Errin O'Connor — Speaking + Book Signing
Boston SharePoint Technology Conference (SPTechCon) · 2010
In 2010, EPC Group founder Errin O'Connor presented at the SharePoint Technology Conference in Boston and conducted a Microsoft Press book signing on the exhibit-hall floor. The photo captures Errin signing a tall stack of copies of his Microsoft Press SharePoint title (Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Inside Out) with attendees lined up; the orange POINT MANAGEMENT-branded conference booth and a screen showing live SharePoint administrative data are visible in the background. The event captured EPC Group's growing reach in the SharePoint practitioner community one year after the firm's #2 ranking on the Houston Business Journal Fast 100 and the SharePoint Summit 2009 keynote in Montreal.
Key Facts
- Event: SharePoint Technology Conference (SPTechCon), Boston · 2010
- Errin O'Connor (Founder & CEO, EPC Group) — speaking + Microsoft Press book signing
- Book signed: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Inside Out (Microsoft Press, 2007) — Errin's first Microsoft Press title
- Microsoft Press would publish three additional Errin O'Connor titles: SharePoint Foundation 2010 Inside Out (2010), SharePoint 2013 Inside Out (2013), and SharePoint 2016 Inside Out (2016)
- Context: One year after Errin's SharePoint Summit 2009 keynote (Montreal) and the Infonomics "Swiss Army knife" quote (January/February 2009)
- Same calendar year as the Houston Business Journal Fast 100 ranking (EPC Group #2, September 2009)
Context — 2009-2010 was a defining 18 months for EPC Group
The Boston SharePoint Technology Conference book signing sits at the end of an unusual run of third-party recognitions for EPC Group:
- Jan/Feb 2009Infonomics magazine (official magazine of AIIM) publishes “Taming SharePoint” quoting Errin coining the SharePoint “Swiss Army knife” framing
- April 2009SharePoint Summit Montreal — Errin delivers a keynote alongside Bill English (Mindsharp) and Ernie Harris (Raymond James)
- Sept 2009Houston Business Journal Fast 100 ranks EPC Group #2 — 471% revenue growth (2006-2008)
- 2010SharePoint Technology Conference Boston — Errin speaks + signs Microsoft Press copies on the exhibit-hall floor (this page)
- 2010Microsoft Press publishes Errin's second SharePoint book: Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 Inside Out
The same pattern of practitioner-community keynotes, book authorship, and trade-press recognition has continued through every subsequent Microsoft platform wave — SharePoint 2013, 2016, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams (with CRN's 2020 “Zoom Boom!” coverage of EPC Group's rapid Teams rollouts), Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft Copilot, and now Microsoft 365 E7 + Agent 365.
Work with a Microsoft Press author at the helm
Errin O'Connor — four-time Microsoft Press author. 29 years of Microsoft enterprise consulting. Senior architect named on every Statement of Work.