After a great stint in Seattle, I plan to be back in Europe in the beginning of January. I have had a great time with a variety of focus areas across Leadership, Public Sector, Sales Compensation & Readiness. My time in Microsoft has offered me roles in Sales [Public Sector - Denmark], Bespoke Deal Creation/Negotiation [Enterprise/Public Sector Customers in EMEA], Sales Operations [Public Sector – EMEA], Chief of Staff [Public Sector – WW], Sales Compensation [Americas] & Readiness [Small & Medium Customers – WW] & a variety of individual contributor and leader roles.Across the roles I have had a chance to use some of my key strengths with developing new skills. A selection of those strength/skills that I feel is also impactful for my next employer are; building new logic on existing or new business model with focus on available resources and market conditions [& landing the new models – change management], dissecting complex problems & build new solutions [negotiations, sales operations], finding pleasure in multiple problems to solve at the same time [Chief of Staff], leadership both direct & indirect [all roles], ambiguity in organization, partner and customer interactions, ensuring lasting results [Readiness]Prior to my career in Microsoft, I have worked with Sales, Teaching and Information Technology. I have a background as certified teacher – teaching Mathematics and Information Technology & various other positions in the Academic Sector including Dean of Education and CIO. After 2½ years as Sales Manager for a Danish Systems integrator I moved to Microsoft in 2002 as Lead for the Academic Business for the Danish Subsidiary.Skills:Public Sector (National, Regional & local, Education & International Organizations) Cross cultural knowledgeSales (complex deal handling, account management & operations)Business Development, Planning and ModellingReadiness (Corporate, Skilling & Teaching)CompensationBespoke deal making (Negotiation) across all customer/partner segments.Change Management
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