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5 Questions with Iulian Lixandru


Iulian Lixandru (MicroStrategy Community Master)

Mr. • Empower BI


Read more about Community members across the globe! In this feature from December's MicroMinute, we interview Iulian Lixandru, at Empower BI. Iulian's dedication to Community has helped many members find solutions to their MicroStrategy questions. Check out what he had to say in the interview.

MicroMinute | COMMUNITY ACROSS THE GLOBE

5 Questions with Iulian Lixandru

Location: Bucharest, Romania

1. How did you get into the technology field?
I’ve been passionate about technology since an early age, so I went this direction for my education (IT high school, then an IT and Economics University). Afterwards, because I was more attracted to a consulting career, I got my Master’s in Business Communication. These led me to a job as a Consultant, and that’s how I discovered Strategy and fell in love with the no-code-needed approach -- it’s been a long love-affair ever since.
2. What’s your favorite part of Community?
It’s hard to pick, as there are many aspects that I like. First of all, I love being able to find technical solutions for our projects. It’s my first go-to place for when we need a solution to a pressing matter. I highly enjoy answering questions to help people get solutions to some difficult demands -- it gives me a sense of accomplishment, but also serves as a knowledge base for me and my colleagues when we encounter a similar situation and we don’t have to scramble for a solution. But, if I have to pick a favorite, I would have to say the demo videos narrated by Amy as she delivers the content with a “contagious” enthusiasm.
3. What’s your favorite topic to write about?
I like to write about how technical solutions solve a business problem. I enjoy it because it combines both worlds and really portrays the purpose of the actual solution. Also, I’ve been known to go deep into details from time to time. &##128522;
4. Name one feature you would like to add to Community.
It’s actually one that’s been there before but somehow got “lost in migration”: Gamification. I believe this will get the community members more involved and convince them to open up and create content about their use of the product, technical solutions, and new ideas.
5. Why Strategy (as a product)?
Personally, because it’s so easy to use and well-structured that it allows you to work on complex technical solutions while also being the consultant/account manager. It’s clearly the right choice for so many reasons, but I’ll just name a couple:

  • Best Mobile Analytics Platform: it’s so easy to deploy powerful mobile applications and allowed us to get our foot in the door in many accounts.
  • Best in scalability and accessing large volumes of data: we’ve smoked competition that had Qlick/Tableau/Power BI/Oracle solutions on several accounts just because of this feature.
  • Easy to develop and deploy: one of our customers actually replaced their Web Development provider and moved all their custom developments to us and Strategy because, and I quote: “you develop and make changes so much faster.”
  • And finally, the metadata (semantic layer): makes managing projects and reusing previous developments so much easier, plus it provides you the single version of truth which is crucial for any Analytics implementation.
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December 10, 2019

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