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Ron C. L'Esteve is a Data and AI Leader and professional Author residing in Chicago, IL, USA. He is well-known for his impactful books and article publications on Azure Data & AI Architecture, Engineering, and Leadership. Ron holds a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) and Master of Science in Corporate Finance (M.S.F.) from Loyola University Chicago. Ron possesses deep technical skills and experience in designing, implementing, leading, and delivering modern Azure Data & AI projects for numerous clients around the world. He is a Motorola Certified Six Sigma Green Belt, a Microsoft Global Challenger, and also holds numerous additional Microsoft, Snowflake, and Databricks professional certifications in Big Data Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Apache Spark and Data Platform Architecture.

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Copilot Support for the Analytics EngineerArtificial Intelligence2025-07-02
Managing Microsoft Fabric Capacity PlanningMicrosoft Fabric2025-05-14
Designing Microsoft Fabric WorkspacesMicrosoft Fabric2025-04-21
Managing Agile Scrum TeamsApplication Development2025-04-08
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Creating a Chatbot with Azure AI Search and OpenAI StudioArtificial Intelligence2025-01-28
Generate Power BI Documentation with Fabric Semantic Link and OpenAIPower BI2025-01-03
Modernize a Traditional SQL Server Architecture with FabricMicrosoft Fabric2024-11-26
Microsoft Fabric Monitoring with Metrics App and Data ActivatorMicrosoft Fabric2024-05-13
Configure Azure Data Factory Per Pipeline BillingAzure Data Factory2024-04-04
Azure Machine Learning (AML) Gen AI Model Catalog and Prompt FlowArtificial Intelligence2024-01-29
Prompt Templates for gpt-4 LLM with OpenAI and LangChain in DatabricksArtificial Intelligence2024-01-23
Get Started with LLMOps with MLFlow for Model Tracking with Open AIArtificial Intelligence2023-11-16
Databricks Unity Catalog and Volumes Step-by-Step GuideAzure Databricks2023-11-03
Databricks Assistant for AI and Bamboolib for No-Code Data AnalysisAzure Databricks2023-10-17
Natural Language AI Querying with DatabricksAzure Databricks2023-10-05
Strategies for Meeting Employee Needs and Reducing Employee TurnoverProfessional Development Management2023-07-06
Effectively Sell the Benefits of the Cloud and Influence ChangeCloud Strategy2023-06-12
Techniques to Help Sell Cloud Technology in Your OrganizationCloud Strategy2023-04-14
Decentralize Cloud Data Management to Improve Data Access and CostsCloud Strategy2023-03-13
Democratizing Self Service Cloud Analytics and ELTCloud Strategy2023-03-02
Data Governance Frameworks and Data Sharing PracticesCloud Strategy2023-02-21
Effective Digital Team Management for Growth and PerformanceProfessional Development Management2023-02-02
Key Cloud Roles and Responsibilities for Cloud Platform TransformationCloud Strategy2023-01-25
Technology Roadmap Requirements, Priorities, Stakeholders and PlansCloud Strategy2023-01-09
Benefits of DevOps for Cloud Transformation and InnovationCloud Strategy2022-10-05
Transition from Traditional Data Warehouse to Cloud Data LakehouseCloud Strategy2022-09-13
Collaboration, Communication and Governance on Cloud ProjectsCloud Strategy2022-09-01
Cloud Transformation Assumptions, Dependencies, Pricing ModelsCloud Strategy2022-08-25
Cloud Transformation Project Initiation and Planning PhasesCloud Strategy2022-08-16
Cloud Transformation for Current and Future Project RequirementsCloud Strategy2022-08-01
Cloud Transformation Excellence with Innovation and Data StrategyCloud Strategy2022-07-28
Centers of Excellence for Cloud TransformationCloud Strategy2022-07-21
Cloud Data Lakehouse Success Architecture, Outcomes, Lessons LearnedCloud Strategy2022-07-15
Data Lakehouse Challenges, Business Goals, Strategy, CapabilitiesCloud Strategy2022-06-28
Benefits of Adopting a Cloud Data Platform Driven OrganizationCloud Strategy2022-06-20
Understand Cloud Data Platform and Create a Cloud Adoption PlanCloud Strategy2022-06-02
Synapse Analytics vs Snowflake for Advanced CapabilitiesAzure Synapse Analytics2022-05-19
Advanced Databricks Lakehouse Encryption, Security, Query Plans, CDCAzure Databricks2022-05-10
Data and AI Leadership – Emotional Intelligence, Mindful, AuthenticProfessional Development Career2022-04-25
Responsibilities of Leaders in the Field of Data and AIProfessional Development Career2022-04-19
Databricks Delta Sharing Benefits, Creating, Altering, DescribingAzure Databricks2022-04-13
Databricks Delta Live Tables Getting Started GuideAzure Databricks2022-04-06
Auto Loader cloudFiles with Databricks End to End ExampleAzure Databricks2022-03-29
PySpark ETL Code for Excel, XML, JSON, Zip files into Azure DatabricksAzure Databricks2022-03-21
Azure Synapse Analytics Real-Time and Advanced AnalyticsAzure Synapse Analytics2022-03-17
Azure Synapse Analytics Security, Governance, and CI / CDAzure Synapse Analytics2022-03-11
Azure Synapse Analytics Workspace Storage, Development NotebooksAzure Synapse Analytics2022-03-03
Databricks Storage, Compute and WorkspacesAzure Databricks2022-02-28
Databricks Real-Time Analytics, Advanced Analytics and ReportingAzure Databricks2022-02-21
Databricks Security, Governance and DevOps CI/CDAzure Databricks2022-02-14
Lakehouse Reporting, Data Modeling and Advanced Analytics in AzureAzure2022-02-08
Data Lakehouse Storage and Serving LayersAzure2022-01-27
Azure Data Lakehouse Ingestion and Processing OptionsAzure2021-11-09
Understanding Snowflake Data Warehouse CapabilitiesSnowflake2021-11-04
Lakehouse ELT design, development and monitoring of Azure PipelinesAzure2021-10-05
Querying Star Schemas in Databricks with Dynamic Partition PruningAzure Databricks2021-09-30
Spark Adaptive Query ExecutionAzure Databricks2021-09-23
Bloom Filter Indexes for Delta Tables in DatabricksAzure Databricks2021-09-14
How to Implement a Databricks Delta Change Data Feed ProcessAzure Databricks2021-09-10
Auto Loader Resource Manager in a Scala Databricks NotebookAzure Databricks2021-09-01
Mount an Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 Account in DatabricksAzure Databricks2021-08-24
Cloud Data Warehouse PlanningData Warehousing2021-07-27
Flatten Semi-Structured Data with SnowflakeSnowflake2021-07-20
Import Data from Excel to Azure SQL Database using Azure Data FactoryAzure Data Factory2021-07-06
Snowflake Data Warehouse Load with Azure Data Factory and DatabricksSnowflake2021-06-15
Getting Started with Azure Purview for Data GovernanceAzure2021-06-08
Azure Databricks Access Controls and Row Level SecurityAzure Databricks2021-05-28
Read and Write to Snowflake Data Warehouse from Azure DatabricksSnowflake2021-05-19
Delta Schema Evolution in Azure DatabricksAzure Databricks2021-05-12
Creating Deep and Shallow Delta Clones in Azure DatabricksAzure Databricks2021-05-07
Performance Tuning Apache Spark with Z-Ordering and Data SkippingAzure Databricks2021-04-30
Designing an Azure Data Lake Store Gen2Azure2021-04-21
Getting Started with MLflow in Azure DatabricksAzure Databricks2021-04-14
Create a Python Wheel File to Package and Distribute Custom CodeAzure Databricks2021-03-31
Real-time IoT Analytics Using Apache Sparks Structured StreamingApache Spark2021-03-25
Graph Analytics Using Apache Spark GraphFrame APIAPI2021-03-15
Azure Synapse Spark and SQL Serverless External TablesAzure Synapse Analytics2021-03-03
Getting Started with Azure Synapse Link for Cosmos DBAzure Synapse Analytics2021-02-25
Azure Data Factory Mapping Data Flow Incremental UpsertAzure Data Factory2021-02-17
Azure Synapse Analytics Hyperspace for Spark IndexingAzure Synapse Analytics2021-02-02
Azure Data Factory Pipeline Logging Error DetailsAzure Data Factory2021-01-20
Prepare for Microsoft AI 100 ExamProfessional Development Certifications2020-12-18
Azure Synapse Analytics Workspace SamplesAzure Synapse Analytics2020-12-04
Deploy CI/CD Changes for Azure Data Factory with Azure DevOpsDevOps2020-11-10
Sensitive Data Secured in Azure DevOpsDevOps2020-10-22
PowerShell and Azure Blueprints for Data and Analytics PlatformAzure2020-10-08
Azure DevOps CI CD using GitHub Repo and Visual Studio Azure SQL Database ProjectDevOps2020-09-15
Managing Azure Blueprints with PowerShellDevOps2020-09-07
Using Azure Blueprints to deploy Azure SQL Server and Database with Key Vault SecretsDevOps2020-08-24
Getting Started with Delta Lake Using Azure Data FactoryAzure Data Factory2020-08-17
Using Azure DevOps CI CD to Deploy Azure Data Factory EnvironmentsDevOps2020-08-04
Getting Started with Azure BlueprintsDevOps2020-07-14
How to Ace an Azure Data Engineer InterviewProfessional Development Interviewing2020-07-01
Azure Data Factory vs SSIS vs Azure DatabricksAzure Data Factory2020-06-08
Fast Way to Load Data into Azure Data Lake using Azure Data FactoryAzure Data Factory2020-05-18
Loading Azure SQL Data Warehouse Dynamically using Azure Data FactoryAzure Data Factory2020-04-16
Load Data Lake files into Azure Synapse Analytics Using Azure Data FactoryAzure Data Factory2020-03-09
Using COPY INTO command to load Azure Synapse Analytics from Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2Azure Synapse Analytics2020-02-20
Logging Azure Data Factory Pipeline Audit DataAzure Data Factory2020-02-18
Azure Data Factory to Load all SQL Server Objects to ADLS Gen2Azure Data Factory2020-01-30
Real-Time Anomaly Detection Using Azure Stream AnalyticsAzure2020-01-14
Realizing Business Value through an AI-driven Strategy and CultureArtificial Intelligence2019-12-10
Map Data Flows for Data Lake Aggregations and Transformations with ADFAzure Data Factory2019-09-16
Using Azure Databricks to Query Azure SQL DatabaseAzure SQL Database2019-08-29
Azure Data Factory Mapping Data Flow for Datawarehouse ETLAzure Data Factory2019-06-18
Azure Boards for Project ManagementDevOps2019-06-05
Deploy SQL Database from Azure DevOps with ARM and DACPAC FileDevOps2019-05-09
Azure Vision Service and Face API Example with PythonAPI2019-05-01
Design and Manage Azure SQL Data WarehouseAzure2019-04-19
Azure Data Factory Data Transformation with U-SQLAzure Data Factory2019-04-01
Create Azure Data Lake Linked Service Using Azure Data FactoryAzure Data Factory2019-03-18
Example Using C# Code with U-SQL ScriptsAzure2019-03-07
Create Azure Data Lake Database, Table, View, Function and ProcedureAzure2019-02-20
Azure Data Lake Analytics using U-SQL QueriesAzure2019-02-11
Federated U-SQL Queries to Join Azure Data Lake Files to Azure SQL DBAzure2019-01-24
Using SSIS to Generate Excel Files Based on CriteriaIntegration Services Excel2019-01-04

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