On January 1, 2012, Microsoft's Most Valuable Professional (MVP) program bestowed its quarterly MVP awards to new and existing MVPs across the globe. Navantis CRM Solution Specialist Mark Aucoin was awarded the prestigious Microsoft MVP Designation for Dynamics CRM, while the following Navantis employees Gogula Aryalingam (SQL Server MVP), Bill Brockbank (SharePoint Server MVP), Ibrahim Benna (Microsoft Exchange MVP) and Ruven Gotz (SharePoint Server MVP) were re-Awarded the impressive MVP designations. Microsoft's prestigious Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award recognizes exceptional technical community leaders from around the world who foster free and objective exchange of knowledge by actively sharing their real-world experience with users and Microsoft.
“Microsoft MVPs are technology's best and brightest, and we are extremely proud that Microsoft awarded and bestowed this accolade to 5 Navantis employees,”said John Kvasnic, CEO, Navantis. “Everyone at Navantis is an exceptional technology leader, and it is a real honour to work with such an exceptional group of talented individuals.”
Congratulations again to the following Navantis employees.
Mark Aucoin (Dynamics CRM MVP) joins an exceptional group of community leaders and MVPs at Navantis. Mark has worked at Navantis for over 2 years, and his CRM designation is an elite designation with only 5 new Dynamics CRM inductees awarded globally this quarter, and only 4 CRM MVPs in Canada including Mark. He was nominated by fellow technical community members and Microsoft personnel for his contributions during the previous twelve months on his blog crmmongrel.blogspot.com, his regular speaking engagements, and also his upcoming book, “Dynamics CRM Dashboards Cookbook”.
Gogula Aryalingam (SQL Server MVP) was re-awarded for the 5th time in a row, an amazing accomplishment. Gogula has been at Navantis for nearly two years and is one of the founders of SQL Server Sri Lanka User Group, as well as an online community forum called SQLServerUniverse.com. He also regularly speaks at industry events and authored a chapter in the book SQL Server MVP Deep Dives Volume II.
Bill Brockbank (SharePoint Server MVP) has been with Navantis for over seven years and received his first MVP award in 2008. This is his 4th consecutively year being re-awarded. He helps organize the Toronto SharePoint User Group and the Toronto SharePoint Camp, while regularly speaking at Tech Days Canada and SharePoint Summits.
Ibrahim Benna (Microsoft Exchange MVP) was awarded for the 3rd year as one of 4 Microsoft Exchange Server MVPs in Canada. Ibrahim joined Navantis as part of the amalgamation of LegendCorp. As one of the moderators of the MSExchange.Org website, he offers online support for a global community of users needing advice and assistance with their Exchange environments.
Ruven Gotz (SharePoint Server MVP) was re-awarded for the second time, and his been with Navantis for over a year. Ruven is extremely active in the Canadian SharePoint landscape, sitting on the boards/committees of multiple user groups and SharePoint events, while co-founding the Toronto SharePoint Business User Group in 2011. Ruven writes regularly on his blog http://spinsiders.com/ruveng, and is about to release a book in March 2012 called “The Practical SharePoint 2010 Information Architect for Apress”.
Microsoft MVPs share a passion for technology, willingness to help others and commitment to community. These are the qualities that make MVPs exceptional community leaders whose efforts enhance people's lives and contribute to our industry's success in many ways. By sharing their knowledge and experiences and providing objective feedback, they help people solve problems and discover new capabilities every day.
About Navantis
Founded in 1998, Navantis is an award-winning, end-to-end systems integrator and solution provider. Navantis plans, builds, delivers, and supports premium enterprise IT solutions. We have over a decade's worth of experience building solutions ranging from small to extremely large enterprise and province-wide systems. Navantis provides a collaborative approach to delivering exceptional integrated solutions and we apply our expertise to help our customers enhance productivity, increase business performance, build customer communications, and reduce costs while maintaining a competitive edge.
With more solution awards from Microsoft than any other firm headquartered in Canada, Navantis was designated one of the first Microsoft Gold Certified Partners worldwide and has been recognized by CDN, the Branham Group, and IDC as one of the Top 100 professional services firms in the country.
For more information, please contact:
Susie Ibbotson
Vice President, Marketing & Alliances
Navantis Inc.
susiei@navantis.com
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