I had never visited or lived in the #PacificNorthWest before I was contracted to teach #ExchangeServer in #RedmondWashington to #Microsoft support employees. IIRC, it was February 1996 before the April 2, 1996 completion. I few in to #Seatac from #GarlandTexas #SoftwareSpectrum - my employer. Corporate rental car, #ResidenceInn ...

All year 1996 I was working as highest level consultant for #SoftwareSpectrum #GarlandTexas - I was asked by #MicrosoftConsulting to work for #PaulAllenGroup (Microsoft co-founder) on internal social media at Thanksgiving 1996. At start of 1997, I went on private staff for Allen family full time.