Eric has spent most of the past 17 years working independently and with various Microsoft Certified Partners and ISVs as a developer and consultant for solutions based on Microsoft's Messaging & Collaboration platform (Outlook/Exchange, Office and SharePoint). Since becoming an Outlook MVP in 2003 he has developed dozens of custom Outlook solutions for companies around the world and has juggled many roles such as speaker, author, community leader, marketer, business strategist and technical evangelist. His current passion project is planning, developing, marketing and supporting an innovative line of Outlook add-ins as a Product Manager for OutlookAppins.com. He lives with his wife and kids in Winnipeg and spends his spare time cheering on the Winnipeg Jets, working out, studying to be an amateur astronomer/alien ambassador, listening to heavy metal, shredding on his guitar and wondering if it's not too late to be a rock star.