Welcome (back) Rocky!

April 27 2005

Man, I've been waiting to write this blog entry for what, six months?  More?

Rocky Oliver writes:

I have accepted a position at IBM/Lotus Software.

I will be working as a Senior IT Architect on the Business Transformation Team. You can read more about this team in an interview with the director of the team, Sabine Schilg, here. I think it will be an exciting and challenging position, and I am really looking forward to diving into Workplace to discover all it has to offer - and I am also looking forward to sharing this with you, so that you too can learn to use Workplace in your environment as well.
Rocky has been, and obviously will continue to be, a tremendous asset to the Lotus community.  His passion, drive, personality, and wit are all deeply woven into the fabric of events like Lotusphere.  I'm thrilled to have someone with as much Notes/Domino depth and expertise in the Business Transformation Team -- another clear sign that Notes/Domino are part of Workplace, not being replaced by it.

You'll note that I've recategorized Rock on the blogroll...ok, it's a couple of weeks early, but he's going to have to start considering the IBM Blogging Guidelines (appearing soon here and elsewhere) just like the rest of us. :)

Congratulations, Rocky and welcome back!

Ed Brill | Highland Park, IL USA Category:  People  Add/View Comments [8]

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  1. 1  Roberto Boccadoro  | 4/28/2005 2:30:45 AM

    Welcome Rocky. It will be cool to have you as a colleague. Will add you to my buddylist, and Ed can tell you if this is good or bad :-)

    My only concern is for the CULT shirts for LS 06 :-) Will we have them again ?

  1. 2    | 4/28/2005 7:16:55 AM

    Good news, it will give a good boost to have someone like Rocky!

    JYR

  1. 3  Rock http://www.lotusgeek.com | 4/28/2005 7:50:32 AM

    The responses to my announcement have been outstanding. Thanks to Ed for helping to get the word out with this post. His readership is quite a bit larger than mine, so it is appreciated :)

    @RoB - I responded to the CULT shirt question on my blog in a response, but I wanted to respond here as well. Luckily my boss has a collection of CULT shirts, so he is well aware of them. I spoke to him about it yesterday, and I think that I will be able to continue working with the CULT shirt, as long as I do it on my own, outside of work, with no IBM involvement, low key (blah blah blah). But I can assure you - even if I am NOT involved, I will make sure that the CULT shirt survives me.

    Thanks again, everyone.

    --Rock

  1. 4  Susan Bulloch  | 4/29/2005 3:15:10 PM

    Welcome back to the other cult, Rocky!