Woah, I’m a Microsoft MVP

I got an email this morning that I never really thought I would see.  I was honored with being awarded the Microsoft MVP award under the Office Servers and Services community.  

I have been working with Microsoft technologies since I started my career in the IT industry as an intern at a manufacturing company.  I was doing PC tech support at that point and since then have worked across the Microsoft stack.  I moved through development and infrastructure jobs and slowly settled into the world of SharePoint.  I quickly found the SharePoint community to be a vital, interesting, fun, close-knit group of people all centered around SharePoint.  I began going to my local user group and SharePoint Saturdays to learn as much as I could.  I finally took the plunge and submitted to speak and was accepted.  That started a train that hasn’t stopped since!  

I have met and am thankful for so many folks in this community.  Without the mentorship and assistance from the SharePoint community there’s no way I would be where I am now.  The world of SharePoint and Office 365 is growing at a lightning pace and I can’t wait to see what’s next!


What is the Microsoft MVP award?

The MVP award is unique in that there is not a test or certification path.  It is based on contributions to the community.  These range but can be such things as forums, blogs, speaking, books, and everything in between. 

Here is a link the overview straight from Microsoft.

 


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