Sitecore Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Awarded to Verndale Award adds second MVP to Verndale’s industry leading Sitecore CMS development team Boston, MA (PRWEB) April 13, 2012
Verndale, an award winning digital marketing agency is pleased to announce that Paul Caponetti – Verndale’s Sr. VP of Development has made the list of 2011 Sitecore Most Valuable Professionals (MPV’s). The Sitecore MVP program recognizes exceptional technical community leaders who voluntarily share their web technology passion and commitment in an exchange of knowledge contributions. For 2011, 52 individuals from around the world were selected to be honored members of the program which offers a number of benefits including access to technical resources such as alpha versions of Sitecore software, first release modules, full access to the Sitecore Developer Network, and download section and invitations to major events. After a two year term, previous Sitecore MVP individuals may be nominated again. Reviewed by a board of Sitecore executives were individuals nominated by Sitecore employees from around the world. The Sitecore judges evaluated the quality, quantity, and level of impact of the nominees’ contributions via blogs, forums, and content development in the areas of general technical advocacy. “MVPs are technology experts who inspire others to learn and grow through active participation in the Sitecore technical community,” said Lars Fløe Nielsen, Senior Vice President, Technical Marketing, Sitecore. “MVPs are not just about evangelizing Sitecore. They are passionate about improving technology and driving innovation and sharing their knowledge and real-world experiences at user groups, on blogs and social channels…,” said Nielsen. “We are honored to have an industry leader like Paul on our team,” said Chris Pisapia, Verndale’s Northeast Managing Partner. “The accolade is well deserved for Paul but more importantly speaks to the entire engineering team, its commitment to technology and Sitecore. It’s extremely exciting to know that Verndale now has two (2) Sitecore MVPs on staff out of fewer than seventy five (75) worldwide,” said Pisapia. Verndale staffs over two dozen Sitecore certified developers and has completed over fifty Sitecore projects that include the 2008 Sitecore Financial Site of the Year for Farm Credit Financial Partners, 2010 Legal Site of the Year for Goodwin Procter and 2011’s Professional Services Sitecore Site of the Year for its work with Iron Mountain. In addition to the second MVP accolade, Verndale also received its Sitecore CRM Specialization for its work with the Borgata Hotel. About Verndale Verndale is an award-winning, digital marketing agency successfully combining deep expertise in web strategy, design, development, and search marketing to deliver powerful digital solutions that captivate, engage, and inspire. Verndale is a Microsoft Certified Development Partner and maintains active partnerships with many of the leading Content Management, Portal, Commerce, Search, Analytics, and E-Mail Marketing platforms. Verndale has earned numerous honors for technical and creative excellence, and has been repeatedly recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest-growing private companies in the US. The agency continues to sustain significant growth while expanding upon a nationwide client-base. For more information, visit http://www.verndale.com. About Sitecore Sitecore redefines how organizations engage with audiences, powering compelling experiences that sense and adapt to visitors both online and in-person. Sitecore’s leading Content Management System software is the first to cohesively integrate with marketing automation, intranet portal, e-commerce, web optimization, social media and campaign management technologies. This broad choice of capabilities enable marketing professionals, business stakeholders and information technology teams to rapidly implement, measure and manage a successful website and digital business strategy. Businesses can now easily identify, serve and convert new customers with Sitecore’s Digital Marketing System, part of its encompassing Customer Engagement Platform. Thousands of public and private organizations have created and now manage more than 32,000 dynamic websites with Sitecore including ATP World Tour, CA Technologies, ISS, Lloyd’s of London, Heineken, Microsoft, Omni Hotels, Siemens, The Knot, Thomas Cook and Visa Europe.
