Microsoft partners with tech firms and user groups for holiday gathering

Microsoft Community Holiday Party and Job Fair was held tonight at The Avalon Complex in Alpharetta, Ga. and was a technology networking event.

Attendees were asked to bring unwrapped toys to be given to Toys for Tots.

Partners were VMware, Ultimate Software, intellinet (digital transformation), QGenda, TEKsystems, and @DELTATANGOMIKE.

Director James Bara represented Ultimate Software, a human capital management company.

Chris Woodbury (r) is pursuing opportunities as a dot net developer and was seated next to Mike Smith from InComm. Many attendees use LinkedIn profiles to keep in touch.

Artist Dan Flores of @DELTATANGOMIKE who designed the event badges, drew Santa Claus on a Surface TV. 

Flores said one of his goals is to help artists monetize their talents. 

Several user groups were present, including Atlanta.net User Group, Atlanta Intelligent Devices User Group, and Georgia Developers Association.

John Garland with Wintellect, a consulting and training company, won a firetv. Several prizes were raffled away.

  

Brad Allen, a technical architect, is a University of Georgia Class of '98 alumni with a degree in Microbiology. He works creating animals and objects with 3D printers which cost between $1,000 and $3,000 and gave participants a demonstration.

 

Happy Holidays!