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<\/p>\nAbout the author<\/p>\n
My name is S\u00f8ren Nielsen and i am the author of this blog. I come from the land of Navision – Denmark, today i live in California working as a full time developer in southern California. I joined the Navision world back when cell phones had antennas:<\/p>\n
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and social networks were maillists like NAVUG, and Navision UI looked like this:<\/p>\n
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Actually the Windows version Navision Financials was released in v1.20 when i started. I went to the Navision Academy, which was a trainee program setup by Microsoft Denmark to attract more talent to the danish partner channel. The program was a 8 week program, with a main focus on the overall application and finishing up with an introduction to development.<\/p>\n
After the Navision Academy program, i was contracted to work for a partner in Houston, Texas through my danish employer Hotcom (known as Celenia<\/a> today), where i spend 8 months working on a large project. During the 8 months i learned a lot, from the business processes and especially from my first mentor Michael Voigt (a colleague at Hotcom and later Navtilus Software<\/a>). Returning to Denmark i got the opportunity to work for Navtilus Software Denmark, where i worked for 9 years, before starting up our California office in 2006.<\/p>\n I have worked with a broad selection of customers over the years, and have had a lot of exposure to virtually any area in NAV.<\/p>\n