SharePoint and Web Development Instructor

Spike Xavier

Web Development, C#,CSS, SharePoint - Installation, administration and development. Spike is truly passionate about technology and loves working with people new to the industry.

Biography

MCITP: Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administrator. MCTS: SharePoint 2010 Configuration, MCT: Microsoft Certified Trainer, MCDST: Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician, MCP: Microsoft Certified Professional, A+, A+ - IT Technician, Network+. ASP Insiders Group
Spike has been involved in technology for over 15 years. He started in the early days of e-commerce running the order processing and credit card authorizations for one of the largest gift companies in the world. He charted off into his own waters in 1995 by starting a company of his own which would become merch.com.  Merch.com grew from his bedroom into one of the largest on line e-commerce merchandisers in the world.  Serving as the official online store for such acts as: No Doubt, the Offspring, Social Distortion, Nine Inch Nails, Tony Hawk, Pink, Pennywise and many others.  It was during this time that Spike fell in love with web design and development. 
Spike is the Technical Editor for:

Spike wrote the cover article for  ASP.NET Pro magazine entitled "Master Your Domain" which was an article outlining step by step the process of using CSS for laying out Master Pages in ASP.NET 2.0.

Twitter @staticvoidmain

@braddaddyx max is finally home. Lot's of pain and long road ahead but he's home. thanx for all the good thoughts

6 days 13 hours ago

#sharepoint2010 #sharepoint2010designer test to production http://t.co/iP63tPQ1

1 week 7 hours ago

We stand on the shoulders of giants. #utilityfog concept incredible http://t.co/SXs1P5Ah

1 week 10 hours ago

#nanotechnology, #cloudcomputing, #intelligentglass, #quantumcomputing are the things to watch in the next 4 years.

1 week 10 hours ago

@braddaddyx Thanks X. I'll let Max know you posted this he will be stoked. Thanks to everyone's kind thoughts we appreciate it very much.

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Blog

Beyond your Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

Posted February 22, 2012

You just spent the required 35 hours in a classroom and 4 grueling hours taking (and passing) the Project Management Institute’s Project Management Professional Credential exam. Now what? Read the PMI logo guidelines and determine how and where you may use … Continue reading →

Problem using Active Directory Web Services?

Posted February 20, 2012

So, a friend of mine emailed me that he was having a problem running the active directory cmdlets. Here is what he received:   It’s an interesting problem, one that I had seen in the past in a few of … Continue reading →

The Value of Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

Posted February 17, 2012

Life is change. Project managers are proactive about change, and therefore about life. A recent Project Management Institute (PMI) survey suggests that 20 million people globally are directly involved in project management work. An additional 1.2 million jobs will be … Continue reading →