{"id":1093,"date":"2014-05-07T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/dataplatforminsider\/2014\/05\/07\/introducing-the-azurecat-ppi-theater-at-pass-ba\/"},"modified":"2024-01-22T22:48:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T06:48:54","slug":"introducing-the-azurecat-ppi-theater-at-pass-ba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2014\/05\/07\/introducing-the-azurecat-ppi-theater-at-pass-ba\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the AzureCAT PPI Theater at PASS BA"},"content":{"rendered":"
The AzureCAT (Customer Advisory Team) is returning to the world of PASS and joining all of you Data lovin\u2019 folks at the PASS BA conference<\/a> this week in sunny San Jose!\u00a0 For those you that aren\u2019t familiar with AzureCAT<\/a>, we are a Microsoft organization in the Cloud and Enterprise division that spends 100% of our time engaging with customers to make the most complex scenarios in the Azure and SQL space work like a charm.<\/p>\n This week at PASS BA, you\u2019ll see us hanging out at the Microsoft booth, attending some of the great sessions and you\u2019ll also find us at our own CAT PPI theater on the tradeshow floor.<\/p>\n Below are some bios of the AzureCATs that will be there. You\u2019ll also see our planned talks and schedules.\u00a0 Those of you that know AzureCATs know that\u2019s the least of what we\u2019ll cover.\u00a0 We\u2019re hanging out for your questions and impromptu sessions as interest arises.<\/p>\n Come on by our PPI Theater and say hi.<\/p>\n <\/b><\/a> Hi, I\u2019m Olivier and I am a data professional with more than 18 years of experience in technical, customer-facing, and management capacities at organizations of all sizes; I\u2019m talking start-ups to multinationals. I lead a team of AzureCAT experts helping customers, partners, and the broader community be successful in their Big Data analytics projects on the Azure platform. I\u2019m a Founding Partner member of the PASS Board of Directors, so I have PASS in my blood.\u00a0 I\u2019m also French and incidentally own the best French bakery in Redmond.\u00a0 If you aren\u2019t interested in analytics, ask me how to make a great croissant! Looking forward to talking with all of you about social sentiment analytics in my \u201cTapping the tweets \u2013 Social sentiment analytics at Internet scale in Azure\u201d <\/b>talk.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/b><\/a> Hello!\u00a0 I\u2019m Murshed, a Senior Program Manager in AzureCAT.\u00a0 I spend my time helping customers working with SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse, ColumnStore, Hadoop, Hive and IaaS. Over the last 12 years, I\u2019ve specialized in telecommunications, retail, web analytics and supply chain management and for over 7 years I\u2019ve worked with Massively Parallel Processing (MPP). Right now my main areas of focus are in design, architecture and Distributed-SQL plans. This year at PASS BA I\u2019ll be sharing my thoughts on Big Data and Big Compute in \u201cConnecting the Dots \u2013 Risk Simulation with Big Data, Big Compute and PDW\u201d<\/b>.\u00a0 Looking forward to meeting you there!\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n <\/b><\/a> I\u2019m Chuck.\u00a0 I am a Senior Program Manager with the Microsoft Azure Customer Advisory Team, and I have been a member of the PASS community since 2000.\u00a0 My primary focus is on cloud-based analytics, and I\u2019ve also dabbled in matters related to hardware, OS configuration and even application development.\u00a0 Like a certain snowman from a recent hit animated movie, I\u2019ve been known to like warm hugs \u2013 as well as non-fat white chocolate mochas.\u00a0 Feel free to bring one or both at my Cloud Applications Without Telemetry?\u00a0 Surely You Can\u2019t Be Serious! <\/b>or BI in Windows Azure Virtual Machines: From Creation to User Access <\/b>talks.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hi, I\u2019m John Sirmon.\u00a0 I\u2019m a Senior Program Manager on the AzureCAT team. I\u2019ve been working with SQL Server for over 10 years and I\u2019m loving the BI space.\u00a0 In my 9-5 life I specialize in Analysis Services performance tuning, Reporting Services, SharePoint integration, troubleshooting Kerberos Authentication and PowerPivot for SharePoint.\u00a0 In my spare time I am the lead singer\/guitarist of a local Rock Band in Charlotte, NC.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/b><\/p>\nAzureCATs at PASS BAC<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Olivier Matrat<\/a><\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
<\/a>Murshed Zaman<\/a><\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
<\/a>Chuck Heinzelman<\/a><\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
<\/a>John Sirmon<\/a><\/b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n