
Platform Strategy Advisor at Microsoft
San Francisco Bay Area

Platform Strategy Advisor at Microsoft
San Francisco Bay Area
Senior IT Professional with 20+ years of experience in the following areas.
+ Product Engineering
+ IT Operations : Environment design, data center strategy
and deployments, capacity management, capital budget.
+ Business Systems: 15 years experience leading
marketing, sales, engineering, service, ERP systems deployments.
+ Global IT Architecture
+ Six Sigma Green Belt
+Project Management
+ Global IT processes (SDLC, Governance, configuration / change
management, software procurement, etc)
+ Security Management
+ Vendor Management
+ Consulting (prof services) Engagement Manager
+Technical Lead
+ Systems analyst
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
May 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)
As Platform Strategy Advisor, overall mission is to secure platform adoption. Key focus is to demonstrate the business value of new innovative Microsoft platform technologies. Engage with senior business and technology decision makers at customers and partners in order to articulate the business value of the Microsoft platform, jointly develop customer specific value propositions, identify opportunities, and drive pilot projects that utilize key innovative technologies that create new business value for the customer/partner.