Thiago Almeida is a Senior Integrations Consultant for one of New Zealands largest IT service providers. He has over eight years of experience working as a solutions architect and senior developer on projects for some of the countrys largest companies. Thiago has been awarded Most Valuable Professional in BizTalk from Microsoft in 2009 and 2010 to acknowledge his exceptional contributions to the BizTalk Server technical community. He runs the Auckland Connected Systems User Group, being a frequent speaker, and maintains a blog on BizTalk Server at https://connectedthoughts.wordpress.com He is also a Microsoft Connected Technology Advisor and a Microsoft Virtual Technical Solution Professional in Integration, providing advanced technical input in BizTalk Server and associated integration technologies on client engagements with Microsoft.