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Azure McFarlane #23 #40

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Keith - Welcome to On Air in the Cloud, the podcast where we interview people working with technology in interesting ways. This episode is number 23 and you are joined by Gregor Suttie, Matt Boyd and me, Keith Atherton.

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In this episode, we are going to speak to Azure (az-yoor) McFarlane, who is a Senior Power Platform Consultant at Hitachi Solutions.

Welcome, Azure. Please introduce yourself, and let me know if I pronounced your name correctly :)

[Guest introduces themselves...]

Gregor - Your LinkedIn bio says "I'll make you fall in love with automation in 5 minutes", go for it! Matt - What does a typical day look like for you? Keith - You hold a degree in biochemistry and used to work in the pharmaceutical industry (as did I), and you now work in consultancy - what has that journey been like?

Gregor - You recently started a new podcast called new podcast code.Serenity with Ed Gonzales, can you tell us more about that? Matt - You presented a ShortList VRT session called "The Power of Mentorship!", can you tell us more about that? Keith - Last year, I saw you give an excellent presentation demonstrating Power Automate Desktop at the Power Platform Community Conference in Las Vegas, can you tell us more about that session?

Gregor - You've been in the Microsoft MVP program for 3 years, what does being an MVP mean to you? Matt - You recently went to the DynamicsCon LIVE event, how was that? Keith - You're also actively involved in helping underrepresented individuals get a find their path in tech, tell us more about that

Gregor - What do you enjoy doing outside of work? Matt - Do you have anything upcoming that you'd like to promote? Keith - Azure, thank you very much for joining us today. Where can people follow you online?

Thank you everyone for joining us today. Subscribe wherever you're hearing this episode. See you all next time, take care.