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Cristian is one of our Power Platform Solutions Architects – we chat to him about what a Solutions Architect does and what he likes to do in his spare time – plus a few other things in between.
I am a Solutions Architect, and my role is to convert our clients’ requirements into a design that becomes the blueprint of the system, whilst providing direction throughout the development process.
To best explain what I’m doing to a child, I would say that they should think about colouring books, and that my role is to decide where the black lines are and the developers are the ones doing the colouring.
One piece of advice that comes to mind is, work smart not hard, which doesn’t seem to apply if you are paving a driveway but sounds very good.
I was born and raised in a small village, in the heart of the Romanian countryside, where technology and computers were scarce at the time. When I got my first computer in 2003 it opened a whole new world of possibilities and ever since, I have been drawn to technology.
Mate Rimac, for the huge advancements he’s brought to the electric supercar market.
Most days there are three main activities that I focus on, usually starting with working on designs and research for new or ongoing projects. When I’m not doing that I’m either providing support and direction to my colleagues in the development team or getting involved on client-facing calls or meetings to gather requirements, better understand their needs and current architecture of business intelligence and software products.
On a professional level my goal is to deploy as many new Power Platform solutions as possible and help Bespoke become market leader in this field, and on a personal level, I plan to move house.
My favourite sport is skiing, yet the UK is not the best place to be when it comes to that and as the father of a small child the prospect of having 5 minutes of doing nothing is enough to raise my excitement to very high levels.
There are probably other 9 to 5 jobs that are interesting enough to have a go at, but I would like to be a rally driver on one of the winter stages.
For me, success is going on a journey and it being exactly as I expected. A smooth journey and any additional surprises such as aircon, or table service, are a bonus. That’s why it’s so important to fully understand a client’s needs, expectations and future aspirations at the very start of a project – so we can be certain of a successful project delivery.
It would have to be a sandwich, it works for any time of the day.
I speak two languages fluently, Romanian and English. I can also speak a bit of Spanish, or at least I think I can.
I like the challenges that come with designing, developing and deploying great solutions, but the best bit is successfully completing a project.
Patient, Knowledgeable, Supportive
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This month we’re chatting to one of our Power BI developers, Freya, to find out more about her and her role here at Bespoke.
I make pretty graphs that tell us how well things are doing and how we can make them better.
Family, Professional, Creative
Morning coffee before our morning meeting, sometimes a pre-work walk if it’s nice weather. Then work on a dashboard or two in the morning. For lunch I like to spend it outside with a salad or sandwich. Work again in the afternoon, usually a few clients calls throughout the day and then after work I like to go out for tea with my housemates or to a class at the gym
I create fashion content, so I enjoy taking pictures for that.
Definitely dogs, I can’t wait to get my own.
Every morning on toast!
I would swap with our Marketing Director, Kelly as I am interested in what she does and to see how different her day/work is to mine
When I first get a new project and I get to have fun designing the dashboard appearance on Power BI
Sociable, Energetic, Practical
I feel proud when I train clients on a tool I have produced for them and I get to see their reactions to my work.
I asked my parents what I wanted to be and they said ‘rich’, haha! I actually don’t remember but when I was in high school I wanted to be an art curator.
To be able to teleport so I could spend my lunch break in Disney World!
Pizza, it’s just so tasty and I wish I could have it every week!
Very common but definitely the sound of people eating loudly or with their mouth open.
Probably the Titanic launching as I love the film and learnt a lot about the event when I was younger.
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