This has been a while coming, and is a big change for me personally, so I can be verbose in my post about it.
When I joined Neudesic (wow, I’ve been blogging a long time) more than 5 years ago, I was employee #12. The company has grown rapidly to somewhere over 250 people now, offices across the US and offshore. During my tenure with Neudesic, I had the opportunity to be involved in some very advanced, high-profile and challenging projects. It was a fun ride, and I like to think that my efforts contributed to the growth of the company and its reputation.
However, all that changes this week, as I have joined Microsoft. My title is Principal SOA Architect, and my territory is the US SouthWest.
Some things will change:
- I’m not an MVP anymore as I’m no longer “independent”
- I resigned as President of the San Diego .NET user group (after something like 7 years) although I continue to lead the Connected Systems SIG, and remain a Director (they wouldn’t let me leave)
Other things will not change:
- I will continue helping customers use technology to improve processes, realizing operational cost savings and increased efficiencies
- I will continue to immerse myself in new technologies, and evangelize them
- I keep living in San Diego, although I may continue playing a role in supporting various airlines 🙂
- This blog lives on: it is my intention to continue blogging here (remember the new URL: blog.BrianLoesgen.com). This may change, but I don’t think so at this time.
The reaction I’ve gotten from everyone (inside and outside Microsoft) has been phenomenal. Everyone thinks this role is ideal for me, and I think so too. I get to harness my passion for technology to help customers, and to do so on a greater scale than before, what’s not to like? If you’ve been following my posts or seen me speak about Oslo/Dublin/BizTalk/Azure/.NET 4, you’ll know that I’m really excited about this whole wave of technologies coming towards us. This time around, I’ll surf the wave from inside.
So, I’m excited, and looking forward to the road ahead