workloads in the cloud. Stowe and his team are responsible for facilitating traditional HPC workloads atop Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure. In this […]

Jason Stowe, Principal Group Program Manager for Hybrid and Cluster Computing at Microsoft, joins Chip Chat from Ignite 2018 to discuss enabling HPC workloads in the cloud. Stowe and his team are responsible for facilitating traditional HPC workloads atop Microsoft Azure* cloud infrastructure. In this interview, Stowe speaks to Microsoft's approach to HPC in the cloud and delivering HPC services similar to those provided by on-premises solutions. Stowe highlights Azure's new HC instances, with Intel Xeon Platinum processors for greater horsepower for HPC workloads. For more information on Azure cloud HPC solutions, please visit azure.microsoft.com/solutions/bigcompute. Intel technologies’ features and benefits depend on system configuration and may require enabled hardware, software or service activation. Performance varies depending on system configuration. No computer system can be absolutely secure. Check with your system manufacturer or retailer or learn more at Intel.com. Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and/or other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. © Intel Corporation

Jeffrey Palermo is joined by Aaron Bjork on the Azure DevOps Podcast today! Aaron is a Principal Group Program Manager at Microsoft where he directs all work in the areas of Agile project management, reporting, and collaboration for Azure DevOps Services. He’s a 16-year Microsoft veteran who has spent his career building products that promote and encourage team productivity. He is also a recognized Agile thought leader and speaks regularly with companies around the world on how to improve their software development practices. He has a proven track record of setting a vision, creating and building teams, driving user experience, and delivering results.   In this episode, Jeffrey and Aaron speak about creating and promoting culture through Azure DevOps, how companies can effectively adopt DevOps principles, and how to view analytics and metrics. Aaron also explains his main focuses and goals for Azure DevOps and how he came to join Microsoft and land his role as Principal Group Program Manager.   Topics of Discussion: [:47] About today’s guest, Aaron Bjork. [1:57] Jeffrey welcomes Aaron to the podcast and he gives a bit of background about himself. [4:40] How Aaron came to join Microsoft and land his role as Principal Group Program Manager. [7:54] What are the main focuses and goals for Azure DevOps in Aaron’s role? [10:22] A word from Azure DevOps Podcast sponsor: Clear Measure. [10:55] Aaron’s thoughts on the culture of Azure DevOps. [14:11] Aaron’s advice to mid-sized, non-technology-based companies trying to adopt DevOps principles. [16:36] What metrics does Aaron look at in Azure DevOps? [19:54] Does Aaron collect data manually or is it all automatic through Azure DevOps? [21:25] Aaron talks about where to find your analytics view within Azure DevOps. [23:50] Having eliminated the dedicated tester role, who are the bugs now created by? [26:24] What is Aaron spending his time on these days?   Mentioned in this Episode: Azure DevOps Clear Measure (Sponsor) Azure Boards Power BI   Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.   Follow Up with Our Guest: Aaron Bjork on LinkedIn

This is episode 41 recorded on March 15th 2018… where John & Jason talk to Riccardo Muti, Principal Group Program Manager at Microsoft for Power BI and SQL Server Reporting Services, about the latest Power BI Report Server release & the direction he sees the product going in the future. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

In this episode of AgileNEXT, Aaron Bjork joins Daniel and Stephen to discuss his thoughts on the agile transformation he lived through at Microsoft, software development, corporate culture, and where Agile is headed NEXT. Some topics include: Agile transformations An Agile organization Agile outside of IT Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronbjork Aaron Bjork is a Principal Group Program Manager working on Team Foundation Server and Visual Studio Online. He is responsible for work item tracking, reporting, collaboration, and all agile experiences. Prior to joining Team Foundation Server in 2008, Aaron worked as a software engineer and development lead in Visual Studio. Aaron is passionate about Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) solutions and has a strong desire to see teams improve their software engineering practices. Aaron holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Washington. Aaron is an avid golfer, a hobby farmer, and loves spending time with his wife and three kids.

In Edge Show episode 121, learn more about Microsoft's new public preview of release management service connected to Visual Studio Online (VSO) and see demos of it in action with Claude Remillard, Principal Group Program Manager at Microsoft.More specifically at [00:46], we cover:Claude's role and background[01:30] What does Microsoft Visual Studio Release Management do?[05:20] What are the differences between the on-premises Release Management product and Release Management as a service? What are some of the futures enhancements planned for the Release Management service?[07:30] Demo: Where to setup the Release Management connection to VSO[08:38] Demo: Release Management Global Variables[09:36] Demo: Release Management deployment history and logs[11:40] Demo: Release Management Pipeline - including environment definitions and approval steps[13:26] Demo: Configuration of application release template - including rollback, manual intervention, and how it might relate to continuous integration and deployment[16:06] Does Release Management support Chef, Open Source, PowerShell DSC, and other build systems and deployment mechanisms? You can checkout a written list of steps to get this going yourself at this blog post.News:Check out the 2014 Microsoft DevOps news highlights (and monthly recaps moving forward) at: https://aka.ms/DevOpsNewsConnect with the Edge Team:Follow @tnedgeFollow @dtzarFollow @SimonsterFollow @RicksterCDNFacebook

In Edge Show episode 121, learn more about Microsoft's new public preview of release management service connected to Visual Studio Online (VSO) and see demos of it in action with Claude Remillard, Principal Group Program Manager at Microsoft.More specifically at [00:46], we cover:Claude's role and background[01:30] What does Microsoft Visual Studio Release Management do?[05:20] What are the differences between the on-premises Release Management product and Release Management as a service? What are some of the futures enhancements planned for the Release Management service?[07:30] Demo: Where to setup the Release Management connection to VSO[08:38] Demo: Release Management Global Variables[09:36] Demo: Release Management deployment history and logs[11:40] Demo: Release Management Pipeline - including environment definitions and approval steps[13:26] Demo: Configuration of application release template - including rollback, manual intervention, and how it might relate to continuous integration and deployment[16:06] Does Release Management support Chef, Open Source, PowerShell DSC, and other build systems and deployment mechanisms? You can checkout a written list of steps to get this going yourself at this blog post.News:Check out the 2014 Microsoft DevOps news highlights (and monthly recaps moving forward) at: https://aka.ms/DevOpsNewsConnect with the Edge Team:Follow @tnedgeFollow @dtzarFollow @SimonsterFollow @RicksterCDNFacebook