Christopher Ross

Past

• US Enterprise Director, Platform Deployment and Adoption at Microsoft
• Senior Product Manager, Information Worker Business Group at Microsoft Corporation
• Senior Product Manager, US Information Worker Business & Marketing Operations at Microsoft Corporation

• Business Productivity Technology Specialist at Microsoft Corporation
• Desktop Sales Specialist at Microsoft Corporation
• Practice Manager at Sentinel Technologies
• Chief Technology Officer at Consumer Action Center

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Education

• DePaul University
• Indiana University South Bend

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Connections

212 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Blog

Christopher Ross’s Summary

Application development, IT management, technology consultant.

Strategic initiative owner, technical sales professional, senior product marketer.

Weekend web hacker, rabid blogger, entrepreneur.

Christopher Ross’s Specialties:

Strategic planning and marketing. Public speaking on IT issues, including technology strategies, cost analysis and executive-level engagements. Corporate planning for field and business partner-related initiatives, subject matter expert on Microsoft platform deployment and adoption.

Christopher Ross’s Experience

• US Enterprise Director, Platform Deployment and Adoption

  Microsoft

  (Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  February 2007 — November 2009 (2 years 10 months)

  Business strategy owner for our deployment and adoption initiatives, in support of the Microsoft Office System and Windows client platforms. My specific area of responsibility are our enterprise-segment customers and partners within the US.

• Senior Product Manager, Information Worker Business Group

  Microsoft Corporation

  (Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  May 2006 — February 2007 (10 months)

  Responsible for WW field marketing and business strategy development for Microsoft Office System deployment and adoption

• Senior Product Manager, US Information Worker Business & Marketing Operations

  Microsoft Corporation

  (Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  July 2004 — April 2006 (1 year 10 months)

  Responsible for US field/customer/Partner marketing for Microsoft Office deployment

• Business Productivity Technology Specialist

  Microsoft Corporation

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

  July 2002 — June 2004 (2 years )

  Responsible for Windows and Office sales and technical pre-sales support within the IL/IN/WI sales territory, to our Enterprise customer accounts. Deployment champ, Table PC evangelist.

• Desktop Sales Specialist

  Microsoft Corporation

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

  July 2001 — June 2002 (1 year )

  Responsible for Windows and Office sales to Enterprise customer accounts in IL/IN/WI

• Practice Manager

  Sentinel Technologies

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 1999 — June 2001 (2 years 6 months)

  Managed 12-person software development practice, exclusive to Microsoft technologies

• Chief Technology Officer

  Consumer Action Center

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Consumer Services industry)

  January 1998 — December 1999 (2 years )

  Contract position, responsible for updating and migration of IT infrastructure

Christopher Ross’s Education

• DePaul University

  Finance 1996 — 1998

• Indiana University South Bend

Additional Information

Christopher Ross’s Websites:

• My Blog

Christopher Ross’s Interests:

Web 2.0 technologies, social networks, marketing, poker, cooking, music, travel

Christopher Ross’s Groups:

•    Microsoft - Current and Former Employees
•    Office Deployment and Migration

Christopher Ross’s Contact Settings

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