February 15, 2011 -- I was recently interviewed by oDesk Corporation for their monthly SMB Trend Report with the title "Businesses Grow Using Contractors". The report is a survey of data from more than 1 million contractors and employers found on oDesk. Here's a short excerpt:

Not every path to success is this clear-cut. The contractors who are most successful competing in a borderless economy — against talent from around the world — are those who either embrace a specialty or niche skill that is in high demand, or they are simply good at what they do and build a reputation as an expert in their field. In the case of Bernard, he’s done both.

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November 08, 2010 -- SugarCRM Inc. is soon to release a new version of SugarCRM plug-in for Microsoft Outlook. SugarCRM applications are used worldwide by more than 600,000 end users in 80 languages. The latest release of SugarCRM plug-in for Microsoft Outlook 2010 is an upgrade from Outlook 2007 and features compatibility improvements.

Roger Smith, Software Engineer at SugarCRM Inc. used oDesk to hire Bernard to help migrate their Microsoft Outlook add-in to Outlook 2010. Following the successful migration of this add-in, SugarCRM plans to re-hire Bernard to help with migration of two other SugarCRM add-ins for Excel and Word.

"Bernard estimated in a very timley manner and in such a way that seemed very reasonable. He then stuck to his time line and delivered outstanding results. Furthermore he didn't just deliver and disappear. He stuck around and made sure that everything worked as it was supposed to and made himself available to for any follow-up. I would highly recommend Bernard especially regarding his Office add-in work. We are so pleased we are pursuing more projects with him.", said Roger in a LinkedIn recommendation to Bernard.

For more information visit Bernard's web site at http://www.HireMrSpreadsheet.com/.

June 25, 2009 - I was featured in the July issue of the oDesk newsletter under section "Provider Spotlight".

Bernard Vukas aka MrSpreadsheet (Affiliated with Officeworks)
Microsoft Office Developer (VBA, C#, VB.NET, Excel DNA, XLA)
Total oDesk Hours: 769
Overall Feedback: 4.95 (Based on 20 feedbacks)
Comments: Bernard was an awesome asset to our programming project. When tweaks were required along the way, Bernard was responsive and accurate with his work. His knowledge base of Excel and his ability to communicate and provide solutions is superb.

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