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Who we are

Blade is a respected international software consulting firm based in Wellington, New Zealand. We specialize in technical content development and innovative software tools. Since 2001 we have been developing and delivering technical content for Microsoft Corporation around the world. We work with latest Microsoft technologies such as Exchange 2007, .NET Framework 3.0 and Office Communications Server.

Our Philosophy

We are continuously developing software tools that make life easier for our customers. Our goal is to build software that works. We have an extensive quality assurance program, and our close liaison with Microsoft Corp allows us to build our tools with the latest Microsoft technologies.

Our Directors

Valentine Boiarkine
Valentine is a co-founder and the lead software architect of Blade. She specializes in enterprise software integration, IT alignment and business process automation.
 
Valentine has designed distributed software systems for some of the world’s largest financial and legal organizations. She is the lead architect of revolutionary Blade File Transfer System file transfer technology.
 
In recent years, Valentine has authored expert technical training resources for Microsoft. Her practical sessions focus on planning, deploying and troubleshooting Exchange Server, Office Communications Server, SQL Server, .NET and BizTalk solutions. She trains Microsoft support and escalation engineers around the globe. She is also the author of numerous whitepapers, solution accelerators and guides for Microsoft and other industry leaders. 
 
Valentine has over 10 years of industry experience with software architecture projects with large multinational corporations as well as medium size businesses and ISVs. Outside of work Valentine enjoys rock music, philosophy and all things scientific.