Juan Carlos Gonzalez
CompartiMOSS Co-Director
  • Santander,
  • Cantabria,
  • Spain
Member Since: 2015/08/20
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Professional Background
Office 365 MVP
Microsoft
April 2015 – Present
I have been recognized and awarded by Microsoft as an Office 365 MVP since 2015. As a Microsoft MVP I performs the following activities and tasks (added to the ones I professionally do):
- Specialized Teaching and Training in SharePoint Products & Technologies (2007, 2010 & 2013 versions) and also Office 365 platform focused in architecture, configuration and development topics, although I’m continuing expanding my knowledge in order to satisfy customer needs and requirements.
- SharePoint Products & Technologies and Office 365 platform evangelism being speaker in several webinars and conferences.
Cloud & Productivity Advisor
MVP Cluster
December 2014 – Present
At MVP Cluster I take the role as Productivity & Cloud Advisor, continuing my passion for SharePoint, Office 365, Azure and all the collaboration and productivity platforms and technologies on the Microsoft stack.

Responsibilities:
- Productivity & Cloud Advisor focused on Microsoft Products & Technologies and specifically SharePoint Products & Technologies (2010 & 2013), Office 365 and Microsoft Azure.
- SharePoint & Office 365 Solutions Technical Pre-Sales.

Main Activities:
- Technical Pre-Sales activities around Microsoft Cloud & Productivity products and technologies.
- Specialized Teaching and Training in Microsoft Products & Technologies (SharePoint 2010/2013 & Office 365) for MVP CLUSTER customers.
- Specialized consultancy, advice and training in SharePoint & Office 265 platform & technologies for MVP CLUSTER customers.
Online courses mentor and author
Krasis
August 2013 – Present
In August 2013 I became an Online Mentor and Author for Online Technology courses (focused in SharePoint Products and technologies) produced by Campus MVP (http://www.campusmvp.es/catalogo/Catalog-Todo-sobre-SharePoint_56.aspx). To date, together with my MVP fellow Alberto Díaz Martin we have published a first course named: SharePoint: Creando soluciones de trabajo en grupo para la PYME (http://www.campusmvp.es/catalogo/Product-SharePoint-Creando-soluciones-de-trabajo-en-grupo-para-la-PYME_189.aspx). We hope to create and publish new SharePoint courses in the near future, so stay tuned.
Director of  Spanish Contents about SharePoint 2013
Microsoft Virtual Academy
January 2013 – Present
As an MVA (Microsoft Virtual Academy) contents director, I have been in charge of defining contents and evaluation exams for the MVA Spanish courses about SharePoint 2013. To date, we have delivered in MVA three SharePoint 2013 courses mainly focused on platform use and configuration.
CompartiMOSS Co-Director
CompartiMOSS
May 2011 – Present
CompartiMOSS is a free digital magazine about SharePoint products and technologies and also other related platforms such as Office 365, SQL Server or Windows Azure. A new CompartiMOSS issue is released every three months and you can find there great information and content about development, IT Pro and business.
SharePoint Server MVP
Microsoft
April 2008 – April 2015
I have been recognized and awarded by Microsoft as a SharePoint Server MVP since 2008 (this means seven years in a row). As a Microsoft MVP I have performed the following activities and tasks (added to the ones I professionally do):

- Specialized Teaching and Training in SharePoint Products & Technologies (2007, 2010 & 2013 versions) focused in architecture, configuration and development topics, although I’m continuing expanding my knowledge in order to satisfy customer needs and requirements.
- SharePoint Products & Technologies evangelism being speaker in several webinars and conferences.
SharePoint Consultant & Solutions Architect
LKS
October 2013 – December 2014
Santander
Solutions Architect in Microsoft Products & Technologies, SharePoint Products & Technologies (20010 & 2013) Specialist, SharePoint Solutions Technical Pre-Sales.

Main Activities:
- Specialized Teaching and Training in Microsoft Products & Technologies (SharePoint 2010/2013 & Office 365) for LKS customers.
- Specialized consultancy, advice and training in SharePoint & Office 265 platform & technologies for LKS customers.
Final Projects Consultant at UOC
UOC
February 2011 – September 2013
Final Projects Consultant in the Computer Science studies at UOC.

All the tutored projects are based on Microsoft platforms and technologies such as SharePoint, ASP.NET, Silverlight, SQL Server, Visual Studio, WPF or Windows Forms among others. My main tasks and duties as a Final Project Consultant are to mentor and follow all the final projects I have been assigned to.
Solutions Architect & SharePoint Specialist
Microsoft Innovation Center Cantabria
May 2006 – July 2013
Santander
Solutions Architect in Microsoft Products & Technologies, SharePoint Products & Technologies (2007, 2010 & 2013 versions) Specialist.

Main activities:
- SharePoint Consultant and Advisor (SharePoint 2007 / 2010 / 2013 versions + SharePoint Online) focused on topics such out of the box capabilities, architecture, configuration and development. Some relevant customers and references are Microsoft, Telvent, Atos WorldGrid, University of Cantabria, Ibermatica, Junta de Castilla y Leon and IDOM (among others).

- Trainer in Microsoft Products and Technologies and specifically in SharePoint platform (SharePoint 2007 / 2010 / 2013 versions + SharePoint Online). Some relevant customers and references are IDOM, Consultec, acuaNorte, Microsoft, CES Navarra, Universidad of Cantabria and Talleres Oran (among others).

- Design, development and deploy of several projects (and prototypes) in  collaboration either with IT companies, Microsoft or the regional public administration: BizTalk Server 2006 platform and mainly SharePoint 2007 / 2010 / 2013 /Office 365 ones.

Speaker in several conferences and technical events (mainly about SharePoint products and technologies) since 2007:

7º Simposio Latinoamericano de SharePoint de Costa Rica, marzo de 2013.
TechDay Santander 2012, Santander, noviembre 2012.
Hackaton multiciudad de desarrollo de Windows 8, septiembre de 2012.
Gira IT Pro 2012: Cloud Ready, Burgos, abril 2012.
5º Simposio Latinoamericano de SharePoint de Costa Rica, agosto de 2011.
WE SharePoint Developer Roadshow, febrero de 2011.
Ponente en las ediciones de CEUS de 2009, 2010, 2011 y 2013.
Lanzamiento de Visual Studio 2010 en Madrid, Barcelona y Sevilla.
Roadshows de MSDN sobre SharePoint 2010 en Madrid y Barcelona en el año 2010.
Workshop sobre plataforma SharePoint en La Habana (Cuba), junio de 2009.
Participación en la SOA Conference del año 2007.
Lanzamiento de BizTalk Server 2006 R2.
Associate Professor at the University of Cantabria
University of Cantabria
October 2009 – October 2012
Santander
Associate Professor assigned to the Business Organization Department (Economics Area at The University of Cantabria).

Teaching of the subject “Métodos Cuantitativos y Teoría de la Decisión” (for the last courses of Industrial and Chemical engineering studies).
Associate Professor at Centro Universitario Cesine
Centro Universitario Cesine
September 2007 – September 2008
Santander
Associate Professor assigned to the Computer Science department.

Teaching of the subjects “Ingeniería del Software I y II (Software Engineering)” (for the last courses of Computer Science studies).
Technical Trainer
Decroly
April 2007 – September 2007
Santnader
Technical Trainer

Introduction to .NET Development training course for “Puertas Roper”, a Decroly’s customer. The course covered VB.NET development and T-SQL technology for database access.
IT Consultant
Accenture
September 2003 – May 2006
Madrid
IT Consultant at Accenture S.L. Most relevant projects were the following ones:

- Automotive industry: Definition, modeling, development and production star of a CRM platform for several automotive companies such as Mitsubishi Motors Europe, Peugeot or Hyundai. The CRM was an ASP.NET application entirely developed in .NET Framework (1.x version) over SQL Server 2002.

- Retail industry: Proofs of concept generation, functional and technical design of a CRM solution for Coca-Cola Spain. Role of technical team leader during the project, coordinating a 10 people team. Technologies involved in the project: .NET Framework 2.0, SQL Server 2005, integration with SAP and AS 400 backend systems.

- Accenture Foundation: Data cleansing and analysis (SQL Server databases), Database Entity-Relationship modeling for several NGOs.
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Education
UOC
Bachelor in Economics
2004 – 2009
University of Valladolid
Telecommunications Engineer
1996 – 2003
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Full Biography

Juan Carlos has been recognized and awarded by Microsoft as a SharePoint Server MVP 7 years in a row (from 2008 till 2015) and in 2015 he has been recognized as an Office 365 MVP by Microsoft.

He has been since 2007 an active speaker in several webinars, conferences, roadshows and tours (about Microsoft products and technologies, specifically SharePoint & Office 365 platforms) organized  either by Microsoft or the technical communities where he is an active member.

He is coordinator of the Cantabria .NET Users Group (Nuberos.Net, www.nuberos.es) and co-founder and coordinator of the following users groups: the SharePoint Users Group of Spain (SUGES, www. suges.es), the Cloud Computing Users Group (CLOUDES) and the Comunidad de Office 365. He is also co-editor and co-director of the free Spanish digital magazine about SharePoint: CompartiMOSS (www.compartimoss.com).  To date, Juan Carlos has co-authored six books and several articles about SharePoint & Office 365 platforms in Spanish and English.

Skills and areas of interest: Microsoft product and technologies, marketing, team work, team and project management, negotiation.

Technologies: SharePoint products & technologies (2007/2010/2013 versions + SharePoint Online), Office 365, SQL Server, Visual Studio, .NET Framework.

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Spanish
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English
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