Angus Norton

Angus Norton

Senior Director, Bing Search, Microsoft Corporation

Greater Seattle Area

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Angus Norton’s Summary

Over the last two decades I have been lucky enough to have worked in 3 different countries, where i have experienced many different cultures and built some fantastic relationships with some extraordinary people across the world.

Networking, staying in touch, and keeping in tune with the "conversation" are passions of mine in all walks of my life which is the main reason why i am here on Linkedin.

From a business perspective, my experience is very broad across many different businesses, channels, and audiences, and i have established myself as somewhat of a generalist that has the breadth to go in many different directions. I would summarize my core strengths as:


1. A proven business leader with a broad range of skills and experience within hi-tech marketing, consumer electronics, and online businesses.

2. A focused professional with a track record that spans many audience & business segments with experience in consumer marketing, enterprise marketing, emerging businesses, established businesses, and turnaround opportunity's.

3. A proven record of traversing the breadth of the marketing profession and its associated discipline's (in-bound, out-bound, brand, marcom, product management & sales)

4. A dedicated "student" of consumer trends, hearts, and minds, and passionate about my ability to connect brands, companies and products.

5. A marketer that understands, and has a particular passion for the power of online communities, along with the experience to help products "break through" the online "haze"


Angus Norton’s Experience

  • Senior Director, Bing Search,

    Microsoft Corporation

    (Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

    July 2007Present (2 years 1 month)

    Responsible for building out Microsoft's Platform Ecosystem strategy/approach for its Web Search business (www.bing.com). In this capacity i am leading the Product Management for Microsoft's Search Toolbar platform, Mobile Search Platform, Developer & Publisher API tools, and Microsoft's cross company initiatives for Web Search. In addition to core product management, my team is on point to drive our online business development strategy along with partners, influential', and technical audience outreach.

  • Senior Director, Developer Platform Evangelism,

    Microsoft Corporation

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

    February 2005July 2007 (2 years 6 months)

    Responsible for the marketing and product management of Microsoft's Developer and Web Design Tools in the US, specifically Visual Studio & MSDN. I also was on point for all-up Technical Audience relationship marketing in the US geography. In this capacity i ran a $500m+ business for the company and had end to end ownership of our execution and investments for the businesses that fell within that portfolio.

  • Director, Windows Mobile,

    Microsoft Corporation

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; msft; Computer Software industry)

    May 2003March 2005 (1 year 11 months)

    In this position i was responsible for Microsoft's inaugural entrance into the mobile phone & devices marketplace. I was responsible for the launch, marketing, and US P&L for this 'startup' business at Microsoft in the Americas region and also managed the business plans for the core go to market partners that we partnered with in the US region.

  • Group Product Manager, Enterprise Servers & Tools,

    Microsoft Corporation

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; msft; Computer Software industry)

    March 2000May 2003 (3 years 3 months)

    Was responsible for the team that drove product management and marketing for the SQL Server database product and Microsoft early entries into the e-business server segment (Biz Talk Server, Commerce Server, Content Management server)

  • Group Product Manager

    Microsoft New Zealand

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

    June 1997January 2000 (2 years 8 months)

    I was on a team that was responsible for the sales & marketing of Exchange Server, SQL Server, Visual Studio and Windows Server i the New Zealand market. I was aksed to transfer to the US HQ, in Redmond, WA.

  • Lead Product Manager

    Microsoft New Zealand

    (Public Company; 51-200 employees; msft; Computer Software industry)

    June 1995June 1997 (2 years 1 month)

    I was a member of the team that led Microsofts entry into the consumer multimedia and PC games market in the it NZ subsidairy.

  • Group Brand Manager

    Sony Corporation

    (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Consumer Electronics industry)

    March 1993July 1995 (2 years 5 months)

    I managed the group that was responsible for Sony New Zealands Audio/Video products. I was responsible for the countrys strategic product marketing, and P&L for its core product lines in the audio/video segment.

  • Product Manager

    Sony Corporation

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Consumer Electronics industry)

    March 1990February 1993 (3 years)

    Was responsible for the marketing, and sales of Sony's personal video products in the New Zealand marketplace.

  • Account Executive

    Sony Corporation (New Zealand)

    (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Consumer Electronics industry)

    April 1992February 1993 (11 months)

    I was the sales manager for Sonys key accounts in the Nort Island of NZ. I ran a team of account managers, and owned the all up quota across Sony consumer electronics line in New Zealand


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