P3 Adaptive
This week’s episode is a bit of a fun departure, as we peel back the curtain and talk a bit with Luke Pirozzoli, producer of Raw Data and Operations Manager at P3 Adaptive! A story not necessarily data-based, but certainly as winding and different a path as any! We have some great episodes already recorded to start 2022 with a bang! Happy Holidays!
The data gene lurks everywhere, including deep in the heart of Texas High School Football! Enter Coach Chase Hargis, Defensive coach of the Magnolia High School Football team in Texas and also a data guy, who asked P3 Adaptive to help with a very specific data problem…how to visualize football data so as to give an edge to his players?
What’s the first feeling that you get when you hear the word Sales or Salesperson? We believe that most people do not get warm fuzzies when they hear those words! Carson Heady is Director, Health Solutions – U.S. Health & Life Sciences at Microsoft and shatters the negative stereotypes of the Salesperson. He is about as human and helpful as any guest we’ve had on the show, and we’re quite sure that his customers agree!
Adam Harstad is one of the few guests that have been on with us twice! This time around, we cover some pitfalls that data people fall into including cognitive bias and how people behave in the face of uncertainty, how these traps can be applied and avoided in life and in data, and we do throw in some Fantasy Football talk!
For our 50th episode a few weeks ago, we shared an episode that Rob recorded with his grandfather, Bob “Pop” Collie. We had some content that didn’t quite fit the vibe of the episode, and we just didn’t feel right about keeping this amazing stuff to ourselves! It’s a lot of Pop Collie’s Navy stories of him being goofy, how he played football for a legendary college coach, and how a series of strange events led to him meeting his wife!
Mary Fealty is a prime example of the spirit of “Why not?” that we’ve been exploring as of late! She is a Power BI early adopter (we like to call folks like Mary a Power BI OG!), and her experience and knowledge place her as a leader in the data solutions field.
We’ve been quite busy not only just here at Raw Data, business at P3 Adaptive HQ has been booming! So much so, that we’ve had to add our 4th Director of Client Services to the team to keep up with our ever increasing business. His name is Angel Abundez, and his journey has zigzagged him across both Rob and Tom’s paths in the past (and maybe yours as well along the way) and has led him here today, sitting down and sharing his story with us!
For this episode, we wanted to do something a bit different. Our guest is a very special human-Bob “Pop” Collie is Rob’s 96 year old grandfather on his father’s side. Rob credits Pop Collie for so many things, like teaching him the power of “Why Not?” That spirit of “Why Not?” has molded and shaped not only Rob’s philosophy, but it’s also a huge part of the philosophy of P3 Adaptive. When someone tells us something is not possible, we ask….”why not?” And make it possible!
If it wasn’t for Rob’s interaction with Dave Gainer during his time at Microsoft, there’s no doubt that Rob’s life and career path would have been vastly different, and very likely not in a good way! Dave currently is Vice President of Product for Microsoft Office, but he’s ALWAYS been a great leader of people.
Imke Feldmann is among the first few to have recognized the incredible value and potential of this thing called Power Pivot in Excel (which was the precursor to Power BI). And did she ever run with it, launching quite the successful solo consultancy and training service!
Chris Rae has had quite the data journey! In his current form, he’s the co-creator of MyCoast, an app that helps government entities clean up hazards on coastlines.
He’s travelled many paths on his journey, from the banking space to working on Excel and other projects at Microsoft and all points in between and beyond!
There’s a place where sports and data meet, and it’s as powerful a collision as on any football field! Currently, sports analytics drives professional teams to make decisions that affect the future of the organization. Jeff Sagarin has been a figurehead in the sports analytics realm for decades, and we’re thrilled to have had the chance to have him on to talk about his data journey!