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MJ Peña is a Data entrepreneur specializing in Microsoft Fabric and Azure Services. He is the Data and AI Director of Playtime Solutions where he focuses on accelerating customers with Data Analytics and emerging technologies to serve their clients with accelerators. He also owns a private offshore company (TBD) that delivers cost-effective model for serving Data, AI, and intelligent apps engineering. He is also affiliated with various startups and private ventures as a Board Member, Non-Executive Director, Shareholder, and Angel Investor.Throughout the past 15 years, he has delivered multiple projects that leveraged Microsoft .NET technologies, Microsoft Azure, various data platforms, and engineering expertise for large organizations (Fortune 500 & ASX200 companies), SMB & SMC, and government agencies. He has worn multiple roles in that timeframe; but has always been a problem-solver, a trusted communicator, an architect who thinks holistically, and a hands-on engineer who can write code.MJ is a dual Microsoft MVP in both Azure Patterns & Practices and AI Services. He is also a Microsoft Certified Trainer who teaches high-quality Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft Purview, and Azure OpenAI courses with depth and real-world experience. He has co-authored multiple books in the past and is currently writing "Azure Data Fundamentals" in partnership with O'Reilly. He is an active member of the tech community as he frequently presents at Microsoft Reactor and various tech conferences & meetups.Not everything is perfect, as he also learned a lot from various failures and mishaps in life like venturing in volatility of Cryptocurrencies, working in toxic workplaces, made wrong business investments, failed to deliver outcomes, lost a strategic account, and so on. He continues to aspire to be better every day, learn new things, and share those learnings to others through mentorship, communities, and writing.

Listed skills include C#, .Net, Asp.Net, Javascript, and 32 others.