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Martin is extremely knowledgeable and experienced in helping teams become more agile and adopt DevOps practices especially around the Microsoft Azure platform and VSTS / TFS. But he is not limited to that stack with plenty of experience with competing and complimentary technologies. He explains things clearly and gets rid of any 'smoke and mirrors' to show how any team can make small improvements to improve how they work. He is one of the leading MVP's globally for DevOps and someone myself and my colleagues in the Azure product group trust to give us honest and insightful feedback.

Thanks to Martin's guidance and support we successfully upgraded to TFS 2010 from an unstable TFS 2005 database, moved our dev team to Visual Studio 2010 and implemented the finest product build process ever known! I would recommend Martin to anyone, in fact I would insist they use him as he's the best ALM consultant I've worked with.

Martin cuts to the chase with whatever you throw at him. Having worked with him extensively over the last 3 years, I can strongly recommend Martin whether your needs are broadly across the Software Application Lifecycle Development spectrum (including scrum training) or deeply into the most complex enterprise wide Team Foundation Server / Visual Studio Team Services migrations. This is a fast moving field in which Martin typically provides rapid responses and solutions, or facilitates them through his worldwide network. More than happy to talk with anyone needing further encouragement to engage in his services!

Martin was a joy to work with. He really knows Team Foundation Server (TFS) inside out, got our TFS migrated to 2010, get build server off the ground properly, and set in place many of the processes as well as the process templates that we'll continue to use in SSW. Ever full of wit, self motivated, hardworking and shares his learnings with the world. I wish all the best with Martin's future, and thanks for being a great colleague.

I had the pleasure to work with Martin at SSW. He was an extremely capable professional who picked up new technology with ease and joined project teams quickly and with passion. The depth of his knowledge and his work ethic made him a "go to" person in our organisation soon after he started. Martin showed particular knowledge and interest in ALM and contributed significantly to the improvement of ALM rules and procedures while at SSW. He made those practices available not only internally, but also made them available to the IT community in his blog, where they were widely read and positively received. Martin also advanced the SSW engineering practices through his involvement with the Visual Studio ALM Rangers and his work within SSW during our introduction of Scrum as our primary development planning and tracking methodology. Martin's skills and passion showed in this area too as our solution at SSW for tracking the Sprint and Product backlogs is based on TFS. He also completed the Scrum Developer Trainer course and became accredited with Microsoft and Scrum.org, flying out to Sydney from his home in Scotland to complete the intensive 5 day course. I would recommend Martin to any employer who has the good fortune to be in the position to offer Martin a role in their organisation.

I worked with Martin for a couple of months and I have to say he was great to work with, and this for several reasons: - he has a great personality and he has a good sense of humour, which does help. - he has an excellent knowledge of TFS and of what good engineering pratices are/should be. I believe it is essential to have the right software development process, and Martin is the right person to ensure we do things the right way. - he has lots of passion for what he does, which is very motivational for others. On top of that, he had enough patience to explain to me inside out some bugs we encountered. I would highly recommend Martin for any position where he could spread his knowledge.

Martin helps me solve all my TFS related problems. From msbuild problems, TFS template questions until datawarehouse and reporting services issues. He is keen on helping and solving problems until the job is done!

I have been in IT hiring consultants on and off for 15 years. Martin is BY FAR the most knowledgeable consultant in breadth and depth I have ever had the privilege of working with. He was not only intelligent and skilled, his personality made him a joy to work with. If you need TFS or Scrum consulting, Martin is your man!!

I hired Martin after an extensive hiring process of several months. Martin has brought a massive amount of experience to my team when he joined and I will always be thankful for his knowledge he added to my experiences. He took over the intranet (SharePoint) portion and over the last two years directly assisted me with installing a MOSS 2007 farm and a workflow proof of concept. He designed our current Business Intelligence Portal User Interface and is an expert in the field. His biggest support came as massive extra … Martin introduced me and my team to Team Foundation Server to streamline our development. I then believed he is one of the best TFS techies I knew. He as proved me believes right by achieving a MVP in Team Foundation Server for 2009 and I believe he will get it again for 2010. There is several members of my team that believe the day they cut Martin open it will say … Made by Microsoft. Techie to the core!! I was honoured to work with Martin as his manager But more important I would count on Martin as a technical person I would trust if I ever need any technical advice in future. Martin is a bonus asset to any team. I wish him well with his future.

I was fortunate to have Martin assigned to my project for the installation and configuration of a new TFS 2010 server. The implementation included integration wih our existing SBS 2003 Domain, a new Sharepoint 2010 server, SQL Server 2008 R2 and a Build server. Martin's knowledge in the area is exceedingly comprehensive resulting in a clean trouble free install.

Martin has a deep and comprehensive understanding of Team Foundation Server and its implementation. His knowledge of Scrum combined with understanding the business need, give formidable insights into what process improvements are required and how they might be made.

Martin fully understands the importance of process in software development and is particularly good at keeping teams focused and on track. His knowledge and blogging seem limitless in this arena and he knows ALM & TFS inside out. He is also a joy to work with,

Martin's depth and breadth of knowledge and experience of the world of Agile/DevOps is incredible. He will switch between hands on development to advanced consulting or training on process, practices and tools to help you in your own DevOps journey. When the going gets tough in challenging situations he is super responsive and goes the extra mile to find solutions. He is passionate about what he does and is always trying to improve the way we work to build high value products and solutions. In particular his knowledge of all things TFS/VSTS is second to none. Down to earth and straight talking. Highly recommend!

Martin oozes enthusiasm for all new technology and get's to grips with it in a comparitively short time compared with most people I've worked with. As an IT professional, Martin has embraced life long learning and is on top of the latest technology before it hits the critical mass. Martin's evangelizing of technology brought a paradigm shift in the approach taken to development and his application of Microsoft Team Foundation Server delivered massive productivity gains for our team as a whole.

I worked with Martin on several Team Foundation Server 2010 setups, he was very knowledgeable in regards to TFS2010 and was able to help rectify the weird and wonderful issues that pop up during the TFS2010 server setup.

Martin is an excellent trainer with incredible in-depth knowledge of TFS/ALM/SCRUM. It was an pleasure to spend 2 days with him learning advanced Team Foundation Server topics and I sincerely hope that I will have the opportunity to work with him again.

If you need someone with a detailed understanding of Microsoft technologies and of Microsoft Team System in particular, Martin is your man. Martin has an infectious enthusiasm about technology and its application to the software development process. He's an accomplished software engineer with a pragmatic, considered approach.

I found Martin to be technically brilliant and personally very easy to work with. His dedication to getting the job done the best way and his attention to detail to the process, as well as the result, made for a highly reproducable level of excellence in our work together. He is very interested in Microsoft technology such as TFS and knows development methodologies such as Scrum back to front.

Martin is a great ALM guy who really knows his stuff. He has valuable knowledge in this space and is well respected.

Martin fully embraces new technology and will without question give an honest and fully justified opinion on all emerging technologies. I know that Martin is the foremost expert on the subject of Microsoft TFS in his current organisation. A valuable member of any team he belongs to or group he contributes to.