Todd Bleeker
Owner/Partner
Todd Bleeker, Ph.D. and MVP, is an industry leader in Microsoft-centric software development,
specializing in SharePoint products and technologies. Todd is an innovative, resourceful, and
competitive technologist with an intense desire to excel. Todd joined Mindsharp in 2004 as
co-owner and CTO to help establish the strategic technical plan for Mindsharp's educational
and consulting assets. In addition to writing and teaching cutting-edge SharePoint training
courses for Mindsharp, Todd also architects innovative assets that help Mindsharp's clients
improve their content management capabilities.
Todd has been awarded the title of Most Valuable Professional (MVP) by Microsoft for his
contributions to the SharePoint Server Platform and community. He has authored or co-authored
several books on Microsoft's integrated suite of products and he is a regular contributor
to Web sites such as Microsoft TechNet. Todd is a frequent speaker at key conferences such
as Microsoft TechEd, where he recently presented on Web Services and MCMS.
Todd has nearly 15 years of architecting revolutionary solutions for small and large
corporations including:
- Built innovative customer service solutions for Procter & Gamble.
- Pioneered new technologies that revolutionized transportation logistics systems for Fingerhut.
- Shaped the disease management tools for United Healthcare.
- Drove the human capital procurement vision for itiliti (now PeopleClick) to an internationalized,
commercial-grade, global solution.
- Managed all offshore software development operations in New Delhi, India as the CTO for IPCS.
- Architected the software that Air Canada uses to track roughly $30 million of annual in-flight
cash sales in 2003.
- Helped the State of Minnesota webify and manage over 40,000 pages of systems documentation using
SharePoint Team Services.
- Implemented a MCMS POC for the Bank of Montreal on behalf of Microsoft Consulting Services.
Todd holds an MBA and Ph.D. in Management Information Systems. In his spare time, Todd loves to
soak up whatever technology Microsoft is churning out. He also enjoys spending countless hours
in Minnesota with his wife and six "high energy" children.
Current and Upcoming Publications by Todd Bleeker Include:
Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Step by Step, Microsoft Press, ISBN 0735623635, April 2007.
Developer's Guide to the Windows SharePoint Services v3 Platform, Charles River Media, ISNB 1584505001, December 2006.
Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Step by Step, Microsoft Press, ISBN 073562075X, February 2005.
Microsoft Content Management Server 2002: A Complete Guide, Addison-Wesley Professional, ISBN 0321194446, October 2003.