Vanessa Williams is an author and consultant specializing in
SharePoint technologies. She helps organizations, technology
professionals, and end users find meaningful uses for technologies,
such as SharePoint, Office 2007, Visual Studio, and the .NET
Framework.

Vanessa grew up in Indianapolis, where she graduated from the
Kelley School of Business at Indiana University with a Bachelor of
Science degree in Business Management and Computer Information
Systems. She still lives in Indy, about three miles south of
downtown in the wonderful Garfield Park South neighborhood.

In her spare time, Vanessa likes to read books about sociology,
religion, spirituality, and current affairs. She enjoys hiking,
traveling, and spending time with her family, including her two
dogs Rosie and Buffy. She also enjoys staying current on enterprise
technologies and consumer electronics. Vanessa loves to talk about
SharePoint. You can contact her via her Web site at
www.sharepointgrrl.com.