A lot of times when I introduce myself I will say that I am a Senior Principal Consultant with Keane, Inc. and a Microsoft Regional Director. I joke that the job with Keane is my 9 -5 job and that being a Regional Director or RD is my 5 - 9 job. I find sometimes that people do not understand what the job of an RD is. Mostly because the title is so confusing. I don't work for Microsoft. I don't really have a region I am responsible for (although living in Utah I tend to focus my efforts here). I also do not direct anything. Now fellow RD and columnist Jonathan Goodyear has written a column titled Demystifying the Microsoft Regional Director. He does an excelent job of explaining what we are supposed to be doing.

As Jonathan says in the article, Microsoft expects me to be communicating with the community. I hope that this blog is one way I am meeting your needs. Also if you would like to have me come and talk to you I would be more than happy to do so. You can leave a comment or contact me at Scott_J_Golightly at keane dot com and we will schedule a time and topic. (Sorry for the semi-obfuscated e-mail but I figure I shouldn't make it too easy for the spammers :)