About me
Staff Trainer at a Microsoft CPLS
I am a trainer employed by Informator Utbildning Svenska AB which in turn is a CPLS (that is a Microsoft approved training site, well probably you already knew this =) I teach mainly Windows Server (Standard och EBS product lines), Windows Client , Powershell and to some extent also Windows Clients. I've worked some ten years professionaly with IT in roles from technican to cheif of operations for the largest swedish hosting company Crystone. Full time instructor/consultant at Informator since fall 2007 and certified as MCT since early 2006, and security trainer since 2002.
I'm currently MCT Sweden Community Lead and working with the MCT community to raise the bar for trainers and courseware materials used by Microsoft. If you have any question on becoming a MCT or anything related to training and Microsoft and I will do my best to find the answer for you.
The short story
I grew up in a picturesque town with only about 200 inhabitants. When I was 16 I moved to a appartment in nearby sea-side Karlskrona because of my studies. During my childhood I was always intrested in computers, but when I decided what to study I rebelled on myself and decided to become a Chef. I worked as a Chef breifly before my millitary service and decided that the working hours for a Chef wasn't that appelling. =)
After my millitary service I called a friend of mine in Norrköping (middle of sweden) and asked him for a job. He owned a small webhosting company called Crystone. The company employed only him-self and one more. So I was third in the company. I quickly showed my tallent as a technican and become cheif technican for a few years while the company grew. When I left Crystone it had grown to about 70 employees with offices in Stockholm, Malmoe, Norrköping, Oslo, Florida, London and Poland. It was quite a journey and I got many oppetunities to test different positions - rangning from support and support manager to factoring manager. What finaly drowe me to change from this company was that I got a familly and a daughter and working until 3'am with crashed mail clusters and such just lost its charm after eight years.
I then called a training company where I had gone many times for training and I was always impressed with their profesionalism and their offerings. That company was Informator. I talked to their COO, Malin Domeij (who has left the company now), and we decided on a audition as a staffed trainer. The audition was a bit shaky (I think =) even if I held a lot of courses during my time at Crystone but Malin and some co-workes was impressed so I got hired! =). Since then I have really discovered that teaching is my calling, technical training to be more precise. I love to deliver knowlegde and to talk to and meet course participants; so I have fell head-over-heals in love with this thing!!
On my spare time I like to spend time with my wife, Sandra, and our daughters Vinga and Lycka. Spare time isn't however a luxary I have offen. Most evenings after Vinga have gone to bed I spend surfing the newsgroups, blogs and other sites in search of even more knowledge and to share my knowlege. I like photography and I own a Nikon D300 with lots of optics, filters and so on. This is almost my most priced possession. I love to be able to capture the sparkling autumn, the summers livefull days or whatever that comes before my lens. Photography is truly a art. Almost as good as Sharepoint.. =)
Teaching certificates/accreditations:
Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) since 2006, Certified Stonegate Instructor (CSGI) since 2002
LinkedIn
You can always find my updated profile at LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sorlov
Prior speaking experiences
2009/11/09: TechEd Europe 2009, Topic: Hands-On-Labs Proctor, Location: Berlin
2009/08/26: Microsoft Sommarkollo 2009, Topic: Small Business Server & Essential Business Server, Location: Stockholm
2009/06/25: Microsoft Sommarkollo 2009, Topic: Small Business Server & Essential Business Server, Location: Gothenburg
2009/03/19: IAMCP - International Association of Microsoft Certified Partners, Topic: Windows 7, Location: Stockholm
2009/03/17-18: Microsoft Techdays 2009, Topic: Hands-on-labs Manager, Location: Västerås
2009/03/16: MCT Pre-Conference Day at Microsoft TechDays 2009, Topic: Presentation skills, Location: Västerås
2008/11/03-07: TechEd Europe 2008, Topic: Ask-The-Experts, and Hands-On-Labs Proctor, Location: Barcelona