If you need a world-class PowerPoint presentation, look no further than Geraldine, Alabama.

Seth Maddox, a recent graduate of Geraldine High School in DeKalb County, was just crowned the Microsoft Office Specialist PowerPoint World Champion.

Maddox, 18, who learned PowerPoint by making presentations for school and creating lyric slides for his church youth group at Baltimore Avenue Church of God in Albertville, beat out 24 competitors from around the world in a rigorous test of PowerPoint prowess this week in New York.

That’s after he essentially stumbled onto the contest last December while working on PowerPoint in school, and entered it on the last day of eligibility. The contest, sponsored by Certiport – a company that trains people for Microsoft Office program certification -- was open to students ages 13-22.

His test scores in the preliminary round – in which 365,000 competed -- propelled him to the National Championships in Orlando, Florida, June 17-19. At the national championship the native of 900-person Geraldine won the title by besting the top competitors in the country in a series of tests using the well-known presentation software.

Maddox took home $3,000 from the national contest, and now he can add another $7,000 prize to that total from the World Championships. He also won a Surface Laptop 2, a medal and trophy, and of course a gigantic novelty check.

The three-day competition took place Monday through Wednesday at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in the heart of New York City.

Even with a world title in hand, Maddox is the picture of humility.

“I am so honored and thrilled that my Lord Jesus Christ has blessed me and allowed me to win this competition,” Maddox said in an email just hours after his victory.

“It feels pretty great at times, but then in other times, I realize that I’m just a regular guy who The Lord has just blessed," he said in a story by Alabama Public Radio, tweeted out by Certiport. "But it is pretty neat, thinking that of all the people in the world, the Lord choosing to bless me, a guy from Geraldine, Alabama who goes to a 3A school.”

A part-time employee at Staples in Guntersville, Maddox starts college at Auburn University on Aug. 19, where he will study computer engineering.

“Along with computer engineering, I’ll probably be doing some software work, and it’s going to be great to integrate that into my education and hopefully help me land a job once I get my degree,” he said.

Once he graduates, “Microsoft Office PowerPoint World Champion,” should turn some heads when he sends out his resume.

Maddox said he’d love to stay in Alabama after he graduates from Auburn, maybe working for a big tech company in Huntsville, but his dream job is to work for a giant computer technology company like Intel or AMD.

Haskins writes about points of pride statewide. Email your suggestions to shaskins@al.com, or tweet them to @Shelly_Haskins using #AlabamaProud.