National Technology Officer at Microsoft New Zealand
New Zealand
- Current
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- National Technology Officer at Microsoft New Zealand
- Founder, Chief Ideas Guy at 842
- Past
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- Advisory Board Member at Unimarket
- Director of Innovation at Microsoft New Zealand
- Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft New Zealand
- Platform Strategy Manager at Microsoft New Zealand
- OEM Manager at Microsoft New Zealand
- Manager Volume Licensing - Asia Pacific at Software Spectrum
- Education
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- University of Auckland
- Mount Albert Grammar School
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Brett Roberts’s Summary
25 years in a variety of sales, marketing, PR and technology-related roles including:
- enterprise and public sector sales
- competitive analysis and strategy development
- segment and audience marketing
- channel management
- general management
- government relations
- communications, PR and issues management
- mentoring, coaching and cajoling of startups
- software development
- aviation industry experience
Brett Roberts’s Specialties:
Strategy, business planning, innovation, marketing, corporate and government sales, government liaison, PR/issues management, geek-speak to business-speak translation (and vice versa), IT trend analysis, forecasting and crystal ball-gazing, "specialist generalist"
Brett Roberts’s Experience
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National Technology Officer
Microsoft New Zealand
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 8 months)
Responsible for outreach and engagement with technology leaders, academics and government officials with the goal of advocating the technology needs of local government, education and academic agencies within Microsoft.
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Founder, Chief Ideas Guy
842
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
November 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)
842 is a personal side project and was NZ's first web-based SMS/text response marketing service (pre-dating its competitors by a year or two). 842 would be best-described as an "ongoing learning experience" rather than a business and it has provided an opportunity to better understand the startup world, learn about marketing and technology and spend money for little or no return :-)
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Advisory Board Member
Unimarket
(Information Services industry)
March 2006 — September 2008 (2 years 7 months)
Unimarket delivers the next generation of eProcurement through an Amazon-like user experience on a secure B2B collaborative network.
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Director of Innovation
Microsoft New Zealand
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2006 — March 2008 (1 year 9 months)
Development of strategic initiatives/relationships and building new channels to market. Ownership of Microsoft NZ's competitive, security and online safety strategies.
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Chief Technology Officer
Microsoft New Zealand
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
July 2005 — July 2006 (1 year 1 month)
Responsible for developing and communicating Microsoft NZ's competitive, security and online safety strategies.
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Platform Strategy Manager
Microsoft New Zealand
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
July 2003 — June 2005 (2 years )
Responsible for developing Microsoft NZ's competitive strategies
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OEM Manager
Microsoft New Zealand
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
November 1997 — June 2003 (5 years 8 months)
Responsible for all of Microsoft's OEM business in NZ
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Manager Volume Licensing - Asia Pacific
Software Spectrum
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 1993 — October 1997 (4 years 3 months)
Primary responsibility for Software Spectrum's software volume licensing businesss across the Asia Pacific region (Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong)
Brett Roberts’s Education
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University of Auckland
Diploma in Business (IS) , Information Technology , 1990 — 1992
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Mount Albert Grammar School
1975 — 1979
Brett Roberts’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
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