Congratulations to the First Microsoft Certified SharePoint Masters!
James Petrosky, the program manager for the SharePoint Master and MCA programs, notified me that his blog post went live on the Master blog.
You might be asking what is a Microsoft Certified SharePoint Master? Here’s how I see it: a candidate spends 3 weeks at Microsoft to be educated, challenged, tested and then at the very end – if they pass all the labs and written exams, then they receive the Master certification. I know the trainers and many of the candidates from both classes and I can tell you that they are some of the best SharePoint experts in the world even before the start of the program. After the program, they are truly SharePoint Masters!
I recommend reading James’ post to understand the make up of the program: http://blogs.technet.com/themasterblog/archive/2009/04/29/introducing-the-sharepoint-mcm-program-and-the-first-microsoft-certified-sharepoint-masters.aspx
(DRUM ROLL) The SharePoint product team would like to CONGRATULATE the SharePoint Masters:
· Aku Heikkerö: Aku is the Lead IW Architect for Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS) in Europe and is based in Helsinki, Finland.
· Ali Mazaheri: Ali is a Senior Consultant with MCS and is based in the West region of North America.
· Bill Baer: Bill is a Technology Architect with Microsoft Online and is based in Redmond, Washington.
· Brett Geoffroy: Brett Geoffroy is a Principal Consultant for Microsoft Consulting Services in the Netherlands. He originally hails from the US – most recently the San Francisco Bay Area - and currently resides in Amsterdam.
· Ingeborg Struijk: Ingeborg is a member of Microsoft Services in the Netherlands and works as Information Worker Consultant.
· Kimmo Forss: Kimmo Forss is an Architect in the Microsoft Online Services Group, with particular focus on SharePoint. Previously, Kimmo served as a Lead Architect for Microsoft Enterprise Services and is based in Helsinki, Finland.
· Maurice Prather: Maurice is an enterprise architect, SharePoint MVP, and serves as the Lead Architect for ShareSquared, Inc. (http://www.sharesquared.com).
· Mitch Prince: Mitch is a Principal Consultant and Delivery Architect with Microsoft Consulting Services based out of New York City.
· Nakul Joshi: Nakul is a Consultant with Microsoft Consulting Services and is based in India.
· Peter Williams: Peter is a Senior Consultant for Microsoft based in Sweden.
· Scott Jamison: Scott is a Director of Enterprise Architecture with the Enterprise Product Group at Microsoft.
· Spencer Harbar: Spencer is an independent SharePoint consultant, trainer, and SharePoint MVP based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
· Todd Carter: Todd is a Principal Premier Field Engineer with Microsoft and is based in Las Colinas, Texas.
· Vesa Juvonen: Vesa is a Senior Consultant for Microsoft Consulting Services and is based in Helsinki, Finland.
And of course, I left the best for last – I know many in the SharePoint community and team want to thank Michal Gideoni who as the SharePoint technical product manager makes readiness programs like this work!
Dave Pae
SharePoint TPM
