Welcome

My name is Steve Young and for the last 10 years, I have been a consultant with Microsoft specializing in business intelligence, data visualization, and the SQL data platform.  For the 10 years previously, I was a consultant at 2 Microsoft partners, so, if you figure around 4 clients a year that is between 80 and 100 clients over that timeframe which makes it an incredible journey.

My Linked-In profile has a more detailed view of my experience, which is linked here.

Why the site?

The purpose of this site is to give back.  I have learned so much from the community and various people throughout my career, that I really want to help others in this field or those just starting out.

Content

The content is divided up into sections based on the subject of the article.

5 Minute BI

The articles in this category center around business intelligence and related topics.  I liked the name 5 Minute BI as the content should be short enough to read in 5 minutes.  The goal is to have concise, short, results-oriented content focusing on learning, how to, and training resources.

Power BI Field Guide

Content in this category geared around Power BI.  I really like the tool for self-service BI and as a tool that anyone can use to generate data visualization solutions be it a single person or an enterprise-wide group of analysts.

Data Visualization

I have always had a passion for data visualization and reporting as a discipline.  This section has content that can be used in any product but may use Power BI or R as the display tool.

Social Networks

I am on the following social networks.  Feel free to follow and send comments and suggestions.

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/5MinuteBI
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steveyoung
• Blog:  http://www.5MinuteBI.com
• Instagram: https://instagram.com/steveyoungca

Thanks for taking an interest. Feel free to DM me on twitter and let me know what you think, what I can improve, or just simply something about yourself.

My opinions are my own and do not represent those of my employer.

Steve