We are very excited to announce the most influential and active community leaders in the SharePoint ecosystem community today especially as SharePoint continues to rise in importance within the Microsoft Digital Workplace strategy. This year’s list of influencers embodies the focus on digital transformation in the workplace as this important group makes it their passion to spend time educating the IT community about SharePoint, enterprise collaboration and digital workplace innovation.

The top 25 SharePoint influencers 2018 were selected based on a quantitative scoring of their influence using social tools as well as feedback from the SharePoint user community on the individuals that they looked to most frequently for guidance in the SharePoint world. Selection was also based on each professional’s SharePoint knowledge and business impact; digital and social presence and influence; blog reach and frequency; depth of SharePoint topic coverage; and, citations by other influential bloggers.

The top 25 SharePoint influencers 2018 are:

1. Christian Buckley
   CEO, CollabTalk
   @buckleyplanet
   
2. Mark Rackley
   Partner, Chief Strategy Officer, PAIT Group
   @mrackley
   
3. Joel Oleson
   Senior IT Manager, Blizzard Entertainment
   @joeoleson
   
4. Ragnar Heil
   Microsoft Alliance Manager for EMEA, Metalogix
   @ragnarh
   
5. Marc Anderson
   Co-Founder and President, Sympraxis Consulting
   @sympmarc
   
6. Sean McDonough
   CTO, Bitstream Consulting
   @Spmcdonough
   
7. Vlad Catrinescu
   Product Evangelist, Sales Executive, Valo Intranet
   @Vladcatrinescu
   
8. Wictor Wilén
   Global Digital Workplace CoE, Avanade
   @Wictor
   
9. Dux Raymond Sy
   CMO, Avepoint
   @MeetDux
   
10. Jeff Willinger
    Vice President of Digital Inspiration, Rightpoint
    @Jwillie
    
11. Dan Usher
    Chief Technologist, Cloud Architect, Booz Allen Hamilton
    @Binarybrewery
    
12. Andrew Connell
    Founder, Voitanos
    @Andrewconnell
    
13. Erica Toelle
    Product Evangelist, RecordPoint
    @Ericatoelle
    
14. Jason Himmelstein
    Technical Strategy Director, Rackspace
    @Jasehimm
    
15. Todd Klindt
    SharePoint Consultant
    @Toddklindt
    
16. Benjamin Niaulin
    Product Manager, Sharegate
    @Bniaulin
    
17. Michael Greth
    SharePoint/Office 365 Specialist, SharePoint Podcast DE
    @Mysharepoint
    
18. Matthias Einig
    Founder and CEO, Rencore
    @Mattein
    
19. Tobias Zimmergren
    Product Owner, Cloud Offerings, Rencore
    @Zimmergren
    
20. Jethro Seghers
    Program Director, SkySync
    @Jseghers
    
21. Jasper Oosterveld
    Modern Workplace Consultant, InSpark
    @Jasoosterveld
    
22. Martina Grom
    Management, atwork IT
    @Magrom
    
23. Fabian Williams
    Practice Director, WithumSmith+Brown
    @FabianWilliams
    
24. Laura Rogers
    Owner & SharePoint Trainer, IW Mentor
    @WonderLaura
    
25. Mark Stokes
    CTO, Attollo
    @MarkStokes
    

“We’re celebrating Microsoft’s renewed focus on SharePoint by recognizing the independent evangelists and experts who help SharePoint customers better understand and embrace new innovation on the horizon,” said harmon.ie Co-Founder and Vice President of Product Strategy David Lavenda. “There is so much excitement around Microsoft’s product directions, particularly with the new Microsoft Graph as a key enabler of Office 365 capabilities. In the coming year and beyond, these influencers will help the community move to SharePoint Online and implement its frequent and continuous feature changes with ease and confidence.”

Lavenda said that the top 25 SharePoint influencers 2018 will gather at the SharePoint Conference (MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas) on May 21 at harmon.ie’s Booth #309 to celebrate this achievement. We hope that our customers and friends will stop by our booth to meet these terrific people.