To be brief… I'm a 4 year SharePoint veteran. I started working for Bill and Todd back in 2004, both writing code for them, as well as training their SharePoint developer course. As some of you know… this is my first week BACK at Mindsharp. I took about a 2 year hiatus and went to a fortune 500 company to lead their SharePoint team. However, I am very excited to be working for Bill and Todd again – two of the most well known names in the community. They brought me back to train again for Mindsharp, but additionally, I'm going to be helping with various development efforts on their software line of business, Barracuda.

This blog will become a repository for all kinds of things I'm working on. Obviously I will post my SharePoint dev tricks; however, I will not limit myself to that. I'm additionally going to be posting to a category called "The business behind SharePoint", where I will to start a conversation with the community on business related topics that are unique to SharePoint.

Personally, I live in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. I'm married and my wife and I are expecting a baby in July 2007. Some of my hobbies include hunting (typically, pheasant and deer), fishing, and golfing (I've been known to convince some of my students into joining me for a twilight round after class). Last, but certainly not least, my life boils down to my pursuit of happiness through submission to the gospel of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ…

I look forward to talking with you all!

Phillip Wicklund (most call me Phil)
Manager, Technical Group