successfully presented well-received PowerShell-focused sessions at many user groups and also at conferences such as Microsoft TechEd, the TEC conference, the PowerShell Deep Dive (a mini-conference in the TEC conference), and TechDays Canada.
provided feedback and direction to internal teams at Quest with PowerShell support in their products.
helped drive traffic to the site through my blog and through social media as we grew the number of downloads from 100000 to over 1.2 million.
initiated strategic partnerships with key enterprises such as NetApp and Intel and helped them create their own PowerPacks for their platforms.
pushed the number of commercial features in PowerGUI Pro from two when I took over as Product Manager to over six in the current version with many more on the way.
released dozens of extensions for the product, including PowerPacks for platforms such as Active Directory, VMware, Hyper-V, and Exchange, and Add-ons such as the Script Editor Essentials Add-on or others for specific features such as script signing, transcription, the PowerShell blue console theme, and many more.
supported the product and the community as a PowerPack developer, then as a PowerShell Solutions Architect, and most recently as the Product Manager (although I never could get those other positions backfilled so I ended up wearing all three hats most of the time).
provided feedback and direction over the product and its features through 3 major release cycles and many minor releases.
received recognition as a Quest Software expert in Windows Management (only 1% of the company employees have received this recognition).
been awarded the Microsoft MVP award for my community support Windows PowerShell four years in a row.
Since I started working with the PowerGUI team at Quest back in 2007 (back in the version 1.0.x days) I have: I’ve accomplished a lot while working at Quest, and spent a ton of professional and personal energy on the company and its products, particularly PowerGUI (far too much energy if you ask my wife, and today I must say I’m tending to agree). Part of a book balancing effort it seems – funny (or not so much) how life works sometimes. The same week that I was given a performance raise (I got that email on Monday), this afternoon I got a phone call from the director over my business unit letting me know that my position has been cut effective immediately. Today was one of my most difficult days in my 7½+ year career at Quest Software.
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