By now you can all probably tell that we've turned on the retake machine in a big way... a lot of folks have been whiling away the cold and dark (in the Northern Hemisphere, anyway) month of January with study and hands-on qual lab prep. It's been paying off with lots of exams being passed and a few more MCMs entering our community. Without further ado...

• Francesco Sodano (R3) is a Project Manager and Senior Consultant with Proge-Software S.r.l, a Microsoft Gold Partner in Rome, Italy.
• Paul Hefford (R4) is a web technology specialist at Fujitsu Technology Solutions, a leading IT infrastructure provider, and is based in Munich, Germany.

Congratulations guys... well done, and welcome!