12 Oct
2018

Agile in non-software development teams

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I’ve had some great opportunities working with teams applying lean and agile techniques to domains beyond software development. Along with other areas, I’m having lots of conversations around applying Scrum in HR teams. This is fairly unique because the core usage model for Scrum is to apply it when the work is fairly unknown and […]

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13 Sep
2018

How Key Vault is used to secure the Healthcare AI Blueprint

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System security is a top priority for any healthcare organization. There are many types of security including physical, network, application, email and so on. This article covers the system security provided by Azure Key Vault. Specifically, we examine the Key Vault implementation used in the Azure Healthcare blueprint. The intent is to demonstrate how a Key Vault […]

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22 Jul
2018

What I immediately installed on my new MacBook Pro

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I just bought a new MacBook Pro. New to me, anyway. Craigslist for the win. Anyway, I thought it would be interesting to keep track of what I installed right away and see what I can’t live without. OS Updates Of course. The first thing to install. Google Chrome Unpinning Safari as quick as possible. Activate LastPass […]

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26 Jun
2018

Microsoft Azure Industry Experiences

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I am fortunate enough to have recently been hired at Microsoft as a Solutions Architect in the Industry Experiences team within the Cloud and AI organization. Our team is responsible for helping companies adopt and thrive on Azure by focusing on solving problems for specific industries like Health and Life Science (my focus), Insurance, Banking […]

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23 Jun
2018

Using or Abusing Technology

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There has been a lot of attention lately about what companies are doing with their technology and products. Specifically, there have been several instances of hi-tech employees revolting against their own companies selling systems that are used by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) because ICE has been separating families in detention centers. And this isn’t […]

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