Microsoft Gold Partner Raises the Stakes in the SharePoint Services Sector

GODALMING, England, March 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

BrightStarr set to take the SharePoint world by storm as they recruit the best SharePoint talent around.

Since its formation in the UK 5 years ago, BrightStarr have over exceeded their ambitious growth plans and established themselves amongst the leading SharePoint consulting organisations. Having expanded rapidly into the North American market, and with continued growth, BrightStarr has extended its team to include some of the most well-known names in the SharePoint industry. The new lineup includes three SharePoint Most Valued Professionals (MVP's). This unprecedented move provides an unbeatable combination of technology, user experience and strategic skills that when combined; make up a team ready to take the SharePoint world by storm.  

BrightStarr welcome the following people to its ever growing tribe of fanatical SharePoint experts.

Symon Garfield - joining an already successful senior management team as Director of Consulting, Symon has 6 years' experience in the Microsoft SharePoint community.  Symon will be key in helping drive the business through its next stage of growth, and commented: "I create value by bridging the gap between business and technology through a focus on strategy, people, processes, information and technology. I bring a wealth of experience in focus areas such as Social Computing, Governance, Organisation Change, User Adoption, Cloud Computing and value realisation". http://uk.linkedin.com/in/symongarfield | @symon_garfield

Kanwal Khipple joins as VP of Consulting and as a MVP he is recognised by Microsoft as part of an elite group of exceptional community leaders. Kanwal is a true evangelist and visionary when it comes to SharePoint and provides BrightStarr with the technical leadership required for delivering successful global SharePoint projects.  Kanwal founded the Toronto SharePoint User Group and you can find him regularly tweeting, blogging and presenting at community events. http://ca.linkedin.com/in/kanwalkhipple | @kkhipple

Juan Larios is another MVP and joins as Principal SharePoint Architect. His wide development skills and experience with a diverse set of technologies that tie into SharePoint are an advantage to any project. Juan has a passion for design, architecture, software engineering principles and methodologies. He frequently serves as a strategic advisor, architect and mentor on key client projects. Juan is also a co-founder of the Winnipeg SharePoint User Group. http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/juan-larios-mvp/12/63a/984 | @jaun_larios

Marwan Tarek is a long standing Microsoft MVP and Microsoft Certified Professional who has worked with SharePoint since 2005. His skills include .NET Framework, Microsoft SQL Server, C#, ASP.NET, Exchange, ISA Server, and Active Directory. Marwan's career also includes testing for Microsoft, training and promoting SharePoint in the Arab world. http://eg.linkedin.com/in/marwantarek | @marwantarek

Kip Wagner joins the US team as a passionate Sales Leader, working closely with the Microsoft field and partner teams to help solve difficult challenges for their joint customers.  He enjoys the challenge of breaking down complex customer problems and finding solutions which may break away from convention while being delightfully simple and effective. http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kip-wagner/0/729/35 | @KipWagner14

Will Saville Co-Founder and managing director of BrightStarr added:

"Since we began our journey, BrightStarr have always been obsessed with quality, customer service and technical excellence. I'm honoured to be joined by such a distinguished group of exceptional individuals that all share a common passion - to deliver outstanding technology solutions with the perfect balance of form and factor. Working with these guys on customer projects is a truly inspirational experience. Our business is all about people and the decision to go and find the best people is core to our strategy and continued growth."

Notes to the Editor:

BrightStarr: A global SharePoint consulting company and technical evangelists - http://www.brightstarr.com.  

What is a MVP?: Microsoft seek to recognise the best and brightest community leaders from technology communities around the world with the MVP. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/.  

Contact: FIONA BRIDLE  
GROUP DIGITAL MARKETING MANAGER
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