Dan English
Principal Program Manager at Microsoft
Minnesota, United States
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Top SchoolDan English is a Principal Program Manager at Microsoft with over two decades working with Microsoft data platforms and more than 15 years focused on data warehousing and business intelligence. He blends deep technical expertise across the Microsoft BI toolset—now centered on Azure services like ADF, Azure Analysis Services, Synapse and Power BI—with hands-on experience dating back to SQL Server 6.5. A former Microsoft Data Platform MVP and co-author/contributing editor on Microsoft data visualization books, he pairs product-level advocacy with practical architecture and cost-optimization work for enterprise BI. He’s an active community leader in Minnesota’s SQL/BI groups and has driven large user-focused events and virtual communities, reflecting a talent for translating complex technical topics into accessible guidance. Known for mentoring teams and building observability into BI environments, he often leverages automation (Azure Automation, Logic Apps) to reduce cloud costs and operational overhead.
7 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
BS Finance, BS Finance at Minnesota State University, MankatoDakota County Technical College
Github Skills (25)
powerbi6
lifx6
powerpivot5
microsoft-azure5
dax4
bulbs4
excel3
aws3
wake-on-lan3
dmx5123
terraform2
powerbi-custom-visuals2
digital-signage2
mod-manager2
git2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
denglishbi/powerbi-docs
Feb 2025 - Apr 2025
Contributions:2 PRs, 4 pushes, 2 branches in 2 months
denglishbi/fabric-docs
Apr 2025 - Apr 2025
Public repo for the fabric-docs-pr pair
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
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