Author: Shawn Jackson

I’ve spent the last 18 years in the world of Information Technology on both the IT and Development sides of the aisle. I’m currently a Software Engineer for Paylocity. In addition to working at Paylocity, I’m also the Founder of Resgrid, a cloud services company dedicated to providing logistics and management solutions to first responder organizations, volunteer and career fire departments, EMS, ambulance services, search and rescue, public safety, HAZMAT and others.

Starting up with Microsoft Azure

So a little background, I’m the founder and principal of Resgrid, a cloud based service for first responder organizations to manage personnel, units, departments and logistics. With my partner staxmanade we have been working on Resgrid for just over a year, taking it from a MVP with an app on Apple Store and Google Play
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Azure from the Front Lines

Over the last year I have been building a cloud services company using Microsoft Azure as our platform. Why Azure? Well the first reason was that mainly develop on the Microsoft platform, although now that’s becoming less and less of true. The second is the BizSpark program that gives startups access to great Microsoft software
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