Microsoft Presents Todd Bleeker with 2012 MVP Award

Todd Bleeker awarded Most Valuable Professional for eight consecutive years

2012-04-13

MAPLE GROVE, MN, April 13, 2012 (Press-News.org) Microsoft presented Todd Bleeker with the prestigious Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for his contributions to the SharePoint community. Microsoft presents this award to individuals identified as exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high quality, real world expertise with others.

"Microsoft selects MVPs to encourage people that are publically excited about SharePoint to keep doing what they are doing," said Todd Bleeker, CSA of Mindsharp. "I am honored to be recognized by the product team as contributing to the public good." Todd Bleeker has been award MVP for eight consecutive years.

Biography: Todd Bleeker, Ph.D. and MVP, is an industry leader in Microsoft-centric software development, specializing in SharePoint products and technologies. Todd is an innovative, resourceful, and competitive technologist with an intense desire to excel. Todd joined Mindsharp in 2004 as co-owner and CSA to help establish the strategic technical plan for Mindsharp's educational and consulting assets. In addition to writing and teaching cutting-edge SharePoint training courses for Mindsharp, Todd also architects innovative assets that help Mindsharp's clients improve their content management capabilities. Todd has been awarded the title of Most Valuable Professional (MVP) by Microsoft for his contributions to the SharePoint Server Platform and community. He has authored or co-authored several books on Microsoft's integrated suite of products and he is a regular contributor to Web sites such as Microsoft TechNet. Todd is a frequent speaker at key conferences such as Microsoft TechEd, where he recently presented on Web Services and MCMS.

Todd has nearly 15 years of architecting revolutionary solutions for small and large corporations including: Built innovative customer service solutions for Procter & Gamble.Pioneered new technologies that revolutionized transportation logistics systems for Fingerhut.Shaped the disease management tools for United Healthcare.Drove the human capital procurement vision for itiliti (now PeopleClick) to an internationalized, commercial-grade, global solution.Managed all offshore software development operations in New Delhi, India as the CTO for IPCS.Architected the software that Air Canada uses to track roughly $30 million of annual in-flight cash sales in 2003.Helped the State of Minnesota webify and manage over 40,000 pages of systems documentation using SharePoint Team Services.Implemented a MCMS POC for the Bank of Montreal on behalf of Microsoft Consulting Services. In his spare time, Todd loves to soak up whatever technology Microsoft is churning out. He also enjoys spending countless hours in Minnesota with his six "high energy" children. Certifications: SharePoint MVP, Ph.D., MBA, MCT, PMP, MCP, Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP), Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD), and Microsoft Certified Technologist Specialist (MCTS)

Contact: Linda King, Marketing Manager - linda.king@mindsharp.com 763-496-4009

About Mindsharp:
Mindsharp is a global SharePoint education company focusing on computer based and instructor led training. UserVersity, our computer based enterprise SharePoint training software, helps companies train their entire organization. With UserVersity, corporations can easily rollout consistent, measurable, and affordable training for all of their employees. Our world renowned public and private instructor-led training is offered in-person and online. Mindsharp's portfolio of comprehensive training courses targets the needs of end users, business users, administrators, designers, developers and architects. For additional information about public class registration, private training engagements, or the SharePoint UserVersity training software, please visit us at Mindsharp.com. Mindsharp is a Microsoft Partner.

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Todd Bleeker awarded Most Valuable Professional for eight consecutive years

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