Who We Are
AvePoint Community Champions are trusted advisors and respected influencers within the technical community. They have a passion for the latest technology innovations and are always giving back to the broader community. As we share the same goal, we have teamed up with these champions to take this goodness to the next level.
What We Do
Community Champions share their expertise and unique perspectives with AvePoint - such as blogs, events, podcasts, social media and more.
What it Takes to be a Community Champion
Here's what we look for in our Community Champions: Demonstrate community leadership and influence, proven technical expertise, passionate advocates and contribute to the success of AvePoint's products.
Sound like you? Contact us today!
Meet Our Champions
Matthew Bookspan
CEO, Blacktip
AvePoint Community Champion
CEO, Blacktip
AvePoint Community Champion
Bio:
Matthew has passion for bringing technology and people together, and after 25 years building software solutions for Microsoft, Electronic Arts, Cisco, Saleforce.com and more, I started Blacktip to transform technology consulting for the Florida and regional Southeast markets. He believes that the right technology solutions can make companies and their teams thrive, so he listens to our clients’ needs, provide the highest quality service and work as a long-term partner to keep technology accessible, efficient and invisible.
Scott Brant
Founder & Lead Consultant at Inspire Cloud & Your 365 Coach
AvePoint Community Champion
Founder & Lead Consultant at Inspire Cloud & Your 365 Coach
AvePoint Community Champion
Bio:
As the driving force behind Your 365 Coach, Scott dedicated himself to empowering people worldwide to harness the full potential of Microsoft 365. Through engaging and informative content on platforms like YouTube, TikTok, LinkedIn we elevate productivity by unlocking the power of readily available tools.
Scott’s journey extends beyond content creation, with over twelve years of hands-on experience as a Microsoft Certified consultant. At the helm of the Microsoft Partner Consultancy, Scott offer’s specialised guidance in Microsoft 365, tailoring solutions to enhance productivity.
My professional pathway has been diverse, encompassing roles from IT Consultant to Enterprise Architect in global corporations.
Social Media Handles:
- YouTube - @Your365Coach
- IG- @Your365Coach
- TikTok - @Your365Coach
Microsoft MVP Profile - https://mvp.microsoft.com/en-US/MVP/profile/c2b55ce2-c9fa-4ed5-bdc2-b0e7db8f45b3
Laurent Carlier
Modern Workplace Consultant
AvePoint Community Champion
Modern Workplace Consultant
AvePoint Community Champion
Ask about:
- Modern workplace
- Adoption & Change management
- Microsoft Teams
- Microsoft Viva
- M365 Governance & Strategy (including Teams strategies & policies)
- All Microsoft 365 education (including Teams education version)
- Trainings & User adoption
Bio:
With over With 10 years of experience in digital transformation, including 6 years in the Microsoft 365 cloud environment, Laurent is a Microsoft MVP and digital workplace consultant based in France.
He works with worldwide clients in business and education sectors, designing and implementing modern workplace/modern teaching with Teams and other Microsoft 365 tools.
Focused on the WHY and HOW and the "indispensable but often forgotten" translation between IT and users, he loves sharing his dual expertise in adoption change management & technical governance and can be found presenting in many languages (french, english, japanese) at international conferences and user groups.
Mary Angiela Cerbolles
Application Analyst
AvePoint Community Champion
Application Analyst
AvePoint Community Champion
Ask about:
- SharePoint
- Power Apps
- Power Automate
- Humans of IT Community
Bio:
My Microsoft journey started in 2012 when my Manager told me to start learning SharePoint. I learned how to build a SharePoint server, build forms, and give tech solutions from blogs, tutorials, and the tech community. Everything changed when Microsoft 365 has released. After that, my field of expertise widened. I am now working as a Productivity Analyst focusing on Microsoft 365 and Power Platform.
I am curious about how things work, especially regarding technology. Learning and connecting with people have been my great companions since then. I want to help others by leveraging the value of the services offered by Microsoft 365. In any way possible, I try as much as I can to help the tech community and the business as I love doing it.
Haniel Croitoru
Associate Director & Power Platform Practice Lead at Protiviti
AvePoint Community Champion
Associate Director & Power Platform Practice Lead at Protiviti
AvePoint Community Champion
Ask about:
- Enhancing your business processes using PowerApps and Flow
- Migration to Office 365
- Microsoft Teams
- SharePoint
Bio:
Senior Office 365 and SharePoint Consultant and Office 365 MVP with over 15 years of experience in public and private sector and various verticals. Since 2003 I have been focusing on SharePoint, delivering solutions and contributing as a SharePoint consultant, project manager, business analyst, and trainer. In addition to my professional tenure I've always been a big proponent of sharing knowledge and giving back to the community through presenting at numerous conferences and networking meetings on the topics of utilizing SharePoint for various business verticals, SharePoint and business process optimization as well as managing projects. Prior to entering the SharePoint arena, I spent a number of years in the medical imaging industry where I helped launch an orthopedic software division and published four patents and numerous articles. I hold a Masters of Science in Computer Science with a specialty in Computer-Assisted Orthopedic Surgery from Queen’s University and a Master’s Certificate in Project Management from the York Schulich School of Business, and am a PMI-certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP).
Peter Davidsson
AvePoint Community Champion
Peter Davidsson
AvePoint Community Champion
Bio:
Born is Sweden in 1977. Started my career in IT in 2002 in a ServiceDesk. That was the first time I encountered backup. It was Backup Exec 8. Since then, I’ve worked with many different backup solutions and had many different roles, all from a network technician to team leader of a service provider with managed services. I've now landed at a new company called Cristie Nordic and a new role as Senior Engineer working with Avepoint as my main focus area.
Marciana Davis
Salesforce Consultant
AvePoint Community Champion
Salesforce Consultant
AvePoint Community Champion
Ask about:
- Salesforce Development
- Process Automation
- Experience Cloud
- Nonprofit Cloud
- Sales Cloud
- Tableau
- Career Development & Growth
Bio:
Marciana is a Salesforce MVP and a 10X Certified Salesforce professional. She works as an independent consultant with a passion for mentoring and teaching. She was determined to get into tech, but she didn't find her true break until she discovered Salesforce. Through several classes, she gained the skills and network to land her first role as a Salesforce Administrator, but the learning didn't stop there. She was determined to build her developer skills, so she learned to code with Trailhead, and worked on key projects throughout her career.
Stacy Deere-Strole
CEO & Senior Solutions Architect at Focal Point Solutions
AvePoint Community Champion
CEO & Senior Solutions Architect at Focal Point Solutions
AvePoint Community Champion
Ask about:
- Governance
- SharePoint On-Prem
- M365
- Adoption
- Migrations
- Security & Compliance
Bio:
Stacy Deere, MVP is the Owner of Focal Point Solutions LLC, a Cincinnati, OH based company that provides SharePoint Solutions for all and focuses on doing so by following best practices and doing it the right way. Previously, Stacy led a rapidly growing SharePoint practice where she engaged in a wide range of consulting projects across various industries. With 20+ years of experience in the IT Industry, Stacy has mainly focused on Collaboration Solutions such as IBM’s Lotus Notes\Domino and Microsoft’s Messaging and Collaboration Solutions. She has numerous environment deployments, upgrades and many other SharePoint & M365 projects under her belt.
Within the SharePoint community, Stacy is a SharePoint MVP and is known for topics such as Governance, User Adoption, Administration and planning. She is actively sharing her real world expertise through her blog http://www.spmindmelt.focalpointsolutions.co, and speaking engagements such as SharePoint Saturday’s, Collab365, ITUnity, SPTechCon, SharePoint Fest, SharePoint Engage, and User Group events. She has also co-authored two books called SharePoint 2013 and 2010 Using Managed Metadata.
Adam Deltinger
Service Owner Microsoft 365, ASSA ABLOY Group
AvePoint Community Champion
Service Owner Microsoft 365, ASSA ABLOY Group
AvePoint Community Champion
Ask about:
- Microsoft Teams
- SharePoint Online
- Onedrive / Forms / Planner
- User Adoption
- Collaboration
- Value and benefits of Office 365
- Training
Bio:
I have for several years been working as a consultant mostly focusing on Microsoft products and cloud technologies. Today I work to empower businesses with the help of Microsoft 365 and modern tools - helping customers collaborate better, work more efficient and be more productive. I’m also an active Office Apps and Services MVP, doing community work like speaking at events, co-hosting the European Teams User Group and contributing to the Microsoft TechCommunity.
Simon Denton
IT enabler, designer, technology cajoler and Microsoft MVP
AvePoint Community Champion
IT enabler, designer, technology cajoler and Microsoft MVP
AvePoint Community Champion
Ask about:
- Why Yammer, Teams and SharePoint are better together
- Using Flow with SharePoint to enhance content management and build solutions like expense approvals
- The ‘softer side’ of IT and how to progress as an ‘IT Pro’ and adapt your department or team to deal with the shift from traditional IT
Bio:
I am open minded about any technology that makes the lives of people easier and frees them to do what they do best!
My focus is on building knowledge communities, efficient and effective information lifecycle management and the sustained adoption of the Office 365 suite of products. I operate as an IT Pro and believe in configuration over development.
I’m currently the architect of an Office 365 ecosystem at a global engineering, management, and development consultancy. In my role I’m passionate about maximising the value gained from Office 365 by staff through adoption and continuous improvement.
Prior to my move into IT I was a practising Civil Engineer. It may seem on the face of it that there are few similarities between the two but I firmly believe the mind-set needed for both disciplines – creativity, precision, an eye for detail and needing to be able to understand your client’s needs – means that the disciplines are more alike than you think. I still find myself drawing on my engineering background to help me with my day to day decisions.
You can read more about my journey towards IT and being a Microsoft MVP in this blog post https://buildbod.com/2016/04/0...
Ami Diamond
SharePoint Consultant
AvePoint Community Champion
SharePoint Consultant
AvePoint Community Champion
Ask about:
- SharePoint Online
- Microsoft Teams
- Microsoft Forms
- OneDrive
- Office 365
- Training and Adoption
Bio:
Ami diamond is a SharePoint and Microsoft Teams Consultant With over 15 years of experience in IT.
He is the owner of YouTube channel named “SharePoint Wizard” where he uploads tips and tricks and new features in SharePoint online and Microsoft Teams https://www.youtube.com/c/SharePointWizard
Stephanie Donahue
Technical Community Lead - Office of the CTO, Avanade
AvePoint Community Champion
Technical Community Lead - Office of the CTO, Avanade
AvePoint Community Champion
Ask about:
- Office 365 Deployment Planning
- Information Architecture
- Diversity & Tech
Bio:
With over 20 years of experience in technology, Stephanie is a leader, an innovator, and skilled problem solver. She believes that technology can minimize risk and maximize business growth and potential. Stephanie is a Microsoft Regional Director and MVP and a recognized member of the Modern Workplace community where she speaks, writes, and organizes events. Stephanie's community engagement helps her stay on the pulse of technology to get ahead of the curve when it comes to emerging technologies. She leverages her knowledge and relationships with vendors, peers, and thought leaders into innovative business solutions for customers. As Technical Community Lead, Stephanie supports Avanade’s global technical leadership communities.
Paul Dredge
Senior Technical Consultant, Hable
AvePoint Community Champion
Senior Technical Consultant, Hable
AvePoint Community Champion
Ask about:
- Microsoft 365 stack
- Microsoft Teams
- OneDrive
- SharePoint Online
- User adoption of M365
- Modern workplace
- Governance, security and compliance
Bio:
Paul come's with unique skill-set of having a great technical knowledge whilst maintaining a strong connection to the end user. He understands how individuals and teams operate today and finding bespoke means for improving their individual effectiveness and efficiency is key to their successful adoption of Microsoft 365 products. Paul has recently worked with organizations such as The Houses of Parliament , NHS England and Scope charity.
Shadeed Eleazer
Collaboration Architect
AvePoint Community Champion
Collaboration Architect
AvePoint Community Champion
Ask about:
- Office 365 for Small Business
- Social Selling
- Microsoft 365 Licensing
Bio:
I am a US Navy Veteran and lead Reputation Management and Social Selling thought leadership. I'm the architect of the official state websites of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, which are powered by Microsoft SharePoint technologies.
I served a key technical advisory role in several political campaigns, including the re-election campaign of a US governor. I am an Amazon Best Selling Author and acting President of SCORE Greater Baltimore, a resource partner of Small Business Administration responsible for the launch of 191 new businesses and the creation of 147 new jobs in 2019.
I am the leader of the longest running Microsoft training and User group community in Maryland and host of Microsoft SharePoint Saturday, an annual one day conference which is currently in its 13th year.
I specialize in high visibility, public-facing consulting engagements with a key focus on information and platform architecture, on-premises to cloud migrations, enterprise social media, governance, instructional systems design, and information worker training.
I am the founder of Managed Path Solutions, a Microsoft partner which focuses on post deployment support of Microsoft technology.
Daniel Glenn
Owner and Microsoft 365 Consultant at CollabFront
AvePoint Community Champion
Owner and Microsoft 365 Consultant at CollabFront
AvePoint Community Champion
Bio:
Daniel is a Microsoft MVP and the Owner and Microsoft 365 Consultant at CollabFront. Daniel is a sought-after trainer, providing customized Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Microsoft Viva, Power BI, and Power Automate training for companies around the world.
Daniel is passionate about building technical community in Tennessee with his roles as the co-founder and current President of the Nashville Microsoft 365 Users Group and Director of Microsoft 365 Nashville. He is also co-host for the popular "365 Message Center Show" at https://365MCS.com.
Richard Harbridge
Chief Technology Officer at 2toLead
AvePoint Community Champion
Chief Technology Officer at 2toLead
AvePoint Community Champion
Ask about:
- Employee Experience, Digital Workplace & Intranets
- Technology Strategy
- Adoption & Change Management
- Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint & Yammer
- Migrations
- Governance
- Microsoft 365 Management
- Power Platform
Bio:
As a proud partner of AvePoint, Richard is a Microsoft MVP, author, and internationally recognized expert in Microsoft technology such as Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Yammer, Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Azure. When not speaking at industry events, Richard works with Microsoft, partners, and customers as an advisor to business and technology, addressing challenges around technology governance, adoption, ROI, migration, and implementation.
Robert Hedblom
Microsoft MVP
AvePoint Community Champion
Microsoft MVP
AvePoint Community Champion
Ask about:
- How to plan your Business Continuity
- How to design Recovery Strategies
- How to design and setup Restore Capabilities
- How to map Restore Scenarios to your business
- How to design and push your Cloud strategy
- How to design and build sustainable Disaster Recovery Capabilities
- How to build sustainable and suitable Disaster Recovery Plans
- How to map Disaster Recovery scenarios to your business
- How to choose the right technology that meets your actual needs for Restore and Disaster Recovery
- Microsoft Azure
- Microsoft System Center
Bio:
Robert is well-known when it comes to delivering Backup & Restore capabilities and Disaster Recovery scenarios that really works in real life. He delivers his services and knowledge globally both under sumNERV but also Microsoft and other consultant companies. Being part of the exclusive Microsoft MVP program for 9 years Robert have been providing insights to Microsoft and assisted their development of on-prem and Azure products. Robert is often seen on stage delivering BCP (Business Continuity) sessions with the focus of restore capabilities and is also author of a number of books.
Chris Huntingford
Low Code Lead & Platform Evangelist at ANS Group
AvePoint Community Champion
Low Code Lead & Platform Evangelist at ANS Group
AvePoint Community Champion
Bio:
I’m a geek and proud to admit it! I’m also a rather large, talkative South African who plays drums, wears horrendous Hawaiian shirts, and has an affinity for engaging in as many social gatherings as humanly possible because, well….I want to experience as much as possible and connect with as many different people as I can! I am, unapologetically, Myself! My zest for interaction and collaboration has led to a fixation on community and an understanding that ANYTHING can be achieved by bringing people together in the right environment.
Paul Keijzers (KbWorks)
Microsoft MVP en gespecialiseerd in Microsoft Teams en SharePoint
AvePoint Community Champion
Microsoft MVP en gespecialiseerd in Microsoft Teams en SharePoint
AvePoint Community Champion
Ask about:
- Strategy Microsoft 365
- Development Teams, SharePoint and Azure
- Microsoft Teams and SharePoint specialist
- User Adoption
- Change Management
- Driving better communication and collaboration
- Driving business value from Microsoft 365
- Website and blog: https://kbworks.nl
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN6yDHcs3tCIHOXBmCcaR5g
Bio:
Overziet alle mogelijkheden op technisch vlak. Paul houdt zich bezig met teamwork en de moderne werkplek. In specifiek richt hij zich op het implementeren van Microsoft Teams en SharePoint (Office 365), met als doel tijdbesparing door verhoging van de productiviteit en effectiviteit. Paul is als MVP nauw betrokken bij de community rondom Microsoft. Paul is op de hoogte van de laatste ontwikkelingen rondom Microsoft Teams en Office 365.
Joanne Klein
Office 365 Consultant at NexNovus Consulting
AvePoint Community Champion
Office 365 Consultant at NexNovus Consulting
AvePoint Community Champion
Ask about:
- SharePoint modern site architecture
- SharePoint information architecture
- SharePoint migrations
- Office 365 Data Governance
- Office 365 Data Protection
- Office 365 Data Retention
- Office 365 eDiscovery
Bio:
Hi! I’m Joanne Klein, founder of NexNovus, an Office 365 Consulting company, and a 3-time Microsoft MVP in Office Apps & Services. What this really means is I spend my time working with customers across different industry verticals on Office 365 collaboration tools and services, specifically SharePoint, and sharing my knowledge with the larger technical community.
One of my SharePoint specialties is modern site and information architecture since I believe it to be the critical underpinning to any great SharePoint environment (so much so that I wrote an eBook about it!).
Another area of focus for me is the Office 365 suite of tools built to help organizations protect and retain their unstructured content now being produced at an exponential rate. This is an important shift for organizations and information workers to make in the modern workplace. I have substantial practical experience in Office 365 working with customers to help them make this shift.
Christian Lapacka
Founder & SharePoint Professional of Ka’ana IT GmbH
AvePoint Community Champion
Founder & SharePoint Professional of Ka’ana IT GmbH
AvePoint Community Champion
Ask about:
Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Azure & SharePoint On-premises
- Microsoft Office 365
- Microsoft Azure & SharePoint On-premises
- Digital Workplaces
- Collaboration
- Migration
- Backup Architecture
- Governance
Bio:
Christian is the Founder and SharePoint Consultant of Ka’ana IT GmbH based in Austria. Christian is specialized in guiding clients to their best digital Workplace Solution or getting their governance policies done in Office 365 or On-Premises. His many years of experience and numerous implementation and migration projects makes him and his team an excellent Partner for Enterprise Customers in the DACH Region.
Adam Levithan
Principal of Product Management, Withum Digital
AvePoint Community Champion
Principal of Product Management, Withum Digital
AvePoint Community Champion
Ask about:
- Migration to Office 365
- Adoption of your Intranet
- Classic vs. Modern
Bio:
Adam is a Principal of Product Management at Withum Digital and a Microsoft MVP advocating for collaboration by connecting business needs with the right technology. He has been supporting Microsoft 365 for several years as a Product Manager for Migration at a market leading ISV and a Practice Lead for Office 365 in a cutting-edge Microsoft Consulting firm. Over the last decade Adam has been responsible for moving customers to the cloud, designing and building technology solutions, hands-on delivery of information architecture (SharePoint Farm and content) and increasing user adoption. Adam is an ongoing member of the SharePoint Saturday DC coordinating committee and active speaker at many national events.
Kirsty McGrath
Managing Director, OnPoint Solutions
AvePoint Community Champion
Managing Director, OnPoint Solutions
AvePoint Community Champion
Ask about:
- How to drive sustainable User Adoption
- Training, Learning & Education around Microsoft 365
- Office Pro Plus Productivity Ninja
- Driving better Communication and Collaboration
- Untangling the Office 365 toolset
- Driving business value from Microsoft 365
- Microsoft Teams
Bio:
Kirsty McGrath is an awarded Microsoft MVP and the Managing Director of OnPoint Solutions. Kirsty founded the Australian Office 365 Business User Groups and runs the Australian Microsoft 365 Adoption User Groups in both Sydney & Melbourne plus is a regular on the speaker circuit. Kirsty is also the author of the Office 365 ‘Wheel of Fortune’ Infographic. OnPoint Solutions is a leading Australian Adoption practice helping organisations maximise ROI through best practice adoption methodologies, accelerating team collaboration and communication in the cloud. Kirsty is a highly experienced Adoption Specialist having trained over 180,000 people, worked on over 60 Office 365 projects and built alongside Microsoft their Work Wonders adoption program with their top 200 clients, leading businesses through large and complex transformation projects.
René Modery
Power Platform Technical Lead at WPP/ GroupM
AvePoint Community Champion
Power Platform Technical Lead at WPP/ GroupM
AvePoint Community Champion
Ask about:
- Modern Workplace
- Migration to Office 365
- Microsoft Teams
- SharePoint
Bio:
Working with Microsoft collaboration technologies for more than 10 years, Rene has lived and worked in Europe and Asia Pacific. He's an Office Apps & Services MVP, and runs the Singapore SharePoint+Office 365 User Group. In his role, he is responsible for the rollout and adoption of collaboration technologies in APAC.
Dwayne Natwick
Global Principal Cloud Security Technical Lead at Atos
AvePoint Community Champion
Global Principal Cloud Security Technical Lead at Atos
AvePoint Community Champion
Ask about:
- Cloud and Information Security, Compliance and Identity Management
- Cloud Security roadmap and alignment with hyperscaler strategy, market trends
- Public cloud architecture for AWS, Azure and Google Cloud
- Solution architecture, service delivery, development, and operations
Bio:
I am a Global Principal Cloud Security Technical Lead/CTO for Atos across Microsoft, AWS, and GCP. I am the thought leader determining trends, developing, advocating, and building business plans for the overall Cybersecurity services for this Global SI. I also lead the Cloud education portfolio for Microsoft and AWS.
I also provide training and consulting services to Opsgility for their Microsoft training and technical coaching. I have served many roles over my 30 years of IT experience, including solution engineer and product manager. I am 18x certified in multiple Azure and M365 roles, including Azure Solution Architect Expert, Azure Administrator Associate, Azure Security Engineer Associate, Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator Associate, Microsoft Security Operations Analyst Associate, Microsoft Information Protection Administrator Associate, Azure AI Engineer Associate, and M365 Security Administrator Associate.
In addition to creating curriculum, training, and blog writing, I am also a Microsoft Certified Trainer and Regional Lead. I have provided sessions speaking at conferences and user groups globally that are focused on Cloud security, Identity security, and Data/AI trends. I have authored books and am a Security Professional Community Manager for Packt publishing.
Vesa Nopanen
Principal Consultant, Sulava Oy
AvePoint Community Champion
Principal Consultant, Sulava Oy
AvePoint Community Champion
Ask about:
- Microsoft Teams
- Modern Worklife and Workplace
- User Adoption
- Collaboration
- How to get best value and benefits of Office 365
- Office 365
- SharePoint Online
- Personal Blog: https://myteamsday.com/
Bio:
Vesku is a Modern Worklife and Workplace Principal Consultant focusing on Microsoft Teams, SharePoint and Office 365. He works for Sulava (https://www.sulava.com/) and is also a Microsoft MVP for Office Apps & Services. Yes, his real name is Vesa but he prefers to be called Vesku.
He helps and coaches customers to find benefits, solutions and value when adopting new tools, methods, ways or working and practices into daily work-life equation. He is always eager to challenge current situation and dig out new possibilities and ways to think and work. You could describe him as a jack of all trades but his main focus area and deep personal driver is Microsoft Teams since it has changed the way I work and did a giant step forward to make it possible to work from anywhere - the location does not matter even us much as it mattered before. Microsoft Teams opened the path for many organizations to rethink their practices, worklife, culture and start the change.
Vesku is also active Microsoft Teams community member and organizer. He is part of EuroTeams User Group, #TeamsFest co-organizer and is the main organizer of Teams Community Finland. He has presented sessions live and online in different events like Microsoft Ignite, Microsoft Techdays Finland, SharePoint Saturdays and TeamsFest.
Feel free to connect with him at Twitter!
Foyin Olajide-Bello
Modern Workplace Engineering Manager, Avanade
AvePoint Community Champion
Modern Workplace Engineering Manager, Avanade
AvePoint Community Champion
Bio:
Foyin is a passionate, self-driven Solutions Architect who has an insatiable desire to make a difference for the better. She lives with the quote “I need to leave it better than I met it”. She has architected and administered Software Projects across various industry verticals. Her goal over the years has been to help knowledge workers do more with less and has supported enterprises to achieve this.
She believes strongly in knowledge sharing and is a Microsoft MVP. She is an advocate for women's empowerment through Technology and is the co-founder of TechStylers – a community to upskill women in technology.
Shari L. Oswald, MCT MSOM
Chief Experience Officer at PowerUP!Learning.com
AvePoint Community Champion
Chief Experience Officer at PowerUP!Learning.com
AvePoint Community Champion
Ask about:
- SharePoint Architecture
- Adoption and Learning Strategies
- Microsoft 365 Migrations
- Information Architecture
- Documentation Strategies
- Microsoft Desktop and Cloud Applications
- LEARNING!
Bio:
Shari focuses on the "People Side of Change." She is a Microsoft 365 Solutions Architect and Consultant that grew up right along with SharePoint. Her practical knowledge of the Microsoft Productivity stack coupled with her passion for empowerment via learning makes her an excellent resource as a consultant. Her philosophy for information architecture and SharePoint design are centered on solving business challenges with technology and ensuring usability and adoption for the organization.
In the Learning and Adoption space, she is known as "Shortcut Shari" for her love of keyboard shortcuts and her passion for improving productivity. She delivers learning experiences internationally both in-person, virtually and as an eLearning author and developer. She shares her knowledge and passion via her blog at @ShortcutShari.com and her Tips and Tricks channel on YouTube. Her eLearning courses can be found on LinkedIN Learning, ClipTraining and Pluralsight.
Shari is a frequent and passionate speaker in the Microsoft Community and enjoys contributing to the success of community-driven events. She often supports Microsoft events such as Microsoft Ignite and is an active board member of the Virtual Chapter of the International Association of Microsoft Certified Partners.
When not embracing her inner #GirlGeek, she can be found travelling and experiencing the world, it's history, people and food or on the back of a motorcycle exploring the wonders of Colorado and beyond.
Gokan Ozcifci
SharePoint & Office 365 Consultant, Euroclear
AvePoint Community Champion
SharePoint & Office 365 Consultant, Euroclear
AvePoint Community Champion
Ask about:
- SharePoint
- Teams
- PowerApps
Bio:
Gokan is an independent SharePoint and Office365 consultant for Neoxy where he assists customers with building innovative, intelligent and responsive cloud driven solutions. With the Mobile first, Cloud first ideology, his goal is to empower every person and organization to do more with the Microsoft cloud and the ecosystem is perfectly aligned to accelerate this. Creativity, automation and perspective are what he loves most when using the Microsoft cloud, so every customer can be more agile, responsive and competitive. Gokan is a frequent – and funny – conference speaker. He presented at numerous national and international conferences and is actively involved in European and American conferences: Microsoft Techdays, Microsoft Experiences, European SharePoint Conferences, SharePoint Days and SharePoint Fest are a few major ones.
A proud author of books that reached the half million of downloads and founder of several communities, Gokan is a real community warrior. Due to his active contributions in these domains, he has been honoured with Microsoft Regional Director and Microsoft’s Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award. Additionally, he is an active Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and a Microsoft Regional Lead for all MCTs in Belgium.
You can always talk to me about: Soccer. World Traveling. Food. Next-Gen Cloud Systems. Architecture & Strategy. SharePoint + Office365!
Nati Papirovitch
Office 365 Productivity Expert, Owner at PointU
AvePoint Community Champion
Office 365 Productivity Expert, Owner at PointU
AvePoint Community Champion
Ask about:
- Office 365 Governance
- Migration to SharePoint Online + Modernize SharePoint Online
- Microsoft Teams
- OneDrive for business
- Microsoft Stream, Forms, Planner
Bio:
Hi, My Name is Nati Papirovitch - I own PointU – a “boutique” SharePoint & Office 365 Productivity Consulting Service (SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, Planner, Yammer, Office 365 Groups, Forms etc..)
My expertise is helping customers migrate from SharePoint on-premise / File Servers to SharePoint Online and Migration from any other Cloud Sturge to Office 365.
With more then 15+ years I’m building SharePoint Portal’s from scratch in Office 365, plus consulting, training, development, etc. My love is to define the requirements from the customer and build the best solution with the best tools in Office 365.
In the last 8 years I’ve lead the Office 365 & SharePoint Community in Israel, speaking and organizing events for technical community members.
Mark Rackley
Group Manager, Modern Workplace Architect at Avanade
AvePoint Community Champion
Group Manager, Modern Workplace Architect at Avanade
AvePoint Community Champion
Ask about:
- SharePoint architecture and development
- Microsoft Teams
- Microsoft Viva
- Power Platform
- Community
- Bacon
Bio:
Mark is an Office 365 MVP who is a motivated, adaptable, creative, highly capable senior resource able to fill any role necessary to ensure the success of a project, team or organization. Whether the need is management, design, marketing, development, implementation, troubleshooting, or just simply holding the client’s hand, Mark has a unique skillset that sets him apart from most individuals that have such a deep technical background.
Paul Soliman
Co-Founder and CEO of Hacktiv Colab Inc; Co-Founder and CTO of Raven Global Inc; MS ASEANS BizApps UG Community Leader; BizApps PH Founder
AvePoint Community Champion
Co-Founder and CEO of Hacktiv Colab Inc; Co-Founder and CTO of Raven Global Inc; MS ASEANS BizApps UG Community Leader; BizApps PH Founder
AvePoint Community Champion
Ask about:
- Power Platform
- Dynamics 365 Business Central
- Dynamics 365 Customer Services & Sales
- ERP & CRM
- Startup
- Future Technology
- Biohacking
Bio:
- A Futurist and Technopreneur with a mission to accelerate Filipino lives through Business Applications
- First MVP for Business Applications in the Philippines
Loryan Strant
Microsoft MVP & Product and Innovation Lead, Rapid Circle Australia
AvePoint Community Champion
Microsoft MVP & Product and Innovation Lead, Rapid Circle Australia
AvePoint Community Champion
Ask about:
- Governance
- Teams
- ALL of Office 365
Bio:
Over 20 years in IT I have had the opportunity to work with many leading edge technologies - allowing me to be a part of major transformations in the industry.
I am passionate about the cloud and the opportunities it brings. Having spent most of my career delivering on-premise business productivity technology, I founded Paradyne to deliver cost-effective solutions and to advance how people work by means of the cloud. My deep technical expertise is backed by practical business experience, ensuring that customers get the best of both worlds – world-class technology that delivers real business benefits.
Throughout the majority of my career I have often been engaged as a subject matter expert by peers both internal and external to my current place of work.
Sharon Weaver
Owner/CEO, Smarter Consulting
AvePoint Community Champion
Owner/CEO, Smarter Consulting
AvePoint Community Champion
Ask about:
- M365 Planning & Migration
- M365 Governance & Strategy
- M365 Training & User Adoption
- Business Process Management
- SharePoint List Formatting
- Modern SharePoint Architecture
Bio:
Sharon is the founder and CEO of Smarter Consulting, a business and technology consulting services company. As a Microsoft Regional Director, Microsoft Certified Trainer, Process Improvement, and Productivity Expert, Sharon's background in Software Development, Business and Systems Analysis, Project Management, and Agile combined with her Developmental Psychology degree and Six Sigma Black Belt blend perfectly with her love of helping and training people to make her a well-rounded leader, consultant, and coach.
Being part of the community is extremely important to her and she is an active leader, participant, and mentor. She is the lead organizer for SharePoint Saturday Kansas City and the Kansas City M365 User Group. She is an active board member of the Kansas City IIBA chapter and Digital Women of Kansas City.
In her “spare time”, Sharon speaks professionally at local, national, and global events and teaches subjects such as Office 365, Business Analysis, Six Sigma, Leadership, and other continuing education courses publicly as an adjunct instructor for the local community college and privately for business all over the country. You can find great tips and tricks around productivity on her blog at https://sharoneweaver.com/blog/.
Danny Werdler
AvePoint Community Champion
Danny Werdler
AvePoint Community Champion
Bio:
I'm Danny Werdler, based in the picturesque Netherlands. At IT-Value, I proudly serve as a Cloud Consultant, collaborating closely with an exceptional team of AvePoint and Microsoft experts. Together, we strive to fulfill our clients' diverse needs, spanning across sectors like healthcare and municipal services, emphasizing the criticality of governance, security, and backup solutions. My unwavering passion for this field propels me to continually explore and optimize the products we implement. I'm particularly thrilled to be part of the AvePoint Champions, where I can share insights and learn from fellow enthusiasts. Through my blogs, I aim to shed light on intricate Cloud Governance, Insights, Policies, Enpower and Cloud Backup implementations. If you're as excited about AvePoint products as I am, let's connect over a (virtual) cup of coffee and explore how I can support you on your journey!
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