For First Time Microsoft Dynamics CRM MVP, Passion and Curiosity Drove Recognition

"When you work with passion, all seems doable, possible, feasible, and of course comfortable," is the motto of first-time Microsoft Dynamics CRM MVP Aileen Gusni.

And that motto has stood her in good stead throughout her career working with Dynamics CRM.

Currently, Gusni is a consultant with NEC Corp. in Singapore, doing projects for large private companies and the government of Singapore.

"We are a systems integrator and we implement projects," she says. "My job is mostly on the development side. What I do is the technical consulting and the project implementation and sometimes I do the presales activities as well. I present the solution to the customer. Mostly we have government customers and we do Dynamics CRM and Dynamics AX."

Gusni was introduced to Dynamics CRM when she entered the workforce not long after graduating from Bina Nusantara, a university in Indonesia specializing in information technology.

"I was a .NET developer and I tried to apply for a job at Tectura as a Dynamics AX consultant. But the employer said I really didn't have any experience in ERP systems," she says. "But since I knew .NET they asked me if I would be interested in Dynamics CRM because it was closer to .NET."

Gusni agreed and then set out to learn as much about Dynamics CRM as she could as fast as she could. She started out by reading the blogs of Dynamics CRM MVPs.

"But I learn everything by doing," she says. "My first task was to check the reports in Dynamics CRM 4.0. From the reports, I was able to understand how the ...