At Northwest Cadence, we have created a work environment that emphasizes excellence, integrity, and out-of-the-box thinking. Our customers have high expectations (rightfully so) and we wouldn’t have it any other way! Our team of outstanding people consistently rise to the occasion. They think smart, work hard, forget the box and have fun exceeding expectations, both inside and out of our company walls.

The ALM Consultant will provide project support, various deliverables, and quality solutions on Visual Studio (including Visual Studio Team System), software design, and Application Lifecycle Management. Engagements will vary and will involve providing expert training, consulting, mentoring, formulating technical strategies and policies and acting as a trusted advisor to customers and internal teams.

The ALM Consultant position requires up to 50% travel. This is a full time position and will be based in the Kirkland, Washington office.

Northwest Cadence is proud to have our very own Steven Borg and Jeff Levinson co-presenting a full day seminar at TechEd 08 Pre-Conference.  We’d love to have you join us for our PreCon Seminar: Improve Software Quality with Visual Studio Team System.  How I became a Software Quality Muscle Man…Read more.

Orlando, here we come!!

Congrats, Steve, on your 2008 Microsoft MVP Award!

Steven had a very active year in the Visual Studio Team System community in 2007, particularly on the West Coast.  From getting  a Washington VSTS user group off the ground, authoring various publications and content, and teaching hundreds about Application Lifecycle Management and Team System (and this is just a snapshot!), Steve has showed us once again how passionate he is about Team System!  His contributions haven’t gone unnoticed by our team, our customers, or our friends at Microsoft.  Thanks, Microsoft for your continued support and recognition through the MVP program.

From Microsoft: “Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2008 Microsoft MVP Award!  The MVP Award is our way of saying thank you for promoting the spirit of community and enhancing people’s lives and the industry’s success every day.  Your extraordinary efforts in Visual Developer – Team System technical communities during the past year are greatly appreciated.”

Northwest Cadence has recently relocated to centralized offices in downtown Kirkland.  We chose downtown Kirkland, specifically on the Kirkland Marina, because it’s a fabulous location for our employees to work from and our customers to visit.  Bike in, drive in, bus in, or sail in - whatever is your pleasure.  Marina Park is a year-round marina with a beautiful park, lots of restaurants and shops, and breathtaking nature all around – plus, Kirkland offers Free Wireless in the park/marina/surrounding areas.  What beats that?!  Northwest Cadence is proud to be part of the Kirkland Business Community.

We look forward to having you visit!

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For some brief blog introductions -

who we are…

First, foremost, and above all else – at Northwest Cadence, we value integrity, excellence, and out-of-the-box thinking.  These values make us who we are; chart our course, if you will.  I don’t believe one can create a company culture, but one can certainly influence it.  I’m thrilled to have had the chance to influence our culture by choosing to start our business off with a rock-solid, kick butt, call home to mama ’cause I’m so proud of ‘em team that thinks smart, works hard and (here’s the kicker) lives by values that align with our culture.   For some of you, this may be a lot of soft, mushy talk, and you’re (of course) welcome to skip ahead.  But, I’ve chosen to have this be the top topic on my first blog for those of you who are interested in what’s behind the scenes, what we’re made of, who we are.  After all, it’s paramount to the way we work with you, our customers, partners, and friends.  

 …now, for what we do!  

As you likely gathered from our website, Northwest Cadence is a Microsoft partner and we’re deeply committed to VSTS.  In fact, we’re Microsoft’s largest Northwest partner focusing exclusively on VSTS/ALM and all things related.  Our specialization ensures we stay deep in the technologies, agile in our approach, and responsive to our customers (all super critical things, am I right?!).  I’m pleased as punch to be part of such an excellent team and to have the opportunity to work with you – our fantastic customers and partners. 

So, you’re past experience with folks from our team means you have high expectations?  Bring ‘em on!  We wouldn’t have it any other way!  We’re looking forward to lots of joint successes in many years to come.