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Gaston Cruz

Gaston Cruz

MVP Data Platform / Senior Director - Slalom USA

Bellevue, Washington, United States

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Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in Data Platform for the last 8 years.

Over 20 years of experience in business and technology working with organizations at various stages of digital transformations. Over the years, worked with several industry sectors including Retail, Banking, Minery, Oil & Gas, and Media/Entertainment. Also led several products and applications that have been in the cusp of data, strategy, technology, and business transformation. Passion for data , emerging technologies and new offerings enables clients to make fact-based decisions and drive actions in the market together.​

Provided recommendations and guidance on revamping Analytics and Reporting enterprise architecture for different companies in helping drive a Customer Data Exchange working closely with the C-Suite to help them design their New Data Services Organization with Data Products. Stood up new capabilities required to effectively operate and move toward Data Monetization using advanced Data consolidation and Data Sharing capabilities focusing on Privacy/Compliance and Data Governance

YouTube channel Power Mates: https://www.youtube.com/@PowerMatesMS

Awards

  • Most Active Speaker 2024
  • Most Active Speaker 2023
  • Most Active Speaker 2022

Area of Expertise

  • Finance & Banking
  • Information & Communications Technology

Topics

  • Microsoft Power BI
  • Power BI Dataflows
  • Azure
  • Azure Data Platform
  • Fabric Data Warehouse
  • Microsoft Fabric
  • Power BI / Fabric
  • Fabric Data Engineering
  • Fabric Real-Time Analytics

Power BI Goals 101

In this session we are going to cover an intro to Power BI Goals, going with concepts of scorecards, goals, history, connecting with data. And also showing some use cases, and scenarios to start the discussions with the audience.

AI Power - Cognitive Services and Power Platform

Power Virtual Agent connected to the PowerBI API using a custom Power Automate connection

Tips to handle Big Data Models with Power BI

In this session we are going to show different techniques to handle big data models with Power BI: aggregations, composite models, and refreshes.

Synapse and Power BI - Intro to a great data mix

In this session we are going to cover an intro to Synapse and how to leverage this platform for data visualization in Power BI

Starting with XMLA endpoints in Power BI

In this session we are going to cover how to start using XMLA write endpoint feature in Power BI for enterprise deployments. Story cases and Pros to use this feature.

Options to refresh our Tabular Models

In this session we are going to show options to refresh our Azure Analysis Services models with Logic Apps and Azure Data Factory

Intro to Enterprise Modeling with Power BI XMLA Endpoints

How to implement new models with XMLA endpoints in Power BI, using Visual Studio, SSMS, Tabular Editor and more.

Managing Real Time Analytics with Power BI and Power Automate

How to handle APIs and real time data creating a solution with Power Automate and Power BI

Dataflows AI Capabilities

We are going to demo some of the AI Capabilities in power bi dataflows using text sentiment analysis, image recognition among others.

AI Power - Cognitive Services and Power Platform

Manage power bi using power virtual agents, power automate and cognitive services

Monitoring Power BI with PowerShell

First steps to create a Report to monitor all about Enterprise Power BI deployments (gateways, licensing, export, share, and more).

Global Power Platform Bootcamp 2022 - Paraguay User group Sessionize Event Upcoming

Not scheduled yet.

Power BI Summit 2023 Sessionize Event

March 2023

SQL Saturday Atlanta 2023 - BI & Data Analytics Sessionize Event

February 2023 Alpharetta, Georgia, United States

Global Power Platform Bootcamp 2023 | Edmonton Sessionize Event

February 2023

Festive Tech Calendar 2022 Sessionize Event

December 2022

Microsoft Community Days Mexico City 2022 Sessionize Event

November 2022 Mexico City, Mexico

Global AI Developer Days Latam 2022 Sessionize Event

October 2022

Data Insight Summit Sessionize Event

September 2022 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Bizz Summit ES 2022 Sessionize Event

September 2022 Madrid, Spain

Microsoft Cloud Events Monterrey 2022 Sessionize Event

August 2022 Monterrey, Mexico

Gira Online Speakers LATAM 2022 Sessionize Event

August 2022

Data Toboggan - Cool Runnings 2022 Sessionize Event

July 2022

Digital Transformation Saturday 2022 User group Sessionize Event

March 2022

Power BI Summit Sessionize Event

April 2021

Munich Power BI Days 2020-09-15 Sessionize Event

September 2020 Munich, Germany

Gaston Cruz

MVP Data Platform / Senior Director - Slalom USA

Bellevue, Washington, United States

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