Christian Booth

Tacoma native (253) and childhood to adult geek in its truest form; Comic books, video games, and Doctor Who. I have gone from running a BBS in my childhood to helping architect and implement some very large and complex datacenters.

Renewed as an MVP for 2015 after being an FTE I am very proud and honored to be a member of such an elite group of nerds. #ChickenTable

About: I have worked and developed many of the System Center and Server training materials, worked on Exam Development, Spoke for Microsoft on System Management, hybrid scenarios, and automation for many years. I co-host a Podcast called SkillingUp where we focus not only on Certification, how to grow your career in Microsoft technology but the soft skills to get ahead. SkillingUp is frequented by other MVPs, community members and internal Microsoft staff. I was awarded a Microsoft MVP in Cloud and Datacenter Management in 2010 took a break in 2012 to be responsible at Microsoft fulltime as an employee managing MVP and Community related efforts for the System Center team. In 2013 myself a few fellow MVPs and community members finished a Mastering Windows Server 2012R2 book published b