Mr Whittles talks about presentations

What this episode covers

In this podcast Richard Douglas and I talk to Alex Whittles about presenting. How and why he started presenting. He is the owner of Purple Frog – a SQL Server/ BI Consulancy. He’s a Microsoft MVP (Most Valued Professional) and on the organising committees for SQLBits, SQLRelay. He also runs the SQL Midlands and the Birmingham meetups for the UK Azure user group Alex doesn’t tell us about the secret MVP handshake, but does give us some interesting insights on writing your Bio. Alex tells us about the best session he has attended, but I wont spoil it for you…Listen for yourself. Alex is a Data Platform MVP and is the owner and lead consultant at Purple Frog, a SQL Server Business Intelligence consultancy in the UK. He specialises in dimensional data modelling, data warehouse design, ETL systems, OLAP cubes, MDX and DAX using the SQL Server stack. Alex has an MSc in Business Intelligence, runs the Midlands SQL Server User Group and the Birmingham SQL Relay conferences, and is on the SQL Bits committee. As well as speaking at SQLBits, he is also a regular speaker at other events including SQL Saturday, SQL Relay, PASS Summit, 24 HOP and SQL Server user groups around Europe. Purple Frog http://www.PurpleFrogSystems.com SQLBits http://www.sqlbits.com SQLRelay http://www.sqlrelay.com SQLMidlands http://www.sqlmidlands.com/ UK Azure User Group http://www.meetup.com/UKAzureUserGroup/ Cardiff User Group http://www.meetup.com/Cardiff-SQL-Server-User-Group/ BCS Shropshire http://shropshire.bcs.org/ Alex’s SQLBits presentations http://www.sqlbits.com/Speakers/Alex_Whittles SQL Saturday Southampton http://www.sqlsaturday.com/467/eventhome.aspx Michael Ryh http://sqlblog.com/blogs/michael_rys/default.aspx Learn About Azure https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/windowsazure/learn MVP https://mvp.microsoft.com/en-us/PublicProfile/5001633?fullName=Alex%20%20Whittles