Cory Stevens Email & Phone Number

• Responsible for the business and program management activities of Microsoft Research at Redmond helping the Lab Director, Leadership Team, Chief of Staff, and Business Operations Team to streamline processes to execute.
• Manage budget, capacity, staffing, recruiting, and headcount activities to ensure alignment with investment priorities, funding, forecast, and desired workplace improvements
• Help orchestrate the management of various activities within the rhythm of business activities, by scheduling events, collection of content, recording meetings and hosting the sessions
• Evaluate end to end business processes and identify improvements to help gain clarity and efficiencies when executed, reducing rework, and saving time
• Own the development and improvement of an existing work request tool using PowerApps and Power Automate to capture important required data, route requests for approval, and communicate changes in the request status to.
• Contributed to the management of the organization’s office and lab space allocation, including a recent building reshuffle moving over 150+ individuals in a single day.

• Responsible for business management and rhythm of the business (ROB) activities to help the Microsoft Maps and Local CVP, Chief of Staff, Leadership Team and members of the organization achieve their core priorities.
• Effective planning, forecasting and management of employee headcount (466) and budget ($120M)
• Drive the recruiting process and staffing strategy to enable managers to hire quickly and find the best talent
• Created clarity and visibility through delivery of content sharing mechanisms, for example newsletters, announcements, and channel posts
• Track action items, communicating status to stakeholders, and holding assigned owners accountable for meeting due dates, process guidelines, and delivery of their work tasks
• Manage and facilitate the rhythm of business (RoB) for the Leadership Team, including product meetings, employee All Hands, green-light reviews, execution checkpoints (OKRs), learning series, budget tracking, and.

California, United States

• Responsible for assessing and streamlining all aspects of daily business operations. Driving process and tooling improvements to ensure company longevity for a company at risk of closing.
• Grew company profit within 18 months, from $200,000 to $700,000 for 2020 and on track to exceed $1,000,000 in 2021
• Set company goals, standards and managed projects
• Supervise office staff, hired and onboarded new employees
• Manage company software and IT infrastructure
• Manage compliance and security clearances like DOD and CWA

South Jordan, UT

• Responsible for managing the implementation and communication of business client’s health insurance plans for their pensioned employees within the Client Services Department.
• Led the Educational Outreach program and Seasonal Readiness initiative
• Evangelized customer-centric thinking across departments and initiatives
• Managed cross-team dependencies, priorities, and department OKRs
• Collected and assessed program requirements from all internal stakeholders
• Reviewed user journey maps to identify gaps and areas to drive improvements

Draper, Utah, United States

• Responsible for all aspects of daily business operations and averting an impending company bankruptcy.
• Led the company to financial solvency within 4 months
• Directed and negotiated the sale of a company division for $1,600,000 in cash
• Revisited past tax returns resulting in a $400,000 refund
• Prioritized and negotiated debts and overdue payables
• Streamlined accounting processes and divergent software

• Microsoft Bing/Cortana EcosystemResponsible for the publication of all Cortana skills and administration of the directory website.
• Managed development and administration of new cortanaskills.com website
• Co-developed the requirements and end-to-end processes for the certification and publication of 3rd party Cortana skills
• Co-produced publishing specs and requirements for the certification administration tool
• Created publishing requirements and specifications for the developer portal
• Collaborated with 3rd party partners, legal and marketing departments

Lake Stevens, Washington, United States

Founded and managed a community newspaper that served the residents and businesses in Lake Stevens.

• Samsung S8 (Bixby)
• Managed Application Development Team
• Set scope, priorities balanced workloads and generated daily team reports
• Triaged incoming issues, managed backlog and tracked progress
• Improved efficiencies and processes within the Engineering, Localization and NLU teams
• Generated weekly reports for Samsung Executive Team

Responsible for leading the Quality Assurance, Technical Writing and Localization Teams and ensuring the quality of barcode printer drivers and barcode and label creation software in 23 languages.