In September 2000 I joined ACT! and became a charter member of the engineering team that redesigned and rebuilt ACT! using the Microsoft .Net framework. In late 2000 and early 2001 I helped build early .Net managed code ACT! user-interface prototypes. From 2002 -2005 I first helped to localize ACT! and then designed and built ACT!'s localization development kit, handing off localization responsibilities to a business unit in Ireland. From 2005-2007 I lead the deployment, source-code-management, build/infrastructure and automated testing teams as Principal Software Engineer. After seven-plus years with ACT! I'm ready for my next challenge!