In this episode, Heather interviews Stacy Deere, Microsoft MVP, and Owner and Senior SharePoint Architect of Focal Point Solutions, LLC.
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"It's not just SharePoint anymore."
Stacy's work with her company Focal Point Solutions, an end-to-end SharePoint and Microsoft 365 firm, and how it has grown and evolved to keep up with Microsoft's fast development cadence.
"What's that extra little thing we can do and have fun with it?"
As an organizer for SharePoint Saturday Cincinnati, Stacy is heavily involved in the community. Hear about upcoming plans for the event, post-COVID and why they plan it for Halloween weekend.
"How do we use the technology we own to do that?"
Owning a company that has been remote for the past nine years Stacy shares how she helped clients make the transition to remote work with tech and leadership advice.
"I tested out of my first computer class my second week in."
Growing up in a rural area, Stacy's access to computers was limited, but an introductory class in college inspired her to pursue a degree and a career in tech.
"Always plan for unexpected growth."
Stacy's advice to entrepreneurs: build for the future and not just the time to be prepared for the worst case and the best case.
"If I didn't play sports I don't think I would be the same person I am today."
Surrounded by brothers, sports became a central part of Stacy's childhood and the lessons she learned through them are what seats her in who she is today.
Connect with Stacy
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacydeere
Twitter - @sldeere
Focal Point Solutions - https://focalpointsolutions.co/
Stacy Deere
Stacy Deere (MVP) is the Owner of Focal Point Solutions LLC, a Cincinnati, OH based company that provides SharePoint Solutions for the Enterprise in the mid-to-large market. Previously, Stacy led a rapidly growing SharePoint practice where she engaged in a wide range of consulting projects across various industries. With nearly 18 years of experience in the IT Industry, Stacy has mainly focused on Collaboration Solutions such as IBM’s Lotus Notes\Domino and Microsoft’s Messaging and Collaboration Solutions including deployments and SharePoint upgrades.
Within the SharePoint community, Stacy is a SharePoint MVP and is actively sharing her real world expertise through authoring in the blog http://www.spmindmelt.focalpointsolutions.co, and speaking at various SharePoint Saturday’s, Collab365, ITUnity, SPTechCon, SharePoint Fest, SharePoint Engage, and User Group events. She also co-authored two books called SharePoint 2013 and 2010 Using Managed Metadata.
Mavens Do It Better original theme music composed by Jesse Case with voice-over by Julia Francis.