Josh Farris Email & Phone Number

Austin, Tx, Us

Taking a break for travel, care for mother and jury duty.

- Program manager for Generate Now!, a new Microsoft generative AI podcast. - Developed sales playbook for digital business unit partners.- Strategy lead for Accenture/Microsoft joint messaging framework- Built a strategic & programmatic approach to market sustainability. Provided guidance on how the sustainability product marketing team can elevate their sustainability message across Microsoft.

Supporting the Azure AI global sales strategy team. 2023: Go-to-market PM of 50+ assets for Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service ChatGPT and GPT-4 launches. Content editor of multiple sales/marketing materials including internal FAQ, sales guidance, and to-customer presentation decks. Collaborated with Microsoft sales, marketing, engineering, legal and partner groups. • Primary author of Azure OpenAI Service Sales Playbook2021 & 2022: Created and managed co-sell campaigns with Microsoft ISV and SI partners focused on Azure AI solutions. Engaged with Microsoft account teams to showcase partner solutions and identify co-sell customer opportunities. • Conducted over 500 partner introduction calls with Microsoft account executives, Data & AI specialists, and account tech strategists.

Redmond, Wa

Owned Microsoft licensing content and training engines. Covered Azure, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365 and licensing programs enablement. Managed an editorial calendar and roadmap for upcoming product launches.• Created and landed a required training course for 1500 internal sellers.• Increased on-demand webcast consumption by 48% YoY.• Produced a new licensing Microsoft Certified Professional exam (70-705).

Owned content and marketing for product licensing launches. Managed Microsoft.com, Microsoft Partner Network and internal SharePoint product licensing websites. • Product marketer for Windows 10 licensing launch; introducing the new Windows 10 licensing model.

*Same as previous role, but with Derflan. Created messaging and marketing materials. Managed content for internal, partner, and customer audiences. Edited and published final content across multiple Microsoft Financing sites. • Maximized content visibility on internal SharePoint sites, including SEO. • Managed two complete refreshes of the Microsoft Financing website, along with multiple pages on Microsoft partner and customer sites.

Redmond, Wa

• Owned and managed the content transition from old internal SharePoint site to new InfoPedia site. • Created new Microsoft Financing InfoPedia pages, published updates regularly. • Localized content with regional sellers.

Bellevue, Wa

Managed the creation of a short-term portal pilot within Microsoft partner program site. Liaison between the agency and business owner. Directed weekly v-team meetings.

Redmond, Wa

Managed go-to-market campaigns, and communicated product launches and updates to the Microsoft Advertising sales force. Articulated the value, competitive differentiation, market positioning and other key selling propositions.• Delivered ad offers on MSN channel newsletters and MSN properties including Autos, Money and the homepage.

Redmond, Wa

Educated top alliance partners including HP, Capgemini, Hitachi, and Siemens on partner programbenefits, including reduction of internal licensing costs. Streamlined program overhead.

Issaquah, Wa

Managed a call center assisting Dynamics partners with inquiries related to licensing, partner program, technical support, & training. • Expanded team from 7 to 14 team members due to strong demand and support quality.• Produced training for 12 reps covering platform, Dynamics, & partner program content.

Redmond, Wa

Supported Microsoft partners as a sales, marketing, technical and training resource. Engaged partners in marketing campaigns; assisting their efforts to drive Microsoft revenue. Worked closely with Microsoft Partner Account Managers and promoted selected partners to field management. • Promoted to Team Manager in April, 2005.

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