About Glide Computing

Friday, November 21, 2008

About Jim Begley

I have been in the technology industry for over 20 years working with companies like Blue Ocean / Intuit and FrontRange / GoldMine Software. I hold a BS degree in Business Management from New Hampshire College, (now Southern University of New Hampshire). My wife and I moved to the Tampa area in 2002 from Colorado and Northern California.

My career has placed me in many different opportunities, from sales to IT management, product management to acquisitions and partner development. This wide range of responsibilities has kept life interesting and also allowed me to develop a great balance of technical versus business skills. This balance allows me to get past the "Wow" factor of new technology and understand the value that it must deliver to business.

I love to travel, it invigorates my mind and teaches me new ways to approach familiar things. I have a strong interest in "Green" technology and build PC's and servers that are as efficient as they are powerful as a hobby. Most importantly, I love to work with clients and help them grow their business through efficient and strategic use of IT.

About Glide Computing

Small Business Specialists are Microsoft partners who specialise in helping start up and small to medium businesses tackle their business challenges with the best use of IT. To become a Small Business Specialist our partners need to achieve a level of understanding and qualification that demonstrates that they can fulfil the needs of their customers and prospective clients.

Small businesses tell us that they prefer dealing with companies that can empathise with their needs and that are similar in size. We implemented the Small Business Specialist programme so that there is a group of accredited specialists to support exactly these requirements. A majority of our Small Business Specialist partners are small businesses themselves and it is their experience and expertise that can help give you the tools you need to run your business productively and efficiently.