Business Intelligence

Este año tendremos nuestra primera edición de Microsoft Fabric Day 2026. Esto es un evento global soportado por todas las comunidades locales. . 📅 Saturday, June 27, 2026 📅 🕜 9:00 am @ Virtual ⭐️ KEYNOTE 🕜 9:20 am ⭐️ THE INTEGRATION BLUEPRINT: CHOOSING THE RIGHT PATH IN MICROSOFT FABRIC I🙂 Javier Villegas, Gaston Cruz 🕜 10:10 am ⭐️ SHORTCUTS, MIRRORING O DELTA SHARING: INTEGRANDO DATABRICKS CON MICROSOFT FABRIC. 🙂 Daniel Eduardo Portugal Revilla, Hector Loja Alvarado 🕜 11:00 am ⭐️ DATAFLOW GEN2 EN ACCIÓN: DE POWER QUERY A UN LAKEHOUSE EN MICROSOFT FABRIC 🙂 Pedro Castillo 🕜 11:50 am ⭐️ FABRIC ANALYST (RECAP) 🙂 Juan Rafael 🕜 12:40 pm @ Virtual ⭐️ CIERRE \- \- \- \- \- \- \- SPEAKERS: \- \- \- \- \- \- \- 🙂 DANIEL EDUARDO PORTUGAL REVILLA ⚡️ Data Engineert en Yape, Founder of Data Wizard community Daniel es Data Engineer con Maestría en Big Data & Data Science y más de 9 años de experiencia en la industria IT, de los cuales más de 6 están especializados en Ingeniería de Datos y diseño de plataformas de datos. Ha trabajado en sectores como banca, telecomunicaciones, seguros, unicornios y startups, diseñando e implementando plataformas escalables para casos de uso batch y en tiempo real. Apasionado del ecosistema Databricks, trabaja día a día con arquitecturas Lakehouse construyendo pipelines sobre Delta Lake, Autoloader y Structured Streaming. Es fundador de Data Engineering Latam y Data Wizard, dos comunidades globales de datos orientadas a democratizar el conocimiento en ingeniería de datos y arquitecturas modernas en toda la región latinoamericana y más allá. 🙂 GASTON CRUZ ⚡️ Dual MVP Data Platform & AI / Senior Director - Slalom USA Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in Data Platform for the last 9 years and MVP in AI. 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 🔗 https://sessionize.com/gaston-cruz 🙂 HECTOR LOJA ALVARADO ⚡️ DATA ENGINEER Profesional con amplia experiencia en el mundo de los Datos. Ha trabajado diseñando e implementando soluciones de analítica, reportería y arquitecturas de datos en la nube, con foco en transformar datos en decisiones de negocio accionables. Apasionado por la intersección entre datos e inteligencia artificial, explora activamente tecnologías emergentes como agentes de IA, MCP (Model Context Protocol) y las nuevas capacidades de SQL Server 2025. Speaker en la comunidad de datos hispanohablante, comprometido con compartir conocimiento práctico y reproducible. 🙂 JAVIER VILLEGAS ⚡️ Mediterranean Shipping Company, IT Director - Microsoft MVP Data Platform Javier Villegas is IT Director (DBA & BI Services) at Mediterranean Shipping Company with 30 years of experience working with SQL Server, Including Azure SQL. His specialization is Administration, Performance Tuning, High Availability and Disaster Recovery. Javier is a Microsoft MVP Data Platform since 2016 and MCT He is a frequent speaker in technical conferences and events such as SQL Saturdays, PASS Virtual Groups, PASS Marathons, 24 Hours SQL PASS , vOpen , GroupBy , Data Saturdays and Azure Global Bootcamps. He is one of the group leaders of SQL Argentina Community and former Microsoft Azure Data Advisory Board Member 🔗 https://sessionize.com/javier-villegas 🙂 JUAN RAFAEL ⚡️ Solutions Architect Dynamics 365 Global MCT \| MVP Business Aplications I work as a Solutions Architect for Dynamics 365 and Power Platform at Alianza Corp. I have implemented solutions such as MS Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations, Commerce, Sales, and Customer Services, using Azure and Power Platform services. I am also a Global MCT, teaching official MS Dynamics 365 and Power Platform courses such as MB 280, MB 800, PL 900, etc. I have taught courses for Latin America and Spain for partners such as Indra, Santander, BCP, etc. I am part of the Microsoft ESI program. I am a community leader for Cloud Experts, organizing various virtual and in-person events such as SQL Saturday, Data Saturday, Dynamics Saturday, Global Azure, and Global Power Platform BootCamp, among others. 🔗 https://sessionize.com/juan-rafael 🙂 PEDRO CASTILLO ⚡️ Pi Data Strategy & Consulting / Data Analyst Soy Pedro Castillo, Ingeniero Informático. Me apasiona profundamente el mundo de los datos y su potencial para revelar verdades ocultas. En mi actual rol como Analista de Datos, tengo el privilegio de sumergirme en la complejidad de los datos, analizándolos hasta que revelan sus secretos más profundos. He tenido la oportunidad de liderar proyectos en diversos sectores, desde la industria minera hasta el retail y la salud. Mi objetivo es utilizar mi experiencia para desentrañar patrones y tendencias significativas que impulsen la toma de decisiones informadas y estratégicas en cualquier campo en el que trabajo. 🔗 https://sessionize.com/pedro-castillo

Este año tendremos nuestra primera edición de Microsoft Fabric Day 2026. Esto es un evento global soportado por todas las comunidades locales. . 📅 Saturday, June 27, 2026 📅 🕜 9:00 am @ Virtual ⭐️ KEYNOTE 🕜 9:20 am ⭐️ THE INTEGRATION BLUEPRINT: CHOOSING THE RIGHT PATH IN MICROSOFT FABRIC I🙂 Javier Villegas, Gaston Cruz 🕜 10:10 am ⭐️ SHORTCUTS, MIRRORING O DELTA SHARING: INTEGRANDO DATABRICKS CON MICROSOFT FABRIC. 🙂 Daniel Eduardo Portugal Revilla, Hector Loja Alvarado 🕜 11:00 am ⭐️ DATAFLOW GEN2 EN ACCIÓN: DE POWER QUERY A UN LAKEHOUSE EN MICROSOFT FABRIC 🙂 Pedro Castillo 🕜 11:50 am ⭐️ FABRIC ANALYST (RECAP) 🙂 Juan Rafael 🕜 12:40 pm @ Virtual ⭐️ CIERRE \- \- \- \- \- \- \- SPEAKERS: \- \- \- \- \- \- \- 🙂 DANIEL EDUARDO PORTUGAL REVILLA ⚡️ Data Engineert en Yape, Founder of Data Wizard community Daniel es Data Engineer con Maestría en Big Data & Data Science y más de 9 años de experiencia en la industria IT, de los cuales más de 6 están especializados en Ingeniería de Datos y diseño de plataformas de datos. Ha trabajado en sectores como banca, telecomunicaciones, seguros, unicornios y startups, diseñando e implementando plataformas escalables para casos de uso batch y en tiempo real. Apasionado del ecosistema Databricks, trabaja día a día con arquitecturas Lakehouse construyendo pipelines sobre Delta Lake, Autoloader y Structured Streaming. Es fundador de Data Engineering Latam y Data Wizard, dos comunidades globales de datos orientadas a democratizar el conocimiento en ingeniería de datos y arquitecturas modernas en toda la región latinoamericana y más allá. 🙂 GASTON CRUZ ⚡️ Dual MVP Data Platform & AI / Senior Director - Slalom USA Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in Data Platform for the last 9 years and MVP in AI. 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 🔗 https://sessionize.com/gaston-cruz 🙂 HECTOR LOJA ALVARADO ⚡️ DATA ENGINEER Profesional con amplia experiencia en el mundo de los Datos. Ha trabajado diseñando e implementando soluciones de analítica, reportería y arquitecturas de datos en la nube, con foco en transformar datos en decisiones de negocio accionables. Apasionado por la intersección entre datos e inteligencia artificial, explora activamente tecnologías emergentes como agentes de IA, MCP (Model Context Protocol) y las nuevas capacidades de SQL Server 2025. Speaker en la comunidad de datos hispanohablante, comprometido con compartir conocimiento práctico y reproducible. 🙂 JAVIER VILLEGAS ⚡️ Mediterranean Shipping Company, IT Director - Microsoft MVP Data Platform Javier Villegas is IT Director (DBA & BI Services) at Mediterranean Shipping Company with 30 years of experience working with SQL Server, Including Azure SQL. His specialization is Administration, Performance Tuning, High Availability and Disaster Recovery. Javier is a Microsoft MVP Data Platform since 2016 and MCT He is a frequent speaker in technical conferences and events such as SQL Saturdays, PASS Virtual Groups, PASS Marathons, 24 Hours SQL PASS , vOpen , GroupBy , Data Saturdays and Azure Global Bootcamps. He is one of the group leaders of SQL Argentina Community and former Microsoft Azure Data Advisory Board Member 🔗 https://sessionize.com/javier-villegas 🙂 JUAN RAFAEL ⚡️ Solutions Architect Dynamics 365 Global MCT \| MVP Business Aplications I work as a Solutions Architect for Dynamics 365 and Power Platform at Alianza Corp. I have implemented solutions such as MS Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations, Commerce, Sales, and Customer Services, using Azure and Power Platform services. I am also a Global MCT, teaching official MS Dynamics 365 and Power Platform courses such as MB 280, MB 800, PL 900, etc. I have taught courses for Latin America and Spain for partners such as Indra, Santander, BCP, etc. I am part of the Microsoft ESI program. I am a community leader for Cloud Experts, organizing various virtual and in-person events such as SQL Saturday, Data Saturday, Dynamics Saturday, Global Azure, and Global Power Platform BootCamp, among others. 🔗 https://sessionize.com/juan-rafael 🙂 PEDRO CASTILLO ⚡️ Pi Data Strategy & Consulting / Data Analyst Soy Pedro Castillo, Ingeniero Informático. Me apasiona profundamente el mundo de los datos y su potencial para revelar verdades ocultas. En mi actual rol como Analista de Datos, tengo el privilegio de sumergirme en la complejidad de los datos, analizándolos hasta que revelan sus secretos más profundos. He tenido la oportunidad de liderar proyectos en diversos sectores, desde la industria minera hasta el retail y la salud. Mi objetivo es utilizar mi experiencia para desentrañar patrones y tendencias significativas que impulsen la toma de decisiones informadas y estratégicas en cualquier campo en el que trabajo. 🔗 https://sessionize.com/pedro-castillo

Monthly working lunch for Columbus business owners. One specific topic, one to three actions you can run this week. You can be the best at what you do and still be invisible. If local buyers cannot find you, the phone does not ring. Marketing Monday Lunch + Learn is a monthly working lunch for Columbus business owners focused on building relationships, local networking, and local marketing. Every kind of local business welcome. No pitch round, no pressure, no upsell. **This month** Most local businesses pick one or two places to be visible and call it good. The result is inconsistent calls and a feeling that marketing is not working. We will walk through the three places every local business needs to show up, plus the fourth place most owners ignore that quietly produces the warmest leads. **What to expect** Doors open at noon. Order lunch and drinks at the cafe counter or bring your own. You get real conversation with other local owners and a focused marketing lesson. You leave knowing people and with one to three actions to run that week. The room is reserved through 1:30 PM. **Who this is for** Any local business owner who wants clearer marketing direction and real local relationships. Service businesses, retail, home services, professional services, online owners building local presence, anyone serious about being part of the Columbus business community. **Not the right fit if** You are here to pitch the room or recruit for an MLM. **Details** * Second Monday of every month * 12:00 to 1:30 PM * Good Cafe Easton, 4400 Easton Commons, Ste 150, Columbus, OH 43219 * Order lunch and drinks at the counter when you arrive * Free to attend, RSVP required, space is limited **About the host** Rita Suzanne is a local marketing strategist and the founder of Local Marketing Method. She runs Visibility is Profitability, the membership where local business owners build the system that keeps their phone ringing. Learn more at learnlocalmarketing.com. Register here: [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1989964540509?aff=oddtdtcreator](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1989964540509?aff=oddtdtcreator)

**Practical Curiosity: Learning from Everyday Data** How do we actually get better at utilizing our day-to-day data? Fancy dashboards and complex models might look nice and draw attention, but that’s not where most of us spend our time. In fact those shiny outputs frequently sit unused, while the real insights are drawn from the analyst’s daily practice. Sometimes it’s as simple and as powerful as noticing that a segment is shrinking, a channel is underused, or certain links keep getting all the clicks. There’s many different places that the spark of insight can come from, but you have to keep your head in the data and know where to look. In this session, we’ll explore real-world examples of how segmentation, testing, and click behavior can uncover practical digital marketing opportunities. You’ll leave with inspiration for your own use cases, along with a few simple ways to ask better questions, spot meaningful patterns, and make smarter decisions without overcomplicating it. **About Our Speaker:** [Elaine Armbruster](https://www.linkedin.com/in/elainearmbruster/) is a Director of Digital Experience at the [American Diabetes Association](https://diabetes.org/), where she focuses on using data and insights to create smarter, more effective digital experiences. A lifelong Columbus resident, she has built her career in email marketing and the broader digital user journey, and is finding she most enjoys working in the messy middle where systems, data, and big ideas don’t quite line up yet. Thanks to our 2026 sponsors: [Clarivoy](https://www.clarivoy.com), [What Box Consulting Group](https://www.whatboxconsultinggroup.com), [Conductrics](https://www.conductrics.com), and [Piwik PRO](https://piwik.pro) More info at [cbusdaw.com](https://cbusdaw.com)

Join us for lunch and meet our very successful group. We are each others sales team...always looking for referrals for our members. If you are looking for new clients, let us help you out! Bring your business cards and brochures to share with us. We have a speaker each week so that we can learn about their business. Because we have only one member per business, we have many of the spots filled. However, we are specifically looking for an estate attorney, a handyman/electrician, and an event planner. We have referrals for you! All visitors are welcome. Any questions contact [pmarchio@farmersagent.com](mailto:pmarchio@farmersagent.com)

You can sleep in on the Sesquicentennial (observed), we’re shifting to the following Friday. But join the local UX community for a chat and some biscuits to catch up. If you were in CA for Figma Config, tell us all the lines and you can tell me how I can animate an SVG without coding it by hand, and why I’d even want to. Thanks to the team at Nationwide of supporting the group.

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**[Official registration site --> https://luma.com/du41v0tg](https://luma.com/du41v0tg)** **[You must register and will receive an approval/confirmation](https://luma.com/du41v0tg).** We’re taking HustleBus from Columbus to **Black Tech Week in Cincinnati** for a high-signal, founder-only experience focused on community, collaboration, and momentum. ​ **Why Black Tech Week?** ​Black Tech Week is one of the best rooms in Ohio to meet builders, operators, investors, and ecosystem leaders. Expect meaningful connections, great energy, and programming that spotlights founders and what’s being built. ​ What’s included (thank you to our sponsors Huntington Bank, Burton D Morgan Foundation, and Lightship Foundation) * ​Founder-only HustleBus transportation (free) * ​**Black Tech Week ticket comped** for HustleBus participants (must register with code) * And much more! There are limited seats on the Hustle Bus, so if this sounds like something you want to get in on, register today * Learn more and Register here --> [https://luma.com/du41v0tg](https://luma.com/du41v0tg)

🛠️ **OpenClaw AI Agent Workshop — One session. One working AI agent.** *The session starts with a goal and ends with a deployed agent* For anyone who wants AI working for them instead of the other way around, this workshop strips out everything unnecessary and gets straight to building. By working through the build with a guide, you leave having built something real and immediately useful. **⚠️ Final step:** Just clicking rsvp will not save your spot in this session, so click the register link below and complete the full sign-up to hold your seat — registration closes once spots fill so act fast, and registration is what actually holds your place. ### [🔗 SECURE YOUR PLACE](https://aiventurelab.org/product/OpenClawMasterclass?city=Columbus&groupurlname=club-of-bold-book-discussions-and-socials&startgmtdatetime=2026-06-27T22:00:00Z) --- **What this session produces:** - Templates and tools from the session to jumpstart your next build - A deployed agent ready to run immediately after the session - A real, working AI agent you built from scratch in the session Start building AI tools today — secure your place and come with one task you want to automate, and the skills from this session apply immediately after. 🚀 *Stop reading about AI. Start building it.*