About Nathan Winters
Profile
Hard working, determined and enthusiastic about my work, I can inspire a team to increase productivity and negotiate difficult situations. My strong communication skills and eagerness to succeed motivates others to achieve their goals. I have worked as lead consultant on large migration projects and implementations designing Exchange 2007/10, OCS 2007 R2 and Active Directory systems. In the last year I have also taken on a more business focussed role, building a partner ecosystem around OCS and driving leads through to sale to ensure targets are met.
My long term goal is to run my own business and along the way, increase my recognition within the industry by speaking, training and publishing in the field of Unified Communications.
Core Competencies
- Exchange Design and Implementation
- Office Communications Server (OCS) Design and implementation
- Business Consulting – User Adoption, and Benefit Analysis
- Presentation/Training Unified Communications (Exchange and OCS)
- Exchange Migration
- Exchange Unified Messaging
- Office Communications Server (OCS) Voice integration
Achievements
I have worked to become one of the UKs leading Exchange Experts and in the last 18 months I have expanded my focus to cover Unified Communications. In July 2006 I founded the Microsoft Messaging and Mobility User Group UK (http://www.mmmug.co.uk). MMMUG holds regular meetings to discuss all aspects of Exchange and increasingly OCS too. The website has recently been re-launched and is growing into a useful portal with real world technical content.
In April 2007 I was made a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for the work I have done with MMMUG and also in recognition of the support I provide through articles and forums contributions online. This award has been renewed each year since.
I have had technical articles published in online and in print, in particular for the http://msexchange.org website and for Penton Media (Windows IT Pro Magazine).
I have spoken at numerous events in the UK and US on topics involving Exchange and OCS. This year talks include sessions on Exchange 2010 Protection and Compliance at Microsoft TechDays UK in April and at the Minasi Conference 2010 in Virginia, USA in May.
Outside of work I have several keen interests. I am a member of a local badminton club and play both at club nights and in a Surrey league. I am a keen amateur photographer with a particular interest in birds of prey. As a musician, I have performed on both the clarinet and recorder as a soloist and as a member of various ensembles in venues throughout England, including; Buckingham Palace, St Catharine’s College, Cambridge and the Royal College of Music.
Nathan Winters | 
March 26, 2010 9:35 pm
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