Eriq Neale 1968 – 2012
On Friday, Eriq Neale passed away after a year long battle with cancer. He didn’t like the term battle. It didn’t feel like a war. It simply felt like an invader had taken up residence in his body and with a 0% prognosis, there was no war to win, only a fight to continue to live well as long as possible. He did defy the odds.
Eriq did not wish to be known for cancer. He wished to be known for his life achievements and loves. In 44 years he did manage to accumulate quite list of them and certainly earned the right to be proud. If you look down the list, a theme emerges of a man who lived to give to community. He gave of himself to communities in ways that supported those communities in various ways at different times in his life.
Music writer and performer
Author
Microsoft MVP
Speaker
Student minister
“Father” for professional baseball hopefuls
Business owner
Husband
Friend
On Saturday, June 23rd at 2pm Anna Neale, his wife of 18 years, is hosting a life celebration in Denton Texas at the University of North Texas Campus Ministry Center (1501 Maple Street, Denton, TX 76201) where Eriq and his wife originally met and were later married. There will be a short service, followed by a reception, giving us all a chance to celebrate Eriq’s 44 years of life by listening to his music, see pictures of him and reminiscing with his professional peers, friends and family. Anna has extended an invitation anyone who may be interested in attending.
Condolences may be sent to any of the addresses below:
UNT Campus Ministry Center 1501 Maple Street Denton, TX 76201
Anna Neale 7017 Riverchase Trail Denton, TX 76210
EON Consulting, LLC 1204 W University Dr., Ste. 312 Denton, TX 76201
Areas of Expertise:
Small Business Server, Exchange 2003, Macintosh Integration, Networking, DNS/DHCP
Certifications and Awards:
MCSE, SBS MVP
Technical blog and/or publications, recent speaking engagements, etc:
http://msmvps.com/blogs/OnQ
http://simultaneouspancakes.com/Lessons
Lead author, Windows Small Business Server 2008 Unleashed, ISBN 0672329573, December 2008, published by Sams.
Lead author, Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 Unleashed, ISBN 0672328054, December 2005, published by Sams.
MCSA/MCSE Managing and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Environment: Exam 70-290 Study Guide and DVD Training System, ISBN 1932266607, July 2003, published by Syngress Media/ShinderBooks.
MCSE Exam 70-294: Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure, ISBN 1931836949, July 2003, published by Syngress Media/ShinderBooks.
E-mail Virus Protection Handbook, ISBN 1928994237, November 2000, published by Syngress Media, Inc.
MCSE Windows 2000 Server Study Guide (Exam 70-215), ISBN 0072123869, August 2000, published by Osborne McGraw-Hill.
Deploying Windows 2000 with Support Tools, ISBN 1928994121, published March 2000.
Windows 2000 Server System Administration Handbook, ISBN 1928994091, published November 1999.
The Internet Unleashed 1997, ISBN 1575211858, published November 1996.
Group Memberships:
DFWSBS Usergroup
Related Work Experience or Business Ownership:
President of EON Consulting. Partner in Third Tier. PSS Support for Small Business Server for Microsoft.
Where I hang out online:
www.smallbizserver.net.
Social Networking:
LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter.