Hey, Power BI Community! We are very excited to announce the Power Platform Community Super User Season 2 2021, we are welcoming some new members to the Power BI Community Super User Datanauts! This means that some non-Super User community members gained enough contribution points over the previous 6-month season to be sent an invitation to join the Super User program! This is very exciting news, as this means there are still a LOT of new folks coming to the community to learn about Power BI while helping others do so as well! Seeing new Super Users also means there are more and more product users who are getting heavily involved with the online support community and this is a huge part of what it takes to keep our online support communities thriving!
Here are our Season 2, 2021 Super Users!
Username: @littlemojopuppy
Bio: Reformed accountant, currently BI Solutions Manager in Chicago, Illinois. Extensive experience with the MSBI stack, especially with SQL/Azure databases, Analysis Services and Power BI. My mission is to replace as many Excel spreadsheets and Access databases as possible with more insightful and interactive tools that help them get better answers faster.
Username: @Fowmy
Bio: I am the Resource Planning and Business Intelligence Head at McDonald's Saudi Arabia - Western Region. I am a Microsoft Certified Solution Associate (MCSA) and a qualified finance professional with over 20+ years of experience in business and information technology. I enjoy training and solving data-related problems using Microsoft technologies, specifically Power BI, Power Query, Microsoft Excel, and VBA. I am the founder of ExcelFort Consulting which provides BI Consulting and Training services on Power BI and Microsoft Excel helping clients turn their simple data into big opportunities. Excelfort.com
Username: @VijayP
Bio: Vijay Perepa - Founder Perepa Edu
Having 23+ Years of Experience in the Finance Domain. Currently Full-Time Consultant and Trainer for Power Bi and Excel / VBA
Username: @collinq
Bio: Working with EPM Strategy in the Business Intelligence and Project Management space. Helping users get the most out of Power BI to drive their decision-making and informational needs. Please direct message for consulting, training, or other Power BI needs!
Username: @pranit828
Bio: Learning is a continuous process. Helping others help me improve my skills. Keep Learning, Keep Exploring!
Username: @nandic
Bio: BI developer focused on creating modern reporting solutions. Highly skilled in reporting tools like Power BI, SSRS, SSAS, Cognos, Tableau, Yellowfin, and Excel.
Excel specialist with VBA development experience in building custom apps and automation processes.
Power BI conference speaker and active Power BI community member.
Username: @themistoklis
Bio: Experienced Business Intelligence Analyst/Engineer with a strong analytical background and solid technical skills in Data Manipulation, Analysis, and Interpretation using various BI tools and programming languages.
I have gained extensive working experience in data engineering and data analytics, through the different roles and responsibilities that I have been able to take on, in the projects throughout my career. Currently working in the telecommunications sector but I have worked in the travel industry, academia, and as a transport planner in the private sector.
Username: @FarhanAhmed
Bio: This is Farhan Ahmed, I have been working on Microsoft BI Technologies over the last decade, I have been actively participating in different community forums on given solutions, writing blogs, and articles. I love helping people on solving their data problems.
Username: @NikhilKumar
Bio: I am a BI Analyst at Accenture in India who loves to explore Power BI and is always eager to learn & discover different things about the tool. I have been delivering Power BI solutions for clients in various domains like Banking & Healthcare, across the globe. This community has helped me a lot in learning about the Product and that's why I share my experience with other fellow members.
Username: @DataInsights
Bio: I'm a former accountant who became fascinated with technology early in my career. Excel, Access, and VBA were my entryway into the world of data. From there I moved into the ERP sector and Business Objects development. Now I focus primarily on Power BI and SQL Server. My skills have grown considerably thanks to this community, and I look forward to seeing you in the forums!
Username: @PhilipTreacy
Bio: Philip is an IT Consultant and has worked in the industry for 25+ years. For over 10 years he's run a website alongside his wife Mynda where he regularly writes blogs on topics like Power Query, Power BI, Excel, and VBA. Through online courses, their website also teaches people Power BI and other Excel-specific subjects. Philip loves learning, solving problems and enjoys helping others do the same. https://www.myonlinetraininghub.com/
Username: @negi007
Bio: I am a runner + helper and always a student to learn more and more... All I can say is "a picture is worth a thousand words or million numbers". Loves to translate data into visuals into stories to convey the message faster and easier. Since even a child can understand visual language so why not use it to make it impactful. Running not only helps me to become a stronger and healthier person but also in developing new ideas and thinking about how sports can make us mentally stronger.
Username: @Anand24
Bio: A data enthusiast with varying knowledge of different Business Intelligence Tools such as Microsoft Power BI, Microstrategy, Tableau, etc. with the desire to master the tools and help others in resolving their queries. Working for a Gartner certified vendor, Anand has worked in various projects concerning various complex requirements across different BI tools and adds value to the business with his development and consulting skills. Data fascinates Anand and he finds it pretty interesting on the fact that how simple data can be made utterly meaningful using dashboards which can be analyzed to bring immense value to any organization's decision-making process. Also, data doesn't lie and the fact that Power BI has risen up the ranks to become the Number 1 BI tool in the world according to Gartner is a prime example of how Microsoft has made life great and easy which was and will be its USP.
Username: @lkalawski
Bio: On a daily basis BI Consultant at BEC, based in PL. I started my adventure in the IT industry 9 years ago by learning about the database. Over the next few years, I really liked working with numbers and charts and decided to learn Power BI. It's been the 4th year of working with this tool. Additionally, I have experience working with Microsoft Excel, Azure Data Factory, Azure Analysis Services, SQL. A few months ago I decided to get involved in the Power BI Community because I like challenges, and I meet such challenges on a daily basis helping you solve problems. After work, I like reading books, running, cycling, and traveling. IN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lkalawski/
Username: @stevedep
Bio: Hi, My name is Steve. I am an (Advanced) Analytics professional who has worked with Mircosoft BI technology since 2004. I graduated in Data Mining with SQL Server 2000 after which I started working with multiple BI tools as a consultant for a number of years. My career shifted more towards BI & Analytics Management later on. I have a blog where I post some of my private projects: https://bi-and-analytics.blogspot.com. In my current job, we are using R to train models in Power BI, use Power M to parse the result to then display decision trees in a custom Power BI visual. Later this year I will post some shareable results of the work with the community. On the community forum, I fully focus on solving DAX challenges. Great to be part of the community! Kind regards, Steve.
Bio: Hi, I am Ryan and I am from China. I am working in a Life Technology Corp in Shanghai. I have 7+ years of working experience in the data analysis field. I started to use Power BI in 2018. This community really helped me a lot. Thanks to those who share their knowledge here. Now I am also willing to share what I have learned with those people who need help.
Username: @BA_Pete
Bio: Pete is an accountant by trade, but now specializes in business intelligence. Following years of trying to get people to understand what the hell he was on about when it came to numbers, he quickly realized that pictures work best. He has around 15 years of technical Excel and Visual Basic experience, and around 4 years experience of developing BI via Cognos Analytics, earned whilst working in Commercial Finance for £650m hospitality company in the UK. Whilst only having used Power BI since around March 2019, Pete transitioned very quickly from Excel formulas to DAX and has developed a greater interest in Power Query. He tends to try and solve as many problems as possible using M code to keep processing away from the data model. When he's not working or trying to manage his twin girls, Pete builds and crashes freestyle quads.
Username: @AllisonKennedy
Bio: Allison Kennedy is a Consultant and Microsoft Certified Trainer offering remote support in Power BI, Excel, and end-user Office 365 applications. Her love of numbers and desire to solve problems led her to obtain a BSc (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering. An analytical thinker with a passion for teaching, she has acquired over 10 years of experience in adult education, inspiring everyone she meets with that passion for learning and innovation. Allison excels at solving those tricky problems that force you to think outside the box, and knows that there is often more than one possible solution. With its diverse group of fellow data enthusiasts, the Power BI Community provides the perfect forum for lifelong learning and knowledge exchange.
Username: @Pragati11
Bio: Pragati is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP. She works into analytics, helping customers with generating insights out of their data and designing self-service solutions for them. She is skilled in various tools and technologies like Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, Microsoft Excel, Azure ML Studio, Azure databricks Pyspark, Looker, BigQuery, Airflow, and SQL. She has been using Power BI for more than 5 years now and is passionate about helping members on Power BI Community with their queries. Outside work she enjoys photography, loves hiking, is a trained Indian classical singer, and has a passion for painting. She even has her Instagram page dedicated to painting. (https://www.instagram.com/creationsbyprags)
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pragatijain1187/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/pragati1187
Blog: https://datavibe.co.uk/
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcnNh0Z0ScmS2MoF9z6I68w
Username: @harshnathani
Bio: Harsh is a Product Manager - Data Analytics at Michelin India Pvt Ltd. A techno-functional person, he is currently working on Data Analytics, Data Democratization, and Data Literacy Strategies. He has also worked as a Business Transformation Manager in the Conversational AI space and as a Strategic Account Manager having experience in enterprise sales of Digital Technologies. With a knack to learn new technologies, he started working on Microsoft Power BI and loves upskilling himself on the latest technologies. He is excited to be part of the Power BI super user community and enjoys helping others and sharing his knowledge, (often he learns something more in the process).
Linkedin Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harshnathani/
Bio: Pat Mahoney lives in Indiana with his wife and three boys. He got his Ph. D. in Analytical Chemistry from Indiana University and works in the pharmaceutical industry. Throughout his career, not knowing it was called Business Intelligence, he learned and applied ways to get new insights from data and automate those processes. In addition to being a champion and trainer for the Power Platform in his day job, he also volunteers at local nonprofits, training/helping others to leverage these powerful tools. He has written several guest posts on PowerPivotPro.com, and created the HoosierBI.com blog and a (soon-to-be-more-populated) YouTube channel for DAX and M. Although a Power BI/PowerPivot user for about 10 years, he only recently started participating in this community, and recommends it as a great way to help others while sharpening your own skills. Pat is also our 1st time Triple Super User in Power BI, Power Apps & Power Automate. Congratulations Pat!
Username: @DataZoe
Bio: I am a Business Intelligence Engineer located in Oklahoma, USA. I have been working with Power BI since it was released, and I love data modeling and creating beautiful reports that enable the user to get the most of the data. I've always been passionate about helping others but only recently have I started participating on the forums, mentoring internally, and speaking about Power BI, and I am loving it!
Username: @lbendlin
Bio: Currently residing in Massachusetts, USA after living in many places around the world. Working in Sales Operations of a midsize company, providing business decision support and driving Power BI adoption. Proud to be called "such an annoying engineer", with a background in automation, system theory, and general laziness. Not so much interested in Power BI, more in the general place (and value) BI tools have in society. Lover of long words like "Technikfolgenabschätzung" and short phrases like "cui bono". Trying to learn as much as possible from the community, and giving back when possible. Looking forward to what "The Next Question" will be.
Username: @dedelman_clng
Bio: David Edelman (@dedelman_clng) from Houston, TX. My title is IT Solution Architect, but my passion (at work) is Power BI. I've been working with Power BI since late 2015, and I am the "evangelist" for the tool at my company. I have a background as a SQL DBA and as an IT business analyst/project manager.
Username: @ChrisMendoza
Bio: Chris Mendoza works as a Mail Services Supervisor at California State University, Chico. Around eight years ago when he started in his current position, he was asked one simple question, "How many packages did we receive this year compared to last year?". After spending too much time on that one question, Chris began learning how he could use Excel to answer that question faster. Always looking to learn and improve, Chris eventually began learning how to use DAX and Power Query within Power BI to solve many work-related projects. Chris tends to focus on process bottlenecks that prevent people from accomplishing their tasks accurately and quickly using any "tool" that will get the job done.
Blog - http://cjmendoza.yourweb.csuchico.edu/
Username: @edhans
Bio: Ed Hansberry is a CPA and has spent most of his career in the accounting department as a Controller, Director of Finance, and a few other roles in general business management. He has been manipulating data and streamlining business processes across multiple departments and during his career using Excel, Access, VBA, and most recently Power BI, Power Automate, and Power Apps. He earned an MCSA in BI Reporting from Microsoft in 2018 demonstrating proficiency in data analysis, visual reporting, data modeling, and more. He has spoken at the Orange County Power BI User's Group where he is co-organizer, and at the 2019 Power Platform World Tour in Anaheim and San Diego on optimizing Power Query. He is currently the principal at eHansalytics, a consulting company specializing in Power BI and other Power Platform technologies. | Twitter @ehansalytics
Username: @mwegener
Bio: Marcus Wegener works as Business Intelligence Developer at KUMAVISION AG,
one of the world's largest implementation partners for Microsoft Dynamics.
He is a Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert for Data Management and Analytics
and loves to inspire others with his solutions.
His #mission is clear: "Get the most out of data, with Power BI."
Bio: Greg is a Microsoft MVP, Community Super User, and Vice President of the Microsoft Practice at Fusion Alliance, He is an active member in the Columbus IT community and founded the Columbus Azure ML, and the Power BI User Group (CAMLPUG). Greg has also authored two books, Learn Power BI and the upcoming DAX Recipe Cookbook, both from Packt.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregdeckler
Username: @dm-p
Bio: During his career across the UK and New Zealand, Daniel has been helping drive enterprise-wide solutions through process and software engineering; predominantly through Business Intelligence (BI), data visualisation and software integration. He is extremely passionate about the Microsoft BI stack, particularly Power BI, and has been delivering Power BI solutions since 2014. He is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP, an author of free and open-source custom visuals in the Power BI Marketplace and regularly presents and blogs on a variety of Power BI subjects.
Username: @nickyvv
Bio: Nicky van Vroenhoven is a BI professional focused at the Microsoft stack. He mainly works with Power BI, Biml and T-SQL. After working 9 years in BI-consultancy jobs in several industries and companies, he is currently working as a Lead BI Developer at the DWH team at Van Lanschot Kempen in The Netherlands. Nicky has spoken at several User Groups, SQL Saturday Events, and the Power BI World Tour about Power BI. In addition, he enjoys tweeting and blogging about topics like Power BI, Power Platform, DAX and SQL Server at nickyvv.com.
Username: @GilbertQ
Bio: Gilbert is a Power BI & Data Analytics Consultant.
From small to enterprise implementations on Azure (Azure Analysis Services, Function Apps, Runbooks, Automation Accounts, SQL Serverless DB) and On-Premise Microsoft Platform (SQL Server, Integration Services, Analysis Services Multidimensional and Tabular, Reporting Services).
Recently I have focused on Power BI, with its rapidly changing features and incredible uptake it has allowed me to consult in a variety of different and challenging solutions. I was awarded the Microsoft MVP award for Power BI since 2017. I have spoken at the Microsoft Business Applications Summit (Seattle & Atlanta), Power BI World Tour, SQL Saturdays & other events. I have worked within teams, managed teams as well as worked alone on various successful data analytics projects.
Bio: Ignacio is a data enthusiast that loves learning and sharing knowledge in different ways.
He likes to find hidden insights in data to help entities find value in their data. He enjoys helping people in communities, that's why he writes an Azure Data Platform blog focus on Power BI and participates in forums. Passionate about a good data manipulation challenge. He takes Power BI to its limits with unusual solutions. Convinced that any solutions should use data modeling.
Ignacio got interested in BI with the first Power BI Designer and then with Power BI Desktop working in Pi Consulting in Argentina. Language preference: Python and Power Query M for data manipulation. SQL and DAX for querying data. Blog and Storytelling site: http://www.ladataweb.com.ar | Twitter: @ignacho_07
Username: @az38
Bio: Aleksei has 10+ years of experience in work with and around data, mostly in the telecom sector.
Starting from data-driven decision-making engineering roles and understanding its needs, now Aleksei specializes in delivering quality data to end-point business users.
He works with data of different nature: networks performance, operational effectiveness, finance, and sales analysis, and sports stats as a hobby and life passion.
Microsoft environment-certified expert Aleksei loves to share his knowledge in Power BI and other Microsoft products deeply inside and widely outside his multinational employer.
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/alekseizhukov
Username: @amitchandak
Bio: Amit has vast experience in Business Intelligence, Analytics, ML and Data Science. He has built multiple BI products and solutions over the years and now predominantly works with MSBI Stack, Azure and Power BI, Python, R, SQL Server, Oracle, Citus DB, Spark, and Elastic Search, etc. and has worked on developing BI Solutions for different verticals in the past. These include Healthcare, Logistics, Hospitality, Travel, FMCG, Consumer Durable, FinTech, Media, Automotive, Spend Analytics, Supply Chain Analytics, Order Management. Amit currently heads the Analytics Division at Kanerika Software as Chief Analytics Officer. He is also a mentor for B-school and loves Blogging on BI. He is thrilled to be part of the Power BI super user community as he would love to take this opportunity to use his experience and skills to solve complex business problems and also motivates other team members to learn about real-world data issues. LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amitchandak78/
Username: @Nathaniel_C
Bio: Nathaniel was a very early user of Excel as well as VP Planner, VisiCalc, and Lotus 123. He taught Microsoft Office and Intro to Programming (C++) at the University of Alaska. Nathaniel has experience in web design and was a Senior Product Engineer and SME at Advisys developing financial planning software, including a Social Security calculator which matched the US government’s projections to the penny. One of his favorite projects was building a utility that converted Excel into VBA code. Nathaniel is certified as a Microsoft Office Specialist Master. He discovered the Power BI community last year in August 2019 and has enjoyed helping people around the globe find Power BI solutions for their data. He really appreciates the help given by other Community members including JDBuchanan71, ImkeF, KenPuls, MattAllington, marcorusso, and v-frfei-msft. To relax, Nathaniel enjoys leading hikes, and volunteering with the local ski patrol.
Username: @MFelix
Bio: Miguel Félix is a business analyst in an industrial company, with a 20-year of experience in areas so diverse as banking to an event and communication group. Since university always made his own tools in Excel and VBA to improve the analysis and ways to show data that allowed users to have quick insights.
With Power Query and Power BI the insights are easier and faster and take BI to a different level since removes the dependency on specialized professionals to have data as we need and when we need it.
Username: @tex628
Bio: Johannes is working as a BI consultant at Navet AB in Helsingborg, Sweden. He took the step into BI from master data maintenance and has now been developing applications in Power BI since early 2017.
Username: @vanessafvg
Bio: Vanessa is a Data and Analytics consultant in the UK. For 25+ years she has worked in a spectrum of roles across various industries in the data and analytics arena. Since the excel days of 'Power BI', she has been an evangelist of the product and the value of data visualization. She has been involved in the roll-out of Power BI in various organizations and enjoys helping people learn to use Power BI, and of course, loves to build an insightful dashboard. Currently studying data science and working as a data visualization scientist she loves being a Super User in the Power BI community and loves the challenge of helping people solve their Power BI challenges.
Username: @timg
Tim has been active as a BI consultant for the past 5 years. During this time he specialized in Azure and the Power platform. He has implemented solutions together with several clients, primarily in the banking and financial sector. Tim also regularly provides training sessions and workshops as a Microsoft certified trainer.
Username: @selimovd
My name is Denis Selimovic and I am a Senior Consultant and Trainer at Trivadis AG in Switzerland. I have been lucky enough to work with Power BI since its release in 2015 and gain experience in many interesting projects since the beginning. In my blog https://WhatTheFact.bi I write about everything related to Power BI, best practices and share tips and tricks. I am also co-organizer of the Power BI User Group Switzerland! Feel free to get in touch with me!
Username: @knp
Bio: Hi my name is Kim, I live in Tauranga, New Zealand with my wife and 4 kids.
I am the Business Intelligence Architect for C3 Ltd where I have worked for the last 21 years. 12 of those spent in a variety of IT roles. Experienced in most of the Microsoft BI stack, Python and Power Automate. I am passionate about all things technology, data, building extensible solutions, sharing knowledge, process automation and ridding the world of VLOOKUPs. I am currently on a quest for data democratization and building my minion army of Power BI citizen developers. I am proud to be a part of this community. LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-preece-77992b27/] |
Twitter: @knpbi
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