Prior to his current role in MCS, James served as a member of the SharePoint Ranger team for 5 years focused on deploying SharePoint 2003 & 2007 in large, often complex, customer environments. Additionally, James had the honor of leading the teams that created the Microsoft Certified Master for SharePoint program (MCM SharePoint), SharePoint 2007 and 2010 Ignite programs, and other SharePoint deployment and readiness initiatives. Prior to joining Microsoft he worked for various Microsoft Certified Partners, focusing on early versions of SharePoint and Web programming technologies, MFC, and Visual C++. James is based in Charlotte, NC where he lives with his wife (UK native!) and their 2-year-old son.