Chris Avis Email & Phone Number

United States

Redmond, WA

• I am the founder and owner of Feel Good Productions - a mobile entertainment company that provides DJ and Karaoke services for weddings, parties, corporate functions, clubs and other venues. I currently manage a small.
• Owner and Founder of mobile DJ/Karaoke/Entertainment business
• Provide DJ, Karaoke, and entertainment services for public and private venues, parties, corporate functions, weddings and more
• Manage day-to-day operations of 7 Day/week entertainment business
• Payroll and Collections
• Negotiating terms and rates with venues

Greater Seattle Area

Redmond, WA

• TECHNICAL TRAINER/PRESENTERMicrosoft Azure Cloud Collaboration Center (CCC)Prowess Consulting, Redmond, WA - (CONTRACTED TO MICROSOFT AS A TECHNICAL PRESENTER)
• Create and deliver technical briefings to C-Level, IT and Business Decision makers in an effort to develop trust in Azure.
• Communicate and collaborate with Microsoft subject matter experts on Azure and Microsoft innovation technical content to be delivered to MS Internal and external customers
• Research and maintain broad knowledge of Microsoft Azure landscape to assist in understanding customer questions and Microsoft messaging
• Create and maintain Azure FAQ and information repositories for technical presentation team
• Create, update, and revise security related technical content for both Microsoft Internal and public facing messaging

Greater Seattle Area

• Program Manager for the Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) and Microsoft Cyber Defense Operations Center (CDOC)
• Deliver security related technical briefings to Fortune 500 and Internet 300 customers
• Educate and influence customers and partners on Microsoft’s security platforms and technologies
• Delivered ~200 events with an average presented score of 8.4/9
• Create, update, revise security related technical content for both Microsoft Internal and Public facing messaging
• Research and maintain knowledge of broad security landscape to assist in understanding customer concerns and communicating Microsoft’s security messaging

• Develop, record and deliver technical training on Microsoft and other technologies to students taking online and on-demand training courses.
• End to end development and creation of IT training courseware for Microsoft technologies
• Storyboarding
• Knowledge checks and testing
• Labs and simulations
• Host and deliver online IT training courses

Redmond, WA

• Breadth marketing and internal readiness for a global education program - Microsoft IT Academy
• Drive breadth awareness of a global technical education program (IT Academy) focused on Microsoft skills training and certification
• Develop, create and distribute training materials (print and video)
• Create, track, and report on marketing campaigns and effectiveness
• Manage partner and distributor incentive programs
• Manage newsletters, blogging, and other communication avenues to partners and resellers

Redmond, WA

• I was one of 11 Technology Evangelists in the US that focus on working with IT Professionals, System Administrators, and Technical Decision Makers to understand how Windows Azure Infrastructure as a Service, Windows.
• Drove awareness and adoption of Microsoft Windows Server and Private Cloud (System Center) Technologies through 1 to many Customer presentations, community events, influencer engagements and social media
• Delivered more than 400 on-stage content deliveries to IT Professionals
• Delivered launch presentations for every OS release from XP to 8.1 + several other products (SQL 2005, Exchange 2007 & 2010, Office 2010 & 2013)
• Created “How to Build a Private Cloud using Microsoft Technologies” Guide
• Helped designed and build ITE Private Cloud environment for use in demoing private cloud to customers & community

Greater San Diego Area

As an IT Pro Evangelist I was responsible for creating and delivering content to a broad community of IT Professionals. The content I developed came in the form of webcasts, screen casts, live online chat sessions and in-person presentations. This content was then delivered by myself, my peers, user group leaders, MVP's, influencers to scale messaging and.

Irving, TX

My primary responsibilities for this role included delivering high quality phone based technical support for a variety of Microsoft products and technologies including Windows Server NT 4.0 through Windows Server 200, Small Business Server 4.0 through Small Business Server 2000, various versions of Exchange Server as well as various version of Microsoft.

Dallas, TX

During the time I was there, they were known as Andersen Consulting. I was an analyst on the helpdesk working with internal employees to resolve a wide variety of support issues with Windows clients/servers, Novell servers and Lotus Notes. This support experience was key in developing a deeper understanding of a broad set of technologies.

Irving, TX

As a Packaging Machine Operator (PMO) I was responsible for controlling quality of finished packaged product. This included ensuring that finished product weighed at least what was indicated on the packaging material but less than a specified overage to limit excess overages. I was also responsible for visible quality of the product including proper.

Education record

Enrolled in the Computer Science and Engineering Department

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Science

Enrolled in basic classes that were eligible for transfer to UTA