Hi, I’m Justin. I’m an Australian living in London in my mid-twenties, working as a consultant for Microsoft Unified Communications specialist Modality Systems.

I started this blog back in April 2011 to give back to the UC community and help out IT Pros worldwide to make their experience with Microsoft Lync that bit easier.

What do I do?

My role involves providing pre-sales expertise, designing, deploying and configuring UC solutions with Microsoft Lync Server 2010 and Exchange Server 2007/2010. I also write solution proposals, detailed design documents and draw crafty diagrams in Visio. I like using voice gateways to integrate with legacy PBXs that create awesome coexistence/interop scenarios to get the job done for our clients.

I also run the Microsoft UC User Group London with Adam Jacobs and Tom Arbuthnot, where I present on various UC business and technical subjects to the community and I’m a contributor on the Microsoft NextHop blog.

How long have I been doing this for?

Since 2005 I’ve worked solely on Exchange Server and LCS/OCS/Lync, originally for an infrastructure consulting company in Melbourne, Australia. Whilst there, I ran the UC User Group with local Microsoft staff and partners before coming to London in late 2009. My core experience is in Microsoft infrastructure (AD, etc), IP telephony, virtualisation, storage and consulting experience. I also love a good coffee.

Did I mention I like to travel?

Check out my other blog also, a groovy travel write-up over at 48 Hour Adventure. We write guides for city breaks and weekend trips to cities around the world.