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Rod Stagg SharePoint Solutions Architect
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Rod Stagg (Founder, CEO, Coffee Procurement Specialist)

Microsoft Corporation | Software Design Engineer | 1999-2005
Write Image | SharePoint Developer Consultant/SME | 2005-2006
Allyis Inc. | SharePoint Solutions Architect | 2006 - 2009. 

Currently working as an independent SharePoint Solutions Architect, developer, and consultant affiliated with the The Tyken Group, LLC.
 

Guru Status:
SharePoint Solutions Architect specializing in the design, development and deployment of innovative features using Microsoft SharePoint.  I have a specific interest in extending the social computing capabilities of the SharePoint platform.  With nearly eight years experience designing and developing SharePoint solutions, I began my SharePoint work at Microsoft in 2000 as a Web development engineer.  My portfolio includes work for Microsoft, eBay, and Xerox.  I recently participated in the invitation-only Office 14  Developer Kitchen at Microsoft, working on building social computing experiences for the current and next version of SharePoint .  In 2008, I participated in Microsoft’s Strategic Architect Forum in San Francisco.  I am an active blogger (http://rodstagg.spaces.live.com/default.aspx) in the SharePoint community and, in addition to SharePoint, have a passion for Silverlight and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) technologies. 
 
The Path:
Worked at Microsoft full-time as a web development engineer and software design engineer from 1999 to 2005. Also worked as a UI developer in the Natural Language Group for several windows applications in C#. Developed Sharepoint intranets for several groups at Microsoft including the Business Applications Group, Natural Language Group and Speech team. Developed several custom ASP.NET/C# applications including a content management system and a global content repositiory including custom web services and a taxonomy-based navigation for the MS Sales/Marketing field worldwide.

Left Microsoft in 2005 to get some exposure to companies outside Microsoft and try my hand at consulting. Landed a position with Write Image as a Sharepoint developer consultant developing sites primarily for Microsoft but also a Sharepoint implementation for eBay. A great opportunity came by my way to work on a Sharepoint version of Microsoft's Business Contact Manager CRM in early MOSS 2007-learned Sharepoint from the inside out-schema.xml, custom web-controls bound to sharepoint controls, localization using the new ASP.NET resource keys, customizing viewstyles.xml, packaging and deployment of custom code as site features.

Allyis recruited me in 2006 to do a large site migration for the Microsoft Legal and Corporate Affairs portal-and developed multiple SharePoint implementations and custom applications including a content rating system, auto-tagging, and newsletter generation site templates for use by our Microsoft and non-microsoft customers.  Lead a team at the Office 14 Developer Kitchen where we presented a working microblogging solution for SharePoint.  Currently working as an independent SharePoint Solutions Architect and Consultant. 

Guru Examples (not comphrehensive) list of sites I developed from scratch and/or developed key components:

Internet
http://www.andersenwindows.com
http://www.windowsmobile.com
http://www.surlatable.com
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com (MSNBC Interactive media and Blogs)

Intranet SharePoint V1
Natural Language Group portal at Microsoft
Speech portal at Microsoft
Version 1 of GTM Content Repository on Infoweb

Intranet SharePoint V2
eBay intranet portal
National Technology Officers portal at Microsoft
X-Box Marketing team portal
Microsoft Law Enforcement Portal

Intranet SharePoint V3
Office Live web-based Business Contact Manager
Microsoft Legal and Corporate Affairs Portal
Microsoft Inside Sales Portal and Call Guide
Microsoft Implementation Standards Database
Windows Live Commercial Intranet

Microsoft.com platform
http://windowsmobile.com
Microsoft Art Collection Site

Infopath:
Partner Election Form for Wellington Legal
Sales Contest for MS Sales
Capital Request Form and workflow for APS Healthcare
Expense Report/Trip report forms for MS Sales
Implemented Standards Form for MS Legal

Silverlight/WPF:

WPF Microblogging solution and desktop WPF client for SharePoint 2007

 

Examples:

Silverlight Search User Interface

Embedded Silverlight Media Player for Sharepoint Blogs and

NEW!  
Executing a SharePoint Designer 2010 workflow on multiple list items
How to provide a mechanism in the user interface to allow users to to quickly and easily update information on multiple list items and run the associated SharePoint workflow for multiple list items in a single step? More details
 

 
Guru Links 

Allyis.com 

Emerging Web Memo (Great insight on the impact of Social Computing) 

GetThePoint (Guest blogger)

Puget Sound SharePoint Users Group (check out thier site redesign-much nicer)

Darren's SharePoint and .NET Blog (check out his Javascript API for SP web services)
http://stevepietrek.com/ (Aggregation of SharePoint Tips/Tricks from around the web)

 
Guru Solutions for SharePoint

Branding
Masterpage, Layout page, and CSS customization to match your branding needs

Information Architecture and Taxonomy Planning
Definition of content-types, fields, custom views, and implementation of meta-data to provide related content and dynamic re-use of content. 

Sharepoint Designer Customization
Complete customization of a Sharepoint site via Sharepoint Designer site to provide a specialized set of features based on your business. Filtered content based on taxonomy, reporting dashboards, business process workflows, automated content submission, content ratings, newsletter generation, rich media such as Silverlight, customized Blogs, Wikis, and RSS Feeds.
 
Site Migrations to MOSS 2007
Analysis of your current site content and migration effort.  Automated migration of site pages and content into MOSS 2007 site-yes we know how to do this.  Of course we you can select ala-carte from our other core services such as branding and customization to make full use of the new features in MOSS 2007 in your new site.
 
Workflow Solutions
Customized Sharepoint workflow for business processes.
Pre-built site templates for content rating, content-submission, and newsletter generation.

Web 2.0 of course
Customized Blogs, Wikis, and RSS Feeds based on Sharepoint platform.

Guru Food: Advanced Customization and Integration for Enterprise Level Deployments
Site features, custom web-parts, site definitions, and integration with LOB applications with the Business Data Catalog. 

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