{"id":10134,"date":"2020-01-22T11:39:50","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T18:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/?p=10134"},"modified":"2020-01-22T14:51:16","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T21:51:16","slug":"itsmiths-joel-oleson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/itsmiths-joel-oleson\/","title":{"rendered":"ITsmiths: Joel Oleson, Director at Perficient"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/12756395\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Oleson-in-India.jpg\" rel='magnific'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10135\" src=\"https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Oleson-in-India.jpg\" alt=\"ITsmiths Joel Oleson\" width=\"644\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Oleson-in-India.jpg 644w, https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Oleson-in-India-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Oleson-in-India-250x168.jpg 250w, https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Oleson-in-India-596x400.jpg 596w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever maintained a SharePoint server, then you might be familiar with the name, Joel Oleson. Joel is one of the foremost authorities on SharePoint infrastructure, and you may also know him from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/joeloleson\/\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn<\/a>, or his popular blogs, <a href=\"https:\/\/collabshow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">collabshow.com<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/travelingepic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Traveling Epic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When\u00a0Mike spoke with Joel in January, he was working as the Senior IT Manager for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blizzard.com\/en-us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blizzard Entertainment<\/a>, and he shared this fascinating story of his IT career. 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