Fair question. I'm the second-in-command at a technology consulting business — the number two whose job is making sure the strategy actually ships. Probably the same job a lot of you have.
As Director and second-in-command, I help companies get a real return on the technology they've already paid for — mostly across the Microsoft ecosystem. Less hype, more things that work on a Monday morning.
Before this I built and ran my own technology consulting company, and put in the hours inside Microsoft, Oracle, Metro Bank, and Lakeside Software. Enterprise-scale systems, regulated environments, and more meetings-that-should-have-been-an-automation than I'd care to count.
That last part is really why this site exists. The people who actually move an organisation forward are rarely the ones on the stage — they're the operators in the second chair. This is the AI field guide I wish someone had handed them.
The Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) award recognizes exceptional community leaders who share their technical expertise and contribute to the tech community.
That's the short version. The longer one is in the work itself.