Mike Watson (MOF, MCSE, MCSA, A+, i-Net+, Net+, CIW) is an enterprise SharePoint architect, entrepreneur, and instructor with a respected career within the IT industry and beyond. Mike is first and foremost a problem solver with experience in accounting, combat arms, farming, food service, finance, as well as information technology and draws on this wide experience to bring much needed perspective to SharePoint. Mike believes strongly in empowering people and their organizations to achieve their goals and is constantly searching for innovative solutions to common problems through process, code, and off the shelf software. When Mike isn’t working he enjoys motorcycling, fishing, and playing his keyboards, guitars, and mixing tracks in his studio. Aspirations include riding around the world on his motorbike, fronting a mildly successful rock band, selling a software company for $$$, and leaping tall buildings in a single bound.

Specialties
SharePoint architecture, development, and administration
SharePoint Server 2010
SharePoint Foundation Server 2010
MOSS 2007
WSS 2.0, 3.0
C#
.Net (DotNet)
Capacity Planning & Performance of web applications
Disaster Recovery and High Availability for enterprise systems