Awarded - Most Valuable Professional 2019

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 A little while back, end of January to be precise, I was awarded the Sitecore Technical MVP award for 2019.
I am a little late to the announcement party, at least here on my blog. Which doesn't mean it doesn't merrit the much deserved attention and appreciation!


Now,

what does one have to do to achieve the MVP level?
Well, that is one of the reasons that this blog is rather late.

I don't get to spend a lot of my time on social accounts, blogs, stackexchange and even slack.
Meaning that it is a lot harder to get visibility through digital presence if you are not constantly on those channels.

My job mainly consists of following up on projects, providing estimates, knowing everything there is to know about Sitecore, both functionally as well as technically and which restrictions come with that.

So, setting my goals for 2019; what do I want to do with Sitecore?

- Set up a whole lot of instances on 9.1 for testing, upgrades and new customers.
- Keep on hosting the SUG as every session is very well received and keeps on being interesting
- Explore new possibilities with Sitecore. I think a good part of that focus could go into:

  • Cortex: what can Sitecore do out of the box?
  • OMNI:  how is Sitecore handling and approaching all the headless questions at hand
  • Commerce: With their B2C element well rolled out, what is next?
  • Sitecore Horizon and new SXA developments
  • Sharpen even more Azure experience in myself and the team
  • Salesforce keeps on growing closer to Sitecore, what's up and what's possible?
Regardless to say that there are quite some challenges up ahead that we are looking forward to tackle!

I'd like to finish of by saying, again (!), that I am truly honored to be counted among all these brilliant minds and look forward to exchange knowledge and ideas again in 2019!

See you all in London for SugCon!






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