Today I received an email notifying me that I have been awarded the Microsoft “MVP” award for my second year. An excerpt from Microsoft’s website states

“The Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award is our way of saying thank you to exceptional, independent community leaders who share their passion, technical expertise, and real-world knowledge of Microsoft products with others.”  reference

Since being awarded MVP last year I have had a number of changes in my life. I left IT with the bank I worked at to join the Information Security team and in January 2015 I joined SQLskills.com as a principal consultant. The past 12 months have been a whirlwind of excitement, learning, and new challenges and I am proud and humbled to be part of such an amazing community known as the #sqlfamily.

Congratulations to all new and renewed MVP’s.