I'm a Microsoft MVP!!!!!!!!!!

I'm a Microsoft MVP!!!!!!!!!!

Yes I did it!

Dear Shai Raiten,

Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2009 Microsoft® MVP Award! This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high quality, real world expertise with others.

Here is my story….

Approximatly two years ago I was a developer at ICQ, than my boss came and ask me if I know about Team System ?

And my answer was No.

I went to a private college to learn more about Team System, during my time there I met several good people, two of them which I like to mention here:

Ariel Gur-Arieh, an exceptional teacher that I've learned alot from in that college and more down the road And Guy kolbis who also helped me to get into this community.

After I finished the course I started working with Team System until it became a full time job.

A few months went by, and one day, I was contacted by Guy Burstein (*** My Hero ***) who offered me to pass the Microsoft keynote lecture about Team System in Israel SIGIST Conference 2007 .

The thought that I will be giving a lecture to so many people in such an important event, was terrifying at first, but with Guy's assistance and personal tutelage I got the job done.

After that and with Guy's encouragement, I started lecturing in more conferences. As My blog got more popular, I was writing more posts and got more involved in the community.

Now the circle is complete.

I would like to thank all the people who helped me get this MVP title and a special personal thanks to Sela Group and Guy burstien, my mentor.