Reza Rad
Microsoft Regional Director · Author, Trainer, Speaker, and Consultant. More than 20 years of experience in data analysis, BI, databases, programming, and development mostly on Microsoft technologies. Co-founder of RADACAD, the Power BI & Fabric Summit, Difinity Conference, and Data Insight Summit.
About Reza
Reza Rad is a Microsoft Regional Director, an Author, Trainer, Speaker, and Consultant. He has a BSc in Computer Engineering and more than 20 years of experience in data analysis, BI, databases, programming, and development mostly on Microsoft technologies.
He is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP for 15 continuous years (from 2011 till now) for his dedication to Microsoft BI. Reza is an active blogger and co-founder of RADACAD. He is also co-founder and co-organiser of the Difinity conference in New Zealand, the Power BI Summit (the biggest Power BI conference), and Data Insight Summit (Chicago, USA).
He wrote some books on Microsoft BI and also is writing some others. He was also an active member on online technical forums such as MSDN and Experts-Exchange, and was a moderator of MSDN SQL Server forums. He is the leader of the New Zealand Business Intelligence users group.
He is also the author of the very popular book Power BI from Rookie to Rock Star, which is free with more than 1700 pages of content, and the Power BI Pro Architecture published by Apress. He is an International Speaker in Microsoft Ignite, Microsoft Business Applications Summit, Data Insight Summit, PASS Summit, SQL Saturday and user groups, and a Microsoft Certified Trainer.
Reza's passion is to help you find the best data solution. His articles on different aspects of technologies, especially on BI, can be found on his blog: radacad.com/blog.
Titles & positions
- CEO at RADACAD
- Chairman and Director at Power BI & Fabric Summit
- Chairman and Director at Difinity Conference (Since 2017)
- Microsoft Regional Director (Since 2018)
- Microsoft Data Platform MVP (Since 2011)
- Leader of Fabric, Power BI and Analytics user group in Auckland, New Zealand (Since 2013)
- Microsoft Fast Track Recognized Solution Architect – Power Platform
- Power BI All-Star Award winner
- Dynamic Communities Emerald Award winner
- Best-selling author of more than 13 books on BI, analytics, and Power BI
- Speaker at conferences such as Ignite, Microsoft Business Applications Summit, PASS, etc.
- Blogger and YouTube content creator
- Consultant and trainer
- Microsoft Certified Trainer
- Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP, MCSE, MCITP of BI)
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