About Us

We’re Aptillon; a new breed of consulting company, a consulting company dedicated to SharePoint. We believe in the value of experts and experience and it shows. We are in the problem solving business. We focus on SharePoint based solutions, but as you know, SharePoint touches a lot of different business areas and so do we. We have a comfort with what we do; a comfort that comes from familiarity, deep knowledge and years of experience with SharePoint. That comfort lets us work more efficiently and faster to deliver results for our clients. It lets us cut through the hype of technology and solve real business problems quickly.

At Aptillon, our highly-skilled directors with our hand-picked group of SharePoint professionals can help your organization navigate the intricacies of associated with a successful SharePoint project. From envisioning, planning and architecture to configuration, implementation and deployment Aptillon is the right choice for SharePoint projects.

Aptillon Directors

Maurice Prather, Microsoft Certified Master 2010 and 2007

Maurice is a founder, director, and the President at Aptillon, Inc. Maurice is a Microsoft Certified Solutions Master for SharePoint as well as a Microsoft Certified Master for both SharePoint 2010 and 2007. Maurice is also a former 5 time Microsoft SharePoint MVP. He has worked with the SharePoint platform for over 12 years. Maurice is a regular speaker at major national and international conferences and has written many training courses, including the PowerPivot, PerformancePoint, and Search Customization segments of the SharePoint Masters program. As a systems architect, developer and trainer, Maurice has helped companies of all sizes reach their objectives while ensuring their platforms are stable, secure and manageable. Maurice blogs regularly on the Aptillon blog.

Darrin Bishop, MCTS - SharePoint 2010

Darrin is a founder, director, and the Vice President at Aptillon, Inc. He is a former 8 time Microsoft SharePoint MVP and has been involved in SharePoint since 2001 when the code-named product Tahoe was released as SharePoint Portal Server 2001. Darrin has a diverse background in SharePoint and has covered the product lifecycle from envisioning, design, installation, development, customizations and even administering farms. Darrin has been focusing on custom SharePoint development, line of business application integration, mobile devices and SharePoint, ECM and Business Intelligence. You can commonly find Darrin speaking at user groups and conference. You can read Darrin's blog posts on the Aptillon blog.

Gary Lapointe, SharePoint MVP since 2008

Gary is a founder and director, and the Treasurer and Secretary at Aptillon, Inc. Gary is a Microsoft SharePoint MVP who has been planning and implementing SharePoint solutions since early 2007. A developer by trade, Gary spends most of his spare time developing tools that enable IT professionals to be more productive so that they can focus on solving business problems and satisfying their customers’ needs. You can read Gary's blog posts which have become the definitive source for all things related to the automated deployment and management of SharePoint on the Aptillon blog.

David Mann, SharePoint MVP since 2007

Dave is a founder and director at Aptillon, Inc. Dave has been a Microsoft SharePoint MVP since 2007 and is a part time trainer for Critical Path Training. As a developer, software architect, author and trainer he has focused on Microsoft’s Information Worker and Collaboration stack, working with portal, collaboration, and content management technologies for over 15 years helping businesses to be more productive. Dave presents regularly at major and minor conferences and runs the SharePoint User Group in Philadelphia. You can read Dave's blog posts on the Aptillon blog.

Matthew McDermott, SharePoint MVP since 2006

Matthew is a founder and director at Aptillon, Inc. Matthew has been a Microsoft SharePoint MVP since 2006 and is part time trainer for Critical Path Training. Matthew specializes in SharePoint Integration, Strategy and Implementation Consulting helping his clients solve business problems with SharePoint. Matthew is a content author, blogger and specialist in SharePoint technologies focused on web content management, collaboration, search and social computing.
Matthew’s free time is spent as a canine handler for K9 Search • Austin, a volunteer K9 search team serving the FBI and Austin & San Antonio Police Departments. An accomplished cook and bartender, in his spare time Matt spends as much time with his wife as his dogs will allow.