Chief of Staff for the VP of Product & Solution Marketing. Focused on driving organizational strategic growth, efficiency, scale, and consistency across business operations, as well as foster a culture of trust and transparency

Led and influenced key stakeholders in Marketing, Field, and Product groups to achieve cross-functional alignment on goals and successful product/service launch execution

Managed tracking and inventory of all AWS launch activities and associated metrics. Designed new workflow process to streamline Launch Management operations, improved existing workflow efficiencies, reduced friction in the process, and drove automation

Drove audience-focused marketing strategy that accelerated and optimized opportunities and improved perception of Microsoft with community top influencers• Planned, organized, and executed community events such as in-person meetups, webcasts, and virtual conferences, designed to drive engagement and source new audiences in open source and cross-platform communities while messaging Microsoft’s corporate strategies and business solutions; Developer adoptions in open source increased by 15 percentage points in 1H2016• Fostered engagement with 250 leading developer community experts within the US; 2015 Community Lead satisfaction score of 197/200 (Global Community Lead average is 182)• Partnered with Microsoft product, marketing, field teams, and US Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) to coordinate regional and local events including the world’s largest single day technical community event, Global Azure Bootcamp, since 2013. In 2015, 35 locations in the US, reached 1,800 attendees (worldwide total of 182 locations in 64 countries, reached over 12,000 attendees) and over 16 years’ worth of computing power used to help breast cancer research was processed in one day• Maintained a deep understanding of relevant industry trends and competition, served as a trusted advisor to the MVP Award program team on strategy development • Managed vendor relationships and led multiple pilot projects on measuring mindshare and advocacy among community • Worked with engineering and marketing teams to define the developer value propositions for new technologies and created opportunities and channels for community influencers to provide feedback into product plans

Managed partner/distributor readiness program development and execution, developed and project managed demand generation, awareness, and lead nurturing campaigns• Built strong value-based relationships with strategic partners, distributors, and targeted OEMs, defining business strategies, goals and objectives • Developed and executed a comprehensive all-up marketing strategy inclusive of product rollouts, marketing campaigns, and managing new channels or methods to drive awareness and launch excitements• Drove the creation of the go-to-market content, including product positioning, competitive assessments and sales enablement content such as website content, whitepapers, demos, battle cards and decks• Led 4 Microsoft Authorized Distributors to develop actionable lead generation campaigns for Windows Embedded business in the US region, successfully launched Windows 7 products, achieved 10% new customer conversion goal and drove 35% of Microsoft Windows Embedded revenue, 30% Y/Y growth• Managed a vendor based tele-qualification team of 3 on lead management process. Oversaw and ensured all leads were triaged and passed through the qualify/nurture pipeline into sales opportunities

Developed and led multiple product release plans for Windows Embedded Business. Responsibilities include: built an end-to-end launch process for Windows Embedded marketing and partner teams, establishing the right process and cadence across stakeholders, enabling clear and fluid information flow across teams, designing and delivering launch reporting; managed product marketing collateral development and localization process to deliver external ready materials in Asia Pacific and Europe, the Middle East and Africa regions; partnered with the operations and licensing team to drive product fulfillment.

Managed and monitored key deliverables within Project Management Office (PMO) in the areas of project management, scheduling, planning, and coordination to ensure the project aligns with the SDLC processes and compliance to Microsoft policies while meeting the business goals. Responsibilities include: worked with key stakeholders, steering committees, and executive sponsors to define project deliverables, key measures of success, and estimated ROI; developed and managed overall project plan to determine time frame, funding requirements, project scheduling, staffing requirements, and allotment of resources to various phases of project; established a strategy of continuous risk management that enabled proactive decisions and actions throughout the project lifecycle and created an environment to support it where the project team has visible, measurable, and repeatable processes for managing risks; led change control process, facilitated weekly Change Control Board (CCB) meeting

Led the global marketing team of 4 to deploy retail campaigns in emerging markets. Managed business development and marketing activities including event planning/management, partner selection, contract drafting, and negotiation of partnerships for the PlaysForSure portable device team.