Jon Schmitz is a Director, Principal Software Engineer Leader at Microsoft. He possess expertise in cloud computing, saas, enterprise software, enterprise architecture, software project management and 37 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "Jon, is a dedicated leader, always thinking outside the box and has strong drive to take his organization to the next level. Jon is very passionate about the professional growth of each individual on his global team, taking time to mentor and always looking out for everyone's best interest. I’ve had the opportunity to work directly with Jon on many complex projects, his broad skillset enables him to be successful in all facets of technology and is known for getting the job done! " and "I have worked under Jon over the last 5 years. Jon is a tremendous asset to our team who possesses exceptional leadership capabilities. He pushes everyone to be better by setting clear, challenging, yet obtainable goals. Jon is a straight shooter and his team values this quality as its always clear where you stand. Jon is not afraid to make tough business decisions even when it might not be popular. Jon has proven technical depth and built a cost model and reporting system that enables reporting of service costs, risks, and dependencies for all domains such as applications, hardware, storage, and hosting, across our global services organization. Jon continues to provide our global team with the focus and drive by creating a shared vision that has enable us all to make the service we provide better every day. "