Joining the Ranks of The MVP’s

I am excited and honored to receive a Microsoft MVP award in the Solution Architect category.

Thanks to Clint Edmonson who I’m sure had much to do with my nomination and a congratulations to Lee Brandt from KC who is also a recipient of the MVP award.  I’m definitely looking forward to meeting the other 2009 MVPs as well as the MVP alumni who are made up of many of the software thought leaders I keep tabs on via blogs and twitter.

This was definitely a welcome surprise after a couple weeks where I’ve been struggling to stay motivated at REJIS.  I put a lot into my work at work and home and the balance has been a little too far out of whack and it’s time to bring it back.  I’m looking forward to a few days off and some time with the family, hitting the trails, and of course my Xbox

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Recent Happenings

If you want to read a little more about what I’m up to check out this interview I submitted to “I’m a VB“.

Upcoming Events

St Louis Day of .NET, August 28 & 29 – Sign up now

• I will be delivering some short Q&A sessions on WCF, so stay tuned to the schedule for more information.

NIEM National Training Event, September 30-October 2nd – Sign up here

• I will be delivering three sessions over the two days.  Two will cover using NIEM in your SOA, and one will cover working with NIEM in the .NET framework.  I’m very excited about this conference and the opportunity to speak with some of the real movers & shakers in public safety information sharing efforts.  The days will be packed with great sessions and the evenings full of NIEM community meetings.

I hope everyone has a safe and happy 4th of July!