April 8: Bojan's last video - the end of the MCM-Exchange program

 

March 31: Bojan's second video (of 3) update from the MCM Program

 

March 25: Bojan's first video update from the MCM program

 

March 14: Bojan's story starts with his introduction

 

January 31: Dana Calleja of the Microsoft Certified Career Conference invites the cast of Career Factor to attend

 

Bojan's Goal: Become a Microsoft Certified Master on Exchange 2010

 

Learn more about the MCM: Exchange certification and prerequisites

Other Resources Used

• Microsoft Certified Career Conference - an online, 24 hour event that combines training sessions on Microsoft technologies and career skills along with a virtual fair with companies offering IT jobs
• TechNet Plus Professional Subscription - Provided by TechNet, TechNet Plus is the premium technical resource for IT Professionals, offering access to full-version software, Microsoft e-Learning, 
• Microsoft Learning Career Portal - Chart your career and get the help you need to land the top IT jobs.

 

Bojan Nenadic

Bojan was born on 6th May 1973 in Belgrade, Serbia (then Yugoslavia). He learned to ski at age five and did his best to do it every year since (although latter years in Africa made that a bit difficult). At six, he started school, and two years after that got his first computer– the then awesome Sinclair ZX81. Thirty years later, skiing and computers are still his favorite hobbies.

 

He moved with his family to Zimbabwe in 1990 to avoid the looming troubles that came as part of the violent break-up of Yugoslavia. In Zimbabwe Bojan completed his Advanced Level General Certificate of Education, a degree in marketing, and his first Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) certification over the next ten years. Three of those ten years were spent in Cape Town, South Africa where he started work as a Microsoft Certified Trainer and consultant. Cape Town still ranks as one of his favorite places in the world (not least because of the proximity of the fantastic wine region). After meeting his best friend in 1999 and marrying her a year later, they left for London, England in July 2000. 

 

Bojan has worked for about twenty clients in the UK, ranging from Internet start-ups to multi-national IT consultancies, covering most of the Microsoft Server products at one point or another. His career grew at a steady pace from support and administration, to team leader roles, and finally into infrastructure and project lead architecture. Over time, Active Directory and Exchange came forward as his primary areas of expertise.

 

Fortunately, it is not success in his professional life that he is most proud of. That distinction belongs to his part in contributing to the lives of two beautiful boys – born in 2007 and 2009 – two years apart almost to the day.

 

When work is done and boys are in bed, Bojan still enjoys an occasional glass of wine, be it at home or at pubs with friends; and, whenever possible, going on vacation that incorporates as much scuba diving or skiing as possible. Sadly, one of his other passions has fallen by the wayside. Both his and his wife’s motorcycles had to be sold, as it was decided that was the responsible thing to do. Nonetheless, he still tries to take as many aspects of his life according to his favorite quote, by actor Oscar Wilde: “Life is too short to be taken seriously.”