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Seattle, Washington, United States

Accomplished carpool driver, vacation planner, school volunteer, laundry expert, errand runner, sports parent and homework coach. Looking to excel at fixing things, cooking and yard maintenance.

Greater Seattle Area

Delivered communications counsel and support to the CIO driving the global IT agenda, leadership platform objectives and business goals. Owned internal communications strategy and executive engagement plan responsible for highlighting IT innovation, business value and showcasing world class IT across broad outreach channels. • Developed CIO messaging platform and storytelling agenda• Created unified tone, voice and narrative for internal marketing campaigns• Responsible for Rhythm of the business operations and communications • Drove executive integration aligning cross-group communication objectives• Provided coaching to CIO and IT executive team• Delivered high-level strategy, hands-on content creation, strategy memos, speeches, keynotes, webcasts, videos, internal email communications, campaign planning, social media and agency management.

Greater Seattle Area

Responsible for leading all marketing and development of the US Customer Reference team across Microsoft’s commercial products and solutions in the US subsidiary. Owned strategy responsible for highlighting customer success, innovation and business value in sales, marketing and PR campaigns to support and drive US business objectives and go-to-market key performance indicators. • Led development of global customer reference platform, apps & gadgets• Managed internal go-to-market, creative, campaigns, tracking and optimization• Developed and managed brand, messaging framework and communication strategy• Led development of Customer Reference web property and sales enablement portal • Delivered the voice of the customer to accelerate sales cycle and stimulate market demand• Delivered customer speakers, success stories, videos, references, quotes, logos, webinars & more

Greater Seattle Area

Accountable for identifying, developing and delivering marquee customer wins to accelerate sales cycle and increase marketing impact to meet Microsoft Office sales and marketing objectives in the US subsidiary. Owned customer evidence strategy and execution, responsible for identification and integration of strategic customer wins into sales, marketing and PR channels.• Launched Microsoft Office 2003 customer evidence deliverables • Managed strategic customer relationship pipeline • Delivered field and partner sales tools • Managed agency for go-to-market and launch customer deliverables• Delivered case studies, videos, customer quotes, PowerPoint summaries, logo slides, customer press, customer speakers and many more.

Greater Seattle Area

Responsible for global partner acquisition and retention as part of the team that scaled Microsoft’s Embedded & Appliance Platform Group devices business from a startup to market leadership position. Owned strategy to achieve partner growth, business objectives and drive high value partner experiences launching the Windows Embedded Partner Program and growing from 0-1800 partners in 3 years. • Built and managed online partner property• Managed partner ecosystem • Launched and managed online partner marketplace • Developed partner recognition program • Developed and managed Windows Embedded Partner brand• Managed channel marketing campaign • Delivered partner feedback to product team

Greater Seattle Area

Accountable for driving revenue, share and growth goals across Microsoft commercial solutions in Southeast district. Owned sales strategy to achieve revenue and scorecard targets delivering high quality customer experiences. Responsible for generating marquee wins and increased customer satisfaction across account base. Managed all aspects of sales lifecycle through envisioning, architecting and implementing high value solutions.

Greater Seattle Area

Managed and led a team of 30 inside sales reps responsible for customer acquisition and retention, driving opportunity identification and lead development of Server and Applications products. Responsible for landing sales strategy, guidance and operational rigor to exceed business objectives and sales targets. Owned scorecard responsibility, including monthly data analysis, trending reporting, key performance metrics.

Greater Seattle Area

Responsible for selling BackOffice Server and Office applications to corporate customers throughout the US. Profiled corporate accounts to identify sales and evaluation opportunities, client goals and evangelize solutions. Recognized as top producer of leads which resulted in $350,000 in potential sales revenue monthly.

Gig Harbor, Wa

Developed new business plan for POSxpress small business unit, creating integrated and channel marketing plans. Served as Business Development Manager, negotiating contracts with vendors, VARs and distributors. Managed and developed team of 2 FTE account managers responsible for selling point-of-sale scanner scales and hand held scanners.

Gig Harbor, Wa

Managed the sales of bar code scanners, software and services from cradle to grave for reseller account base. Increased sales revenues and active account base consistently every year.

Gig Harbor, Wa

Managed Public Sector account base by identifying, qualifying and closing new and existing accounts, delivering sales presentations and quotes to customers in high-level positions. Managed current account base while increasing sales and account growth.

Gig Harbor, Wa

Developed and managed end-to-end integrated marketing programs and content strategy to increase sales of Symbol Technologies handheld line of bar code scanners. Created communications and events strategy to increase adoption and purchase of new products.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Business Administration And Economics

Activities and Societies: Phi Delta Theta

Software Product Management