Let me begin by introducing myself...
My name is Mark Ferraz. I am a Information Architect specializing in SharePoint Products and Technologies. I am based out of Houston, TX, and am principal of a Houston based consulting firm, SolutionsMark. Currently, I am the Solutions Delivery Build Lead for the GIL 3 Information Management project at Chevron, one of the largest entirely SharePoint based solutions ever. I've been working with Bill, Ben, Mark, and others on Ben's upcoming Best Practices book on Enterprise SharePoint Deployments as a contributing author. My background in IT spans over 10 years of service, mostly Microsoft, ranging from ERP (Great Plains) to CRM, SharePoint (IW Solutions), backend Infrastructure and supporting networks, as well as heads down custom development and integration. Today, I am an architect first, a sub-team lead second, and I thoroughly enjoy stepping down into the code (C#/VB/SQL/Whatever) and getting my hands dirty or even owning a minor feature. I'm a teacher in that I coach my team members to become better consultants, developers, and representatives of Microsoft technologies.
I'm looking forward to contributing to the Mindsharp blog roll, by bringing my real world experience from the front lines, as well as my occasional personal and professional thoughts and commentary. I hope you as the reader enjoy my posts, and I appreciate any and all feedback and or comments you might provide. Thanks in advance!