Staying local - NameDrop!

As an evangelist, I get to wear my passion on my sleeve and do what I think makes a positive difference. One of my passions is making sure that our local software economy is alive and kicking. Over the past few weeks, I've had the opportunity to meet folks making a difference in my home geography through their thought leadership and work.

So in this installment of NameDrop!

• Bill Bither, CEO and Entrepreneur, making the Pioneer Valley a software haven.
• Gordon Snyder, building something great in Western MA
• SB Chatterjee, serial Groove/MOSS hotshot and unsung hero of the CT .NET Users Group - double digit user group growth year-over-year, 3 years of happy developers.
• Kathleen Anderson - Microsoft MVP (and Expression Web Goddess...soon?). Where are the Hartford-CT/Springfield-MA MVPs hiding?

My motto? Get local, stay local.