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This blog is dedicated to all things Project/Program Management. We discuss different flavors of Project Management, PMO Strategies, Industry Trends, Tips/Tricks for successful project engagement, and how to sell project management to customers.

Adam is a senior lead consultant for Catapult Systems and blogs about anything related to Microsoft and technology that's beneficial to others. Adam holds numerous current Microsoft certifications.

Adam is a senior consultant at Catapult Systems and blogs about development on the .NET Framework, with a focus on Silverlight and WPF application development.

I’m proud to say that I would use Microsoft Excel over a calculator any day. Follow my blog for a weekly dose of Excel tips and trivia!

Aneal Roney is a principal consultant for Catapult Systems. A Business Intelligence Evangelist, Aneal blogs about BI topics including data architecture, data visualization, reporting and analytics. Aneal is a MCTS for SQL Server Business Intelligence.

The Catapult Azure.Insiders ( ) is a group of individuals that are passionate about PaaS. Their blog explores and collaborates on anything Azure.

With a focus on requirements and quality management, Catapult’s business analysis and quality assurance teams utilize industry best practices and experience to deliver best-of-breed technology solutions. Their blog offers a range of insights including adapting Agile methodologies, requirements prioritization techniques, and testing strategies.

Blake Wilson is a senior consultant with Catapult Systems in Dallas. Blake likes to blog about System Center products, Windows Operating Systems, Microsoft Office, and anything else that catches his interest. Blake is a Microsoft Certified Professional and also holds an ITIL v2 Foundations certification and has a healthy obsession for hamburgers and tacos.

Bob is a PMP Certified Senior Lead Consultant with Catapult Systems’ Federal Division and has 20+ years managing complex information systems and executive leadership in various sectors of the IT community. Bob blogs about trends in the industry, Program/Project Management, PMO strategies, Infrastructure, Executive think tanks and any other relevant discussions around technology and IT strategies.

Cameron is a principal consultant for Catapult Systems. A Microsoft MVP (SCOM), Cameron blogs about infrastructure topics including SCOM, virtualization, Exchange and Active Directory. Cameron is a MCTS for SCOM and SCCM.

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Chris is a Microsoft MVP and senior consultant for Catapult Systems. He blogs about SCCM and the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit with an emphasis on operating system deployment. Chris is a MCTS in SCCM and MDT.

David is a Senior Consultant for Catapult Systems; a previous MVP of 6 years and Microsoft Circle of Excellence Recipient, David blogs about System Center topics with an emphasis on all things SCCM. David holds multiple Microsoft certifications, and has been technical editor for the old 911 SMS Admin book, and “Guide to Software Delivery Excellence”. David has been doing SMS and SCCM for over 14 years and performed large implementations of SMS and SCCM to over 340K systems.

David is a Managing Consultant for Catapult Systems and blogs about SharePoint architecture.

Dave is the Local Practice Lead for Infrastructure at Catapult Systems in Austin. His background is in Unified Communications (Active Directory, Lync, Exchange, and Office 365). He is a Microsoft virtual Technology Specialist in Unified Communications and holds multiple Microsoft certifications in that arena. He also dabbles in other areas of Infrastructure: Windows, Hyper-V, VMM, etc.

The Catapult EPM team is responsible for delivering Microsoft project and portfolio management solutions. Their blog reflects team insights and real-world experiences developing world-class EPM solutions.

Ethan is a Senior Consultant for Catapult Systems and blogs about application architecture and development using the .NET framework. Ethan is a MCTS in ASP.NET.

Greg is a managing consultant for Catapult Systems and blogs about a variety of SQL Server topics. Greg holds MCITP certifications in both SQL 2008 administration and development. An active C# developer, he also holds MCSD and MCAD .Net certifications from Microsoft.

The Catapult IT team is responsible for providing end-user and network/server infrastructure support across Catapult’s six offices. Their blog contains insights and lessons learned from supporting the IT needs of a world-class consulting company.

James is a consultant for Catapult Systems and blogs about infrastructure and implementing bleeding-edge hardware and software technology. James holds Microsoft certifications for MDOP, DDPS, SCCM and SCVMM.

Jason Sandys, ConfigMgr MVP, is a Technology Evangelist and Principal Consultant for Catapult Systems Inc, and has nearly 20 years of experience in a wide range of technologies, environments, and industries with extensive knowledge in implementing and supporting all things SMS and Configuration Manager beginning with SMS 2.0. Jason is also active in the online support community, is a co-author on System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Unleashed (Sams, 2012), was a contributing author to System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Unleashed (Sams, 2009), and is a frequent presenter at Microsoft TechEd, MMS as well as various user-groups nation-wide.

Jayme is a senior lead consultant for Catapult Systems, and blogs about process improvement, usability and patterns.

JC is a senior lead consultant for Catapult Systems and blogs about Exchange, Active Directory, Forefront and PKI. He holds Microsoft certifications in Enterprise Messaging and Server Administration, and Enterprise Support.

Joel is a senior consultant for Catapult Systems and blogs about .NET and SharePoint 2010 development, configuration and administration. He is a MCPD and MCITP in SharePoint 2010.

Jonathan Cowan (also known as JC) is a Senior Consultant for Catapult Systems. He is passionate about many technologies, but most of his focus is within Microsoft Private Cloud Solutions. He blogs about System Center Operations Manager (SCOM), Systems Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), the underlying platform of SQL Server, and many other underlying and bleeding-edge technologies.

Joseph is a senior consultant for Catapult Systems and blogs about architecture, infrastructure, and development technologies including SharePoint, C# and K2.

Joseph is a senior consultant for Catapult Systems and blogs about the latest software tools and technologies including Microsoft SharePoint. Joseph is a MCPD in C#.

Josh is a Senior Lead Consultant for Catapult Systems, and blogs about development and methodology-related topics.

Justin is a senior lead consultant with Catapult Systems and blogs about .NET, service architecture, Web and Windows development, and other noteworthy technologies. He is a MCP in Windows Communication Foundation application development.

Justin is the SharePoint Practice Lead for Catapult Systems Austin. His blog focuses primarily on records management and enterprise 2.0 issues in SharePoint.

Kyle is a senior lead consultant for Catapult Systems and blogs about SharePoint architecture, administration, configuration, and development. Kyle is a SharePoint 2010 MCPD, and holds Microsoft certifications in SharePoint 2010 Application Development, SharePoint 2010 Configuration, and .NET Framework 4 Web Development.

Larry is a Senior Consultant at Catapult Systems and blogs on System Center products, Server Core, Clustering and Application Packaging. Larry currently holds certifications in Virtualization, Hosting, Enterprise Server and Desktop Administration.

Lindsey is a Consultant for Catapult Systems and blogs about SharePoint tips, tricks, workarounds, gotcha’s and whatever else she has gleaned from many hours of SharePoint frustration. She specializes in SharePoint development, customization, documentation, user training, and banging her head against the wall.

Martin is a senior server administrator for Catapult Systems’ internal IT team and blogs about Microsoft Exchange, Windows Server, PowerShell, Hyper-V, and System Center products. He holds various Microsoft certifications including a MCITP in Enterprise Messaging.

Marty is a senior lead consultant with Catapult Systems and blogs about infrastructure topics including SCCM, SCOM, Active Directory, scripting, virtualization and Exchange.

Matthew is an infrastructure consultant for Catapult Systems. He blogs about Virtualization, System Center, Active Directory and Scripting. Matthew is a Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) for Windows Server 2008.

Melonie is the Director of Service Delivery for Catapult's Managed Services team. She is also an MCITP for SharePoint 2010 and MOSS 2007 and blogs about Managed Services and SharePoint.

Mike is an Infrastructure Consultant for Catapult Systems. He is based in Tampa, FL. He enjoys blogging about anything related to infrastructure but with an emphasis on Configuration Manager.

Michael is a senior infrastructure lead consultant for Catapult Systems and blogs about System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) and Windows Server R2. Michael is certified in SCCM, MDOP, Systems Management Server (SMS), System Center Operations Manager (SCOM), App-V and Windows.

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Nick is a Senior Lead Consultant for Catapult Systems and blogs about SharePoint administration, implementations, branding, solutions and the use of PowerShell to help accomplish all of the above. He specializes in SharePoint implementation, configuration, user training, and solving business problems with SharePoint features and functionality.

Professional Business Intelligence consultant with over 14 years of experience designing and developing full lifecycle BI solutions. Focused on adding value through data backed decision improvement.

Rachel is an senior developer for Catapult Systems and blogs about development topics such as .NET Framework, SharePoint and creating robots using Microsoft’s Robotics Studio with LEGO MINDSTORMS.

Rob is a technologist spanning over 25 years. Deep knowledge of SQL Server, BI, Analytics, DSS, and High Availability lets Rob specialize in Enterprise Analytics and Big-Data BI. Currently a Managing Consultant with Catapult Systems, Rob frequently uses agile to visualize key information using the Microsoft Business Intelligence suite. He also assesses, diagnoses, and tunes enterprise SQL platforms of all caliber including premised, cloud, mission-critical/highly-available, clustered, geographically distributed, virtualized, and multi-tenant/single-instance among others.

Robert is a Senior Lead Consultant for Catapult Systems and blogs about a wide range of topics around Microsoft technologies including SharePoint Solutions, Business Strategy, Marketing Strategy, Search Engine Optimization, Records Management, and Project Management.

Robin is a senior lead consultant for Catapult Systems and blogs about Microsoft Exchange, Windows Server, PowerShell, and Project Management. Robin is an MCITP in Exchange and Windows and is PMP certified in project management.

Robyn is a senior lead developer at Catapult Systems and blogs about .NET development, SQL Server, SharePoint, MVC, AJAX, JSON, WCF, and Responsive Design.

Rodney is a senior lead consultant for Catapult Systems and blogs about programming topics such as Agile, .NET, ASP.NET MVC, and mobile application development.

Catapult SAFE Managed Services are designed to ensure the health and stability of your SharePoint and/or SQL and Lync Server environments. Our managed services reduce the ongoing administrative burden and cost of IT support and maintenance.

Sam is the chief executive officer for Catapult Systems. Sam formulates and manages Catapult’s corporate strategy, directs its management team, and builds key business and strategic relationships for the company.

Saritha is a senior consultant for Catapult Systems and blogs about SharePoint administration, development, branding and .NET. She is a MCTS in SharePoint and .NET Web applications.

Sean is a managing consultant and Office 365 technical evangelist for Catapult Systems and blogs about Office 365, Active Directory and unified messaging (Exchange and Lync). He holds Microsoft certifications in server and enterprise messaging administration, SCVMM, Windows Server virtualization and configuration.

Sid is a business intelligence (BI) and SQL Server specialist at Catapult Systems, and blogs about Microsoft-related topics including BI.

Stephan Samuel is a SharePoint Developer and Senior Consultant with Catapult Systems. He has been a technologist and expert on cross-system integration, working on many platforms for 16 years, before focusing on SharePoint and related Microsoft technologies. In his off time, he is an avid triathlete and chef, as well as an aspiring amateur boxer.

Terry is a managing consultant for Catapult Systems. He blogs about patterns and best practices for .NET architects, as well as recent and classic publications on software design and .NET programming.

Terry Taylor is a senior lead consultant for Catapult Systems and blogs about Microsoft infrastructure with a focus on SCOM. He is a MCSE and CISSP.

Tim is a managing consultant for Catapult Systems. A Microsoft MVP, Tim blogs about Unified Communications, Exchange and Active Directory. Tim is an Exchange and Server Administrator MCITP, and an Office Communication Server MCTS.

Travis is a Senior Lead Consultant for Catapult Systems and blogs about Microsoft technologies including SharePoint, but is passionate about all things relating to technology. Travis is a MCTS for SharePoint Server 2007 and 2010, application development and configuration.

Comprised of interactive design and marketing experts, Catapult’s UX team blogs about branding, customer engagement, emotional design, Net Promoter Score, user centered design and user experience.

Vince is a senior consultant for Catapult Systems and blogs about Microsoft private cloud infrastructure including data center automation using System Center Opalis, SCOM, Hyper-V and Active Directory. Vince is a MCITP in Windows 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 virtualization, and a SCOM and SCCM MCTS.