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Sitecore.20241129.114115.log

This year has been truly remarkable, filled with meaningful contributions to the community. It’s been a year of tremendous growth, especially in mastering a new technology stack that includes headless architecture, XM Cloud, and Sitecore Search. It was a pleasure connecting with the community and meeting virtual friends in person at Sitecore Symposium 2024. Additionally, I became the organizer for the Sitecore User Group Philadelphia.

I express my gratitude to my family for their support during the evenings when I organized user groups after work. Additionally, a heartfelt thank you to the amazing community and everyone who has provided support along the way.

Awards

Receiving these awards was a honor and a truly humbling experience. They represent not only recognition for the hard work and dedication I’ve put into my efforts but also the support and encouragement of the incredible community around me. These achievements inspire me to continue striving for excellence and contributing even more meaningfully in the future.

Sitecore Technology MVP 2024

Coveo MVP 2024

DX MVP 2024

Speaking Events

SUG Talks

Blog Posts

Share quality content to the Sitecore community through my blog that had 26K Views this year.

Blog Content Performance

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LinkedIn Content Performance

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Certification

  • Sitecore CDP and Personalize
  • Sitecore Search Business User Knowledge
  • Sitecore Search Business User Skill
  • Kontent.AI Certification

Contribution

  • Sitecore Bugs
  • Sitecore Search Platform review and feedback
  • Sitecore learning review and feedback
  • Mentor
    * Aspiring new and existing MVP's
    * Offline Mentoring developers on Sitecore
    * Provide guidance for certification

Participation

  • Hackathon 2024
  • Sitecore Lunches
  • Sitecore MVP lunches
  • Slack and Stack overflow
  • Hosted all the Pittsburgh SUG meetups
  • Hosted Philadelphia SUG meetups
  • Meetups in the following SUG's
    * Columbus, New England, Atlantic Canada, SUG LA, SUG Coimbatore, SUG India, SUGMEA, SUG Jordan, Toronto

Pittsburgh Sitecore User Group (PGHSUG)

12 Meetup's Hosted
32 Members growth (374)
18 Average Participation

Meetup

• Dec 20, 2023 - Abstracting personalization – CPA Australia
• Jan 31, 2024 - Sitecore XM Cloud 101 - A Beginner's Guide
• Feb 21, 2024 - From Brainstorm to Brilliance: The Untold Story of Sitecore Hackathon
• Mar 06, 2024 - Sitecore XM Cloud Forms
• Apr 18, 2024 - Achieving Behavioral Personalization with XM Cloud Plus
• May 02, 2024 - Sitecore Search and XM Cloud - Experiences and Learnings
• Jun 05, 2024 - Tips and Tricks for Next.js and Sitecore Headless
• Jul 24, 2024 - Content Hub Web Client SDK - Internal & External Integrations
• Aug 28, 2024 - Sitecore Troubleshooting 101
• Sep 24, 2024 - 8 Content Migration Pitfalls to Avoid and Lessons Learned
• Oct 23, 2024 - Unleashing Personalization: Deep Dive into Sitecore Personalize SDK
• Nov 12, 2024 - Building Dynamic RAG Applications with Vertex AI and Sitecore

YouTube

Pittsburgh Sitecore User Group Channel
51 Video Published (11)
229 Subscribers
• Abstracting personalization – CPA Australia
• Sitecore XM Cloud 101 - A Beginner's Guide
• From Brainstorm to Brilliance: The Untold Story of Sitecore Hackathon
• Sitecore XM Cloud Forms
• Achieving Behavioral Personalization with XM Cloud Plus
• Sitecore Search and XM Cloud - Experiences and Learnings
• Tips and Tricks for Next.js and Sitecore Headless
• Content Hub Web Client SDK - Internal & External Integrations
• Sitecore Troubleshooting 101
• 8 Content Migration Pitfalls to Avoid and Lessons Learned

2025 Goals

Explore and contribute

  • Explore the new technologies and share the knowledge
    • Composable DXP
    • Headless (NextJS)
    • Experience Edge
  • Explore, learn and share knowledge on Sitecore SaaS offerings
  • Present in Symposium and Sitecore user groups
  • Sitecore XM Cloud Implementation
  • .NET developers help them cross train

Organize

  • Keeping the group active with interesting topics every month
  • Facilitate Sitecore thought leaders to showcase their expertise
  • Provide open stage for new presenters

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