It’s all change for me in 2022. After 11 years at Modality Systems working with some great people, I am excited to be taking on two new roles. Firstly I am joining Pure IP on a part-time basis in a Solutions Director role. I have worked with Pure IP in a partner capacity for many years and know a lot of the team well and just a few weeks in I’m really excited to be working with such a great team. Pure IP has been a leader in the Microsoft UC telco space for many years, most recently being one of the launch partners for Operator Connect. I’m excited to get deeper into the PSTN carrier world and work with some great customers. My main role will be driving new innovative services.
We well as part-time working for Pure IP, I am also launching my own business, Empowering.Cloud. With the massive changes, Microsoft Teams and cloud have brought to the UC and collaboration market, I see a great opportunity for a new approach to supporting customers and partners in this new world. Empowering.Cloud is focused on providing the best real-world training, advisory and market insights for Microsoft Teams for individuals, end-customer organisations, and Microsoft Partners/SIs/ISVs on a subscription model. As the cloud constantly evolves, there is a regularly updated video library, labs, papers, monthly briefings, and Q&A sessions. A private EC Advisory Council of customers and field experts ensure that content is accurate, up-to-date, and, most importantly, real-world. I’m also really excited to be again working with James Rodd, one of the founders of Modality Systems.
At the moment I’m in the early phases of building out the Empowering.Cloud content, working with a few early customers (thanks!) who are validating the content and approach. We are lining up for a launch at the end of Q1. When we launch we plan to have subscription models for individuals, organisations and Microsoft Partners/ISVs.
Nothing will change with respect to the blog or my community activity, in fact, I hope that this will allow me to be even more engaged and allow me to spend more time keeping up to date with everything in the Microsoft Teams world.
Thanks to everyone who has been so supportive both at Pure IP and for Empowering.Cloud. I am really excited about what we will deliver in 2022.
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