SharePoint Solutions' Senior Software Engineer Receives Microsoft MVP Award

Tony Bierman, senior software engineer for SharePoint Solutions, has received the 2007 Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award in the category of Windows Server - Windows SharePoint Services. The Microsoft MVP Award recognizes exceptional technical community leaders from around the world who voluntarily share their high quality, real-world expertise with others.

Nashville, TN (PRWEB) July 18, 2007 -- SharePoint Solutions, a national leader in Microsoft SharePoint training, consulting and add-on software, today announced that Senior Software Engineer Tony Bierman has received the 2007 Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award in the category of Windows Server - Windows SharePoint Services.

The Microsoft MVP Award recognizes exceptional technical community leaders from around the world who voluntarily share their high quality, real-world expertise with others. Microsoft MVPs are a highly select group of experts representing technology's best and brightest who share a deep commitment to community and a willingness to help others.

He has great passion for technology and for helping others, and this award places him in a very elite group of high-quality participants across Microsoft's global communities.

Worldwide, there are more than 100 million participants in technical communities; of these participants, there are fewer than 4,000 active Microsoft MVPs.

"Tony's recognition as an outstanding member of Microsoft's peer-to-peer communities is well-deserved," said Jeff Cate, founder and president of SharePoint Solutions. "He has great passion for technology and for helping others, and this award places him in a very elite group of high-quality participants across Microsoft's global communities."

Microsoft began the MVP Awards in the early 1990s as a way to recognize those members of the general public who devoted their time and considerable technical expertise to helping users in various online technical forums. Over time the Microsoft MVP program evolved, and awards are now given to the most outstanding members for their exceptional contributions to hundreds of online and offline technical communities, including Microsoft public newsgroups.

Bierman is a native of Muscatine, Iowa, and currently resides in Spring Hill, Tenn., with his wife, Bekkey, and their son, Billy.

Based in Nashville, Tenn., SharePoint Solutions has been a nationwide leader in expert-led public classes on SharePoint products and technologies. The company also professionally develops high-quality commercial add-ons for SharePoint, including the award-winning Extranet Collaboration Manager for SharePoint 2007. For more information visit http://sharepointsolutions.com.

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