Wednesday, June 11, 2008 10:53 AM
by
jrubino
Changes...
It has been a long time since I have blogged about my life at Microsoft, in fact it has been about a year. At that time I announced I was moving back to NY. Today I am announcing a change in my role at Microsoft.
After 42 months of being an Architect Evangelist in Microsoft’s Developer and Platform Evangelism group, I am moving on. Effective July 1st, I will be taking on the role of Global Account Technology Specialist for JPMorgan Chase. While I am looking forward to the challenges that lie ahead, I am sadden to leave the DPE and the Architect Evangelist Role I love so much.
I enjoyed being an evangelist and it is a great job. You learn about all the latest and greatest technologies Microsoft has to offer and you introduce them to customers in 1 on 1 sessions, presentations and through other means like blogging. Granted, I was never very good at blogging :-). What I was good at was the 1 on 1 sessions and creating good working relationships with my customers.
That brings me to my new role. I was selected for this new role because of my ability to create good working relationships with my customers. This is a sales role. A first for me. I have been a technologist all my career, so this is a change. I believe a change for the better. I guess time will tell. That's it for now. I will keep you posted.