September 25, 2024 • 21 mins
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Curious about how a Senior IT Manager balances a dynamic career across countries and cultures? Join us to hear from Mourtaza Moïse Fazlehoussen, who navigated his professional path from Madagascar to Pune, India, all while indulging his love for French cuisine and beach destinations like Goa. Discover how his multilingual abilities in Gujarati, French, and English have not only enriched his personal life but also fueled his passion for writing. Mourtaza opens up about his disciplined approach during the 2020 lockdown using the Japanese Ikigai methodology, which guided him to write a book that helps others achieve fluency in French.
Mourtaza's journey from working at Honeywell in 2013 to managing an IT department for a global manufacturing giant will leave you inspired. Learn how he integrates SAP with Microsoft's Power Platform, leveraging low-code, no-code technologies for digital transformation. Mourtaza's enthusiasm for knowledge-sharing and helping others earned him an MVP nomination from a key figure in the Power Platform community. Tune in for an insightful conversation filled with personal anecdotes and professional wisdom that highlight Mourtaza's dedication and drive.
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Mark Smith (00:06):
Welcome to the MVP show.
My intention is that you listento the stories of these MVP
guests and are inspired tobecome an MVP and bring value to
the world through your skills.
If you have not checked it outalready, I do a YouTube series
called how to Become an MVP.
The link is in the show notes.
With that, let's get on withthe show.
(00:31):
Today's guest is from Poon,India.
He works as a SeniorInformation Technology Manager.
He was first awarded as MVP in2023.
He has a focus on businessapplications with Microsoft,
both Dynamics and the PowerPlatform.
You can find links to his bio,social media, etc.
(00:52):
In the show notes for thisepisode.
Welcome to the show, Mourtaza.
Mourtaza Moïse Fazlehouss (00:56):
Thank you so much, Mark, and I am
honored to participate in yourshow.
Thank you once more.
Mark Smith (01:03):
I really appreciate you coming on and to tell your
story, and I always like tostart with getting to know you
personally outside of thetechnology area.
So, with that in mind, tell meabout three things regarding
food, family and fun what dothey mean for you?
Mourtaza Moïse Fazlehousse (01:20):
Okay , when it comes to food, I'm
more about, like you know, bornand brought up in madagascar,
which is uh, uh, which was,which is, which was, an, uh,
francophone kind of a culture.
I love to eat french cuisineand I would say that is the most
(01:41):
preferred cuisine worldwide and, being being in pune, it's not
always easy to get those type offood, like you know.
Uh, family, yes, for sure, I'ma family oriented person.
I love to spend time with myfamily whenever, like you know,
it is possible.
Uh, I've got one son, who is 11years old now, and, when time
(02:04):
permits, like you know, ofcourse, once I'm done with the
work, that is my stress reliever, like you know, to play with my
son.
And when it comes to fun, I lovebeach.
So, uh, the nearest beach frompune is go, I would say you'll
be visiting soon, once you'll bein India, and those are from.
(02:29):
From an Indian perspective, goais the most liked beach.
However, like you know, fromwhere I am coming from, like you
know, because Madagascar beingone of the most natural country
in the world right now, so theyhave got also the most beautiful
beach, even currently.
Mark Smith (02:49):
I've had a lot of advice that I should go to Goa
as part of you know, when I comeand live in India for three
months.
I keep saying it because I know, if I say it enough, man,
that's going to happen.
Mourtaza Moïse Fazlehoussen (03:01):
The manifestation technique right.
Yeah, bring my family there.
Mark Smith (03:05):
So tell me a bit about you're an author, that's
right.
You've written a book.
Mourtaza Moïse Fazlehou (03:09):
Correct .
So, mark, when I came to India,like you know, of course, india
being an Anglophone country, soI was not very much into
English that time, I think, so Iwould say, in year 2008 or 2009
so I had to, uh uh, take acompletely basic start, start.
(03:33):
I had to start, like you know,from the basic when it comes to
an english language and inmeanwhile, like you know, uh uh,
to to maintain my Frenchlanguage, I used to give tuition
and I was teaching Frenchlanguage in one of the most
(03:53):
reputed, renowned institute inPune.
It is, like you know, symbiosisForeign Institute of Languages.
Okay, and then I discovered,like you know, the gap of the
Indian students, at least fromPune.
Of course I am a native speakerbecause Madagascar, being the
(04:14):
official first language ofMadagascar, is French, being a
Francophone country, and havingsaid that, french is my french
first language and that helpedme also to connect with the
indian french language lovers,because I was part of duolingo
(04:36):
as an ambassador and we used toorganize, at least whenever
possible, like you know, once ina month, to meet up with the
french language lover.
And then they were asking me,like you know, what are those
tips for to get fluency in thefrench language and so on.
So, on and off, I was helpingthem and later on, like you know
(04:58):
, one fine day it clicked me Ishould write a book because,
again, that was a kind of achildhood dream to write a book,
yeah, yeah.
So, of course, to find a topic,it was not so easy.
And then I I met a few mentorswho helped me out, like you know
, to use ikigai methodology,japanese ikigai very famous
(05:21):
methodologies wherein to find,like, like you know, my inner
passions.
So, of course, two things cameout one was information
technology, which I am into, andthe second was, like you know,
again, like you know, I was in,I'm interested into the french
culture, french language and soon.
So that's why I took thatopportunity that, like you know,
(05:42):
let's do it.
Uh, however, uh, once you startthinking, even to write a book,
you need to have a very uhdisciplined schedule, because
it's not always easy, like youknow.
And, if you remember, in March2020, 2020, the main lockdown,
(06:02):
the hard lockdown, started, evenin India.
Everyone was locked at theirhouse and, of course, the new
way of working started work fromhome, home office and that gave
me an opportunity, like youknow, because in the evening I
was free, no, and that gave methe opportunity to write that
(06:27):
book at that point of time.
So, in short, that was my story,yeah.
Mark Smith (06:31):
Yeah, this is so cool.
This is so cool.
Now, that technique.
Is that a Japanese technique?
Was it Ikigai, correct?
Mourtaza Moïse Fazlehoussen (06:39):
yes .
Mark Smith (06:40):
Okay, I need to look into that a bit more.
I find that intriguing.
How many languages do you speaknow?
Mourtaza Moïse Fazlehoussen (06:46):
I would say, let's start.
My mother tongue is Gujarati,okay, and I would say, still the
internal thought process isstill in French.
So my first language is inFrench.
I speak the local language ofMadraska still Malagasy Once I
(07:08):
came to India.
Of Madagascar still Malagasyonce I came to India, of course,
english and Hindi, again beingthe national language, bit of
Marathi, like you know.
I have started understand.
I understand Marathi, but whilespeaking, it's still
challenging for me, but I'd say,and a bit of Arabic because,
being Muslim, like you know, Ispeak a bit of Arabic, not much,
but, but let's say and a bit ofarabic because, being muslim,
like you know, uh, I speak a bitof arabic, not much, but so
(07:29):
let's say, maybe five fluent andmaybe one to two coming up so
so can you read arabic?
Mark Smith (07:35):
because isn't the quran in arabic?
Uh?
Mourtaza Moïse Fazlehoussen (07:38):
uh, for sure, because when we pray
namaz, uh, it's all in arabic.
Uh, like you know, you have topray this sermon from the Quran,
and that is why, like you know,from our childhood, we have
been trained to read Arabic.
However, when it comes to kindof communication, I'm not so
(07:59):
good to be.
Yeah, because that is againanother story.
Mark Smith (08:03):
Wow, so interesting, so interesting.
Tell me then how did you getinto your tech career?
Mourtaza Moïse Fazlehousse (08:09):
Yeah , All right.
So, like you know, fromMadagascar itself, my father had
, thanks to my father, he had anintuition that, like you know,
I should focus into informationtechnology, IT, wherein I
(08:40):
started with those that time,like you know COBOL, turbo
Pascal, dbase, if you, I'm notsure, if you remember.
So those were my firstprogramming language and I had
really fun, like you know, doingthat.
And since childhood I was acomputer kind of a person, very
much addicted to computer, dayand night, yeah, and I have also
(09:02):
that habit to give back to thecommunity, like you know,
whenever, yeah, yeah.
So, as you, I think so Ibelieve you are also a spiritual
person, because I heard ofmanifestation techniques and all
.
So whenever I give back to thecommunity, we always get more
and more, like you know, inreturn also.
That is, I believe, a lot.
(09:22):
So since those days, I washelping some of the person of my
community, of course in line oftechnology person of my
community, of course in line oftechnology, and I started my IT
career in Madagascar itself inyear 2000 and, I would say in
(09:44):
2006 or 7, I came back to Indiawherein I had to polish a few of
my IT skill because India beingone of the motherland of
technology to polish those andget an entry into the industry
(10:05):
in India itself, in fact in Puneitself.
Mark Smith (10:08):
Yeah, Wow, so interesting.
Now the companies that you workfor.
I see Honeywell in the mix.
Mourtaza Moïse Fazlehous (10:18):
What's the company you work for?
Currently?
It's a German-based company.
German, yeah, I joinedHoneywell in 2013.
However, even within Honeywell,I was working with the same
(10:39):
German company, and they areinto manufacturing of machines
and inverters and all, andcurrently I'm taking care of one
of their IT department, and sois your team all over the world.
I'm taking care of one of theirIT department.
Mark Smith (10:56):
Very neat, yes, you're sure, and so is your team
.
All over the world, then, notjust in India.
Mourtaza Moïse Fazlehousse (11:02):
Yeah , for sure.
Like you know, it's a globalteam and the headquarters is in
Germany and Lindsay has apresence in 60 countries and the
team, yeah, uh, which makes itmore interesting, like you know,
because you get to connect withlots of interesting people and,
uh, uh, the team which I aminto is a core team which
(11:27):
provides services to all these60 countries, service it
services.
I would say, when it comes toIT service, it starts with
Microsoft, starts with businessapplications, azure, sap, it
security, it administration andso on.
Mark Smith (11:42):
Yeah, have you done much work around SAP and the
Power Platform as in from anintegration perspective?
Mourtaza Moïse Fazlehoussen (11:49):
I have in my team, like you know,
some export related in SAP, abapand BASIS and basis and, for
example, right now there is someplan of migration to they are
using they are going to usebrownfield implementation when
it comes to sap migration.
However, from my end, we did anintegration of with using power
(12:11):
automate and sap easy dms, likeyou know, using power power
automate connectors, powerintegration with using Power
Automate and SAP Easy DMS, likeusing Power Automate connectors,
power Platform connectors andusing OData and all.
Mark Smith (12:23):
So that was one of the interesting projects which
we got and we got it createdsuccessfully Excellent excellent
Because I know I see fromMicrosoft obviously that's a big
growth area for them in seeingmore and more, you know,
particularly SAP going to aclean core model as they, you
know, more and more migration tothe cloud.
(12:44):
They've got this whole concept,of course, and I think Power
Platform is such a greatwraparound story that it allows
for you know, those uniqueworkloads, automations, things
like that to happen abstractedaway from the core SAP system
and using the tools of the PowerPlatform.
It's interesting that you'redoing work in that space.
How big a deal is PowerPlatform inside the organization
(13:09):
and Dynamics?
Is it a core part of yourenterprise stack of tools that
you're using?
Mourtaza Moïse Fazleho (13:21):
Dynamics .
I'll start with Dynamics.
Unfortunately, we are not usingmuch because the entire ERP
system is SAP, at least for thecompany which I'm working right
now.
Yeah, however, power Platform,yes.
When it comes to digitalization, like you know, uh many, uh my
team being an expert in uh powerplatform we are using
(13:43):
extensively on a daily basis,for sure, okay, but also, side
by side, we are pushing people,each department, like you know,
each product manager or eachleaders, to uh use and empower
them with the tool, becausenowadays, with this low-code,
no-code technology, it becomesreally easy to digitize any
(14:05):
processes.
And Power Platform has a verygood great suite of tools such
as, like you know, power Apps,power Automate, power Pages,
power BI and so on, even comingwith Copilot nowadays.
So that helps really.
Like you know, people achievemore with less, as Microsoft
(14:29):
says, like you know, Interesting.
Mark Smith (14:31):
Tell me how did you become an MVP?
What was that journey for you?
Mourtaza Moïse Fazlehousse (14:35):
Yeah , yeah, that was also an
interesting journey.
So, as I said earlier, mark,like you know, I have that
inclination towards helpingpeople since, like you know,
many years same and even if I Ieven when I came back to india,
(15:02):
as I again uh mentioned earlier,like you know, uh, whenever I
was getting an opportunity, Iwas helping also, for example,
students to get uh proficient inthe french language and so on,
and so was for the uh technologyrelated.
So I think so, uh, I'm not sureabout the year, but uh, 10
years ago, I got an opportunityfrom uh times of india wherein,
(15:27):
like you know, I had to presentsimilar podcasts related to
sharepoint and so on, andextensively started during the
covid time because, uh, like youknow, I got connected with uh,
uh one fellow uh, patrick gimone, I think so he's the owner and
founder of uh ems or ampcommunity worldwide.
(15:50):
He's a frenchman and I gotconnected with him.
I got connected with uh africanpeople wherein, like you know
it was also I was providingtechnical knowledge, being a
technology evangelist andsharing, kind of you know, the
(16:10):
latest trends of technology, atleast from a business
application side, and I likethose type of, like you know,
knowledge sharing.
It's fun and it helps you alsoto connect with very interesting
people from all side of theglobe.
And for sure, as mark, we meettoday and for sure we are going
(16:32):
to meet more once.
I believe we are going toconnect soon in person, so that
helps.
Like you know, for me,relationship matters.
Yeah, and one fine day, uh, I'muh, like you know, I met one
lady from ireland, foin.
Her name is foin and yeah, yeah, I think so.
(16:54):
She is quite famous and she'sone of the I think so, one of
the leader of power uh, platformtechnology in ireland.
She's working with avana day inaccenture.
And she told me would you liketo get nominated for mvp?
I say, for sure, why not?
Let's give it a try.
And she nominated me.
(17:16):
I, I would like again, I'mtaking this opportunity again to
thank her in this platform, Ihope.
And yes, that was the story inshort.
And Fuin nominated me.
And then, one fine day, I gotan email from Michael
Congratulations, you are an MVPnow.
Yeah.
Mark Smith (17:35):
So good, so good, that's so exciting.
Mourtaza Moïse Fa (18:01):
No-transcript again, as I mentioned earlier,
I think.
So, uh, thanks god, like youknow, I had, uh, still, uh, I
had.
I've got very good mentors inmy life, even now, because that
(18:22):
is a very important point to getthe good mentors, unless you'll
not get into the rightdirection earlier, like no
thanks to my father because heshowed me at least this
(18:43):
direction to be to come into theIT, because in years and 90s
they already technology was aboom, of course, in different
areas, different aspects anddifferent technologies, but as
we are currently experiencingthe age of AI, so in those
earlier, like you know, it wassomething different, because IBM
(19:03):
, mainframe and those type oftechnology and why I'm into
information technology, it's anexciting domain, mark, because
technology is magic.
Technology is magic and itempowers human life, as we are
(19:24):
seeing right now, and maybe oneline of your code could change
someone's life or make someone'slife better, I would say, and
that I love it.
Mark Smith (19:38):
Mourtaza, thank you so much for coming on the show.
Mourtaza Moïse Fazlehousse (19:41):
Yeah , yeah.
Thanks to you, Mark, for thisgreat opportunity and looking
forward to meet you in personvery soon in India.
Mark Smith (19:53):
Hey, thanks for listening.
I'm your host businessapplication MVP Mark Smith,
otherwise known as the NZ365 guy.
If you like the show and wantto be a supporter, check out
buymeacoffeecom.
Forward slash NZ365guy.
Thanks again and see you nexttime.
Thank you.
Welcome to the MVP show.
My intention is that you listento the stories of these MVP
guests and are inspired tobecome an MVP and bring value to
the world through your skills.
If you have not checked it outalready, I do a YouTube series
called how to Become an MVP.
The link is in the show notes.
With that, let's get on withthe show.
(00:31):
Today's guest is from Poon,India.
He works as a SeniorInformation Technology Manager.
He was first awarded as MVP in2023.
He has a focus on businessapplications with Microsoft,
both Dynamics and the PowerPlatform.
You can find links to his bio,social media, etc.
(00:52):
In the show notes for thisepisode.
Welcome to the show, Mourtaza.
Mourtaza Moïse Fazlehouss (00:56):
Thank you so much, Mark, and I am
honored to participate in yourshow.
Thank you once more.
Mark Smith (01:03):
I really appreciate you coming on and to tell your
story, and I always like tostart with getting to know you
personally outside of thetechnology area.
So, with that in mind, tell meabout three things regarding
food, family and fun what dothey mean for you?
Mourtaza Moïse Fazlehousse (01:20):
Okay , when it comes to food, I'm
more about, like you know, bornand brought up in madagascar,
which is uh, uh, which was,which is, which was, an, uh,
francophone kind of a culture.
I love to eat french cuisineand I would say that is the most
(01:41):
preferred cuisine worldwide and, being being in pune, it's not
always easy to get those type offood, like you know.
Uh, family, yes, for sure, I'ma family oriented person.
I love to spend time with myfamily whenever, like you know,
it is possible.
Uh, I've got one son, who is 11years old now, and, when time
(02:04):
permits, like you know, ofcourse, once I'm done with the
work, that is my stress reliever, like you know, to play with my
son.
And when it comes to fun, I lovebeach.
So, uh, the nearest beach frompune is go, I would say you'll
be visiting soon, once you'll bein India, and those are from.
(02:29):
From an Indian perspective, goais the most liked beach.
However, like you know, fromwhere I am coming from, like you
know, because Madagascar beingone of the most natural country
in the world right now, so theyhave got also the most beautiful
beach, even currently.
Mark Smith (02:49):
I've had a lot of advice that I should go to Goa
as part of you know, when I comeand live in India for three
months.
I keep saying it because I know, if I say it enough, man,
that's going to happen.
Mourtaza Moïse Fazlehoussen (03:01):
The manifestation technique right.
Yeah, bring my family there.
Mark Smith (03:05):
So tell me a bit about you're an author, that's
right.
You've written a book.
Mourtaza Moïse Fazlehou (03:09):
Correct .
So, mark, when I came to India,like you know, of course, india
being an Anglophone country, soI was not very much into
English that time, I think, so Iwould say, in year 2008 or 2009
so I had to, uh uh, take acompletely basic start, start.
(03:33):
I had to start, like you know,from the basic when it comes to
an english language and inmeanwhile, like you know, uh uh,
to to maintain my Frenchlanguage, I used to give tuition
and I was teaching Frenchlanguage in one of the most
(03:53):
reputed, renowned institute inPune.
It is, like you know, symbiosisForeign Institute of Languages.
Okay, and then I discovered,like you know, the gap of the
Indian students, at least fromPune.
Of course I am a native speakerbecause Madagascar, being the
(04:14):
official first language ofMadagascar, is French, being a
Francophone country, and havingsaid that, french is my french
first language and that helpedme also to connect with the
indian french language lovers,because I was part of duolingo
(04:36):
as an ambassador and we used toorganize, at least whenever
possible, like you know, once ina month, to meet up with the
french language lover.
And then they were asking me,like you know, what are those
tips for to get fluency in thefrench language and so on.
So, on and off, I was helpingthem and later on, like you know
(04:58):
, one fine day it clicked me Ishould write a book because,
again, that was a kind of achildhood dream to write a book,
yeah, yeah.
So, of course, to find a topic,it was not so easy.
And then I I met a few mentorswho helped me out, like you know
, to use ikigai methodology,japanese ikigai very famous
(05:21):
methodologies wherein to find,like, like you know, my inner
passions.
So, of course, two things cameout one was information
technology, which I am into, andthe second was, like you know,
again, like you know, I was in,I'm interested into the french
culture, french language and soon.
So that's why I took thatopportunity that, like you know,
(05:42):
let's do it.
Uh, however, uh, once you startthinking, even to write a book,
you need to have a very uhdisciplined schedule, because
it's not always easy, like youknow.
And, if you remember, in March2020, 2020, the main lockdown,
(06:02):
the hard lockdown, started, evenin India.
Everyone was locked at theirhouse and, of course, the new
way of working started work fromhome, home office and that gave
me an opportunity, like youknow, because in the evening I
was free, no, and that gave methe opportunity to write that
(06:27):
book at that point of time.
So, in short, that was my story,yeah.
Mark Smith (06:31):
Yeah, this is so cool.
This is so cool.
Now, that technique.
Is that a Japanese technique?
Was it Ikigai, correct?
Mourtaza Moïse Fazlehoussen (06:39):
yes .
Mark Smith (06:40):
Okay, I need to look into that a bit more.
I find that intriguing.
How many languages do you speaknow?
Mourtaza Moïse Fazlehoussen (06:46):
I would say, let's start.
My mother tongue is Gujarati,okay, and I would say, still the
internal thought process isstill in French.
So my first language is inFrench.
I speak the local language ofMadraska still Malagasy Once I
(07:08):
came to India.
Of Madagascar still Malagasyonce I came to India, of course,
english and Hindi, again beingthe national language, bit of
Marathi, like you know.
I have started understand.
I understand Marathi, but whilespeaking, it's still
challenging for me, but I'd say,and a bit of Arabic because,
being Muslim, like you know, Ispeak a bit of Arabic, not much,
but, but let's say and a bit ofarabic because, being muslim,
like you know, uh, I speak a bitof arabic, not much, but so
(07:29):
let's say, maybe five fluent andmaybe one to two coming up so
so can you read arabic?
Mark Smith (07:35):
because isn't the quran in arabic?
Uh?
Mourtaza Moïse Fazlehoussen (07:38):
uh, for sure, because when we pray
namaz, uh, it's all in arabic.
Uh, like you know, you have topray this sermon from the Quran,
and that is why, like you know,from our childhood, we have
been trained to read Arabic.
However, when it comes to kindof communication, I'm not so
(07:59):
good to be.
Yeah, because that is againanother story.
Mark Smith (08:03):
Wow, so interesting, so interesting.
Tell me then how did you getinto your tech career?
Mourtaza Moïse Fazlehousse (08:09):
Yeah , All right.
So, like you know, fromMadagascar itself, my father had
, thanks to my father, he had anintuition that, like you know,
I should focus into informationtechnology, IT, wherein I
(08:40):
started with those that time,like you know COBOL, turbo
Pascal, dbase, if you, I'm notsure, if you remember.
So those were my firstprogramming language and I had
really fun, like you know, doingthat.
And since childhood I was acomputer kind of a person, very
much addicted to computer, dayand night, yeah, and I have also
(09:02):
that habit to give back to thecommunity, like you know,
whenever, yeah, yeah.
So, as you, I think so Ibelieve you are also a spiritual
person, because I heard ofmanifestation techniques and all
.
So whenever I give back to thecommunity, we always get more
and more, like you know, inreturn also.
That is, I believe, a lot.
(09:22):
So since those days, I washelping some of the person of my
community, of course in line oftechnology person of my
community, of course in line oftechnology, and I started my IT
career in Madagascar itself inyear 2000 and, I would say in
(09:44):
2006 or 7, I came back to Indiawherein I had to polish a few of
my IT skill because India beingone of the motherland of
technology to polish those andget an entry into the industry
(10:05):
in India itself, in fact in Puneitself.
Mark Smith (10:08):
Yeah, Wow, so interesting.
Now the companies that you workfor.
I see Honeywell in the mix.
Mourtaza Moïse Fazlehous (10:18):
What's the company you work for?
Currently?
It's a German-based company.
German, yeah, I joinedHoneywell in 2013.
However, even within Honeywell,I was working with the same
(10:39):
German company, and they areinto manufacturing of machines
and inverters and all, andcurrently I'm taking care of one
of their IT department, and sois your team all over the world.
I'm taking care of one of theirIT department.
Mark Smith (10:56):
Very neat, yes, you're sure, and so is your team
.
All over the world, then, notjust in India.
Mourtaza Moïse Fazlehousse (11:02):
Yeah , for sure.
Like you know, it's a globalteam and the headquarters is in
Germany and Lindsay has apresence in 60 countries and the
team, yeah, uh, which makes itmore interesting, like you know,
because you get to connect withlots of interesting people and,
uh, uh, the team which I aminto is a core team which
(11:27):
provides services to all these60 countries, service it
services.
I would say, when it comes toIT service, it starts with
Microsoft, starts with businessapplications, azure, sap, it
security, it administration andso on.
Mark Smith (11:42):
Yeah, have you done much work around SAP and the
Power Platform as in from anintegration perspective?
Mourtaza Moïse Fazlehoussen (11:49):
I have in my team, like you know,
some export related in SAP, abapand BASIS and basis and, for
example, right now there is someplan of migration to they are
using they are going to usebrownfield implementation when
it comes to sap migration.
However, from my end, we did anintegration of with using power
(12:11):
automate and sap easy dms, likeyou know, using power power
automate connectors, powerintegration with using Power
Automate and SAP Easy DMS, likeusing Power Automate connectors,
power Platform connectors andusing OData and all.
Mark Smith (12:23):
So that was one of the interesting projects which
we got and we got it createdsuccessfully Excellent excellent
Because I know I see fromMicrosoft obviously that's a big
growth area for them in seeingmore and more, you know,
particularly SAP going to aclean core model as they, you
know, more and more migration tothe cloud.
(12:44):
They've got this whole concept,of course, and I think Power
Platform is such a greatwraparound story that it allows
for you know, those uniqueworkloads, automations, things
like that to happen abstractedaway from the core SAP system
and using the tools of the PowerPlatform.
It's interesting that you'redoing work in that space.
How big a deal is PowerPlatform inside the organization
(13:09):
and Dynamics?
Is it a core part of yourenterprise stack of tools that
you're using?
Mourtaza Moïse Fazleho (13:21):
Dynamics .
I'll start with Dynamics.
Unfortunately, we are not usingmuch because the entire ERP
system is SAP, at least for thecompany which I'm working right
now.
Yeah, however, power Platform,yes.
When it comes to digitalization, like you know, uh many, uh my
team being an expert in uh powerplatform we are using
(13:43):
extensively on a daily basis,for sure, okay, but also, side
by side, we are pushing people,each department, like you know,
each product manager or eachleaders, to uh use and empower
them with the tool, becausenowadays, with this low-code,
no-code technology, it becomesreally easy to digitize any
(14:05):
processes.
And Power Platform has a verygood great suite of tools such
as, like you know, power Apps,power Automate, power Pages,
power BI and so on, even comingwith Copilot nowadays.
So that helps really.
Like you know, people achievemore with less, as Microsoft
(14:29):
says, like you know, Interesting.
Mark Smith (14:31):
Tell me how did you become an MVP?
What was that journey for you?
Mourtaza Moïse Fazlehousse (14:35):
Yeah , yeah, that was also an
interesting journey.
So, as I said earlier, mark,like you know, I have that
inclination towards helpingpeople since, like you know,
many years same and even if I Ieven when I came back to india,
(15:02):
as I again uh mentioned earlier,like you know, uh, whenever I
was getting an opportunity, Iwas helping also, for example,
students to get uh proficient inthe french language and so on,
and so was for the uh technologyrelated.
So I think so, uh, I'm not sureabout the year, but uh, 10
years ago, I got an opportunityfrom uh times of india wherein,
(15:27):
like you know, I had to presentsimilar podcasts related to
sharepoint and so on, andextensively started during the
covid time because, uh, like youknow, I got connected with uh,
uh one fellow uh, patrick gimone, I think so he's the owner and
founder of uh ems or ampcommunity worldwide.
(15:50):
He's a frenchman and I gotconnected with him.
I got connected with uh africanpeople wherein, like you know
it was also I was providingtechnical knowledge, being a
technology evangelist andsharing, kind of you know, the
(16:10):
latest trends of technology, atleast from a business
application side, and I likethose type of, like you know,
knowledge sharing.
It's fun and it helps you alsoto connect with very interesting
people from all side of theglobe.
And for sure, as mark, we meettoday and for sure we are going
(16:32):
to meet more once.
I believe we are going toconnect soon in person, so that
helps.
Like you know, for me,relationship matters.
Yeah, and one fine day, uh, I'muh, like you know, I met one
lady from ireland, foin.
Her name is foin and yeah, yeah, I think so.
(16:54):
She is quite famous and she'sone of the I think so, one of
the leader of power uh, platformtechnology in ireland.
She's working with avana day inaccenture.
And she told me would you liketo get nominated for mvp?
I say, for sure, why not?
Let's give it a try.
And she nominated me.
(17:16):
I, I would like again, I'mtaking this opportunity again to
thank her in this platform, Ihope.
And yes, that was the story inshort.
And Fuin nominated me.
And then, one fine day, I gotan email from Michael
Congratulations, you are an MVPnow.
Yeah.
Mark Smith (17:35):
So good, so good, that's so exciting.
Mourtaza Moïse Fa (18:01):
No-transcript again, as I mentioned earlier,
I think.
So, uh, thanks god, like youknow, I had, uh, still, uh, I
had.
I've got very good mentors inmy life, even now, because that
(18:22):
is a very important point to getthe good mentors, unless you'll
not get into the rightdirection earlier, like no
thanks to my father because heshowed me at least this
(18:43):
direction to be to come into theIT, because in years and 90s
they already technology was aboom, of course, in different
areas, different aspects anddifferent technologies, but as
we are currently experiencingthe age of AI, so in those
earlier, like you know, it wassomething different, because IBM
(19:03):
, mainframe and those type oftechnology and why I'm into
information technology, it's anexciting domain, mark, because
technology is magic.
Technology is magic and itempowers human life, as we are
(19:24):
seeing right now, and maybe oneline of your code could change
someone's life or make someone'slife better, I would say, and
that I love it.
Mark Smith (19:38):
Mourtaza, thank you so much for coming on the show.
Mourtaza Moïse Fazlehousse (19:41):
Yeah , yeah.
Thanks to you, Mark, for thisgreat opportunity and looking
forward to meet you in personvery soon in India.
Mark Smith (19:53):
Hey, thanks for listening.
I'm your host businessapplication MVP Mark Smith,
otherwise known as the NZ365 guy.
If you like the show and wantto be a supporter, check out
buymeacoffeecom.
Forward slash NZ365guy.
Thanks again and see you nexttime.
Thank you.
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