First, I want to say I’m very excited with the opportunity to be an expert blogger in the AIIM SharePoint community. I’m really looking forward participating, sharing knowledge, and learning from all the great people that make up this community.
Now, some background on me and my journey with SharePoint. Early on I had multiple job careers, ranging from working as a technician in a biochemical research lab to being the mascot for a waterpark. Eventually, I went back to school and got an MIS degree, which eventually led me to a job in a management consulting firm.
Around 2001 I was introduced to SharePoint by a manager who enthusiastically explained everything SharePoint could do and how we were going to start using it internally to store files and collaborate. My initial thought was one of confusion as I couldn’t figure out what SharePoint was really providing, how I was supposed to use it, or why we couldn’t just use file shares and email to accomplish what he wanted. I just didn’t get it.
The light for me started to come on in in mid-2003 when I attended an Office 2003 conference; I realized that this product could actually be useful in an organization and my eyes started to open. I was captivated by all functionality, integration, and fancy demos which seemingly solved so many business problems, if not as I would find out later somewhat superficially. Around that time I teamed up with Russ Stalters who was delivering compliant-centric records management solutions. The pillar of these solutions was SharePoint 2003, with reliance on 3rd party products to provide business process, and records management. I also joined Applied Information Sciences, which was full of software engineers providing .NET enterprise solutions. SharePoint 2003 became 2007, and now 2010, and my focus has been to work with clients to deliver successful enterprise-capable ECM solutions using SharePoint and the Microsoft platform.
When I’m not working I enjoy hanging out with my family, cooking, and fixing up my old car.
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