Blain Barton

Senior IT Pro Evangelist

Microsoft

Raised in Spokane Washington, Blain Barton has been with Microsoft for 19 years and has held many diverse positions. His career started in 1988 as Team Leader in Manufacturing and Distribution, progressed to PSS Team Manager for Visual Basic Product Support, Product Consultant for Microsoft Word Division, OEM Systems Engineer and currently serves as a Senior IT Pro Evangelist. Blain has organized and delivered a wide array of technical events and has presented at over 1,000 live events and has received over six top-presenter speaking awards. He has traveled around the world three times delivering OEM training sessions on pre-installing Microsoft Windows on new PC’s. He attended Washington State University graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree in English/Business and Minor in Computer Science. After college, Blain taught snow skiing on a professional level in the Cascade Mountains before starting his career with Microsoft. Blain currently resides in Tampa Florida.