Welcome from Tim Vander Kooi: Who I Am and What I Do Around Here
Hello, my name is Tim Vander Kooi and I am really thrilled
to be a part of Microsoft's new Because It's Everybody's Business (BIEB)
initiative.
I have worked in the IT industry for the past 15 years;
working as both an IT Professional, and an IT Manager, over that span of time.
I have spent those years building network infrastucture using the many
different products that Microsoft makes available. I started with Microsoft
business products such as Windows 3.11 for Workgroups, Windows Server 3.50 and
Exchange 4.0 from their initial releases and have worked with them up to their
current versions; Window 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Exchange 2010.
What I have found through the years is that the trick to
building a really effective business network is not a lack of great products
from Microsoft; rather, the problem usually is finding the right combination of
products to use to build the best business solutions to specific business
problems. This is where my role in the BIEB program comes in. I plan to
show how the whole Microsoft puzzle fits together when the "Cool" of the new
products wears off and the "Why?" of the business world sets in. I will be
helping to fit all the pieces together as a total solution.
I have been active in the IT Pro community for over 10 years
leading a number of different user groups in the U.S. as well as being involved
in many different online communities and forums. I am very proud to have been
named as an MVP by Microsoft in 2007 for my work with System Center Operations
Manager 2007 and System Center Essentials 2007. I am also currently
serving as the Chairman of the Board for Culminis North
America; a volunteer organization helping to support IT Pro user groups
around the world. Serving in this position I am in regular contact with IT
Professional experts throughout the United States and Canada and I will work to
bring their joint point of view, as well as opinions and solutions, to the BIEB
program.
In my free time, I love to spend my time with my family
and friends (usually showing them the wonders of the latest and greatest
Windows Mobile phoneJ). I also really enjoy singing and playing keyboards as
well as cooking, especially barbeque and Cajun cuisine. If it's hot, it's good!
I keep up regularly through FaceBook,
LinkedIn and Twitter, although I tend to only use
Twitter when I am at events so that keeping up with my every move may actually
be of some value.
I am really looking forward to spending the coming months
with you building new solutions with all the great new products that Microsoft
is releasing this year; because it IS everybody's business!
Tim Vander Kooi has worked in the Information Technology industry for 15 years. He has worked primarily with small and midsized businesses, building Microsoft-centric network infrastructures in both IT Professional and IT Manager positions. Tim loves to share his real world expertise in many user forums and online community sites having been named a Microsoft MVP- System Center Operations Manager/System Center Essentials in 2007. Vander Kooi’s passion for IT does not stop there. He has been involved in user-group communities for over 10 years, currently serving as Chairman of the Board for Culminis North America and President of Microsoft IT Pros of Tulsa. Tim’s vision for the IT Community is one that shares knowledge and real world solutions to help all of IT succeed.
