Leonardo Monte Email & Phone Number

Redmond, Washington, Us

Redmond, Washington, Us

Technical Program Manager who created and executed the innovative Cost and Capacity Efficiency Program for Cloud Consumption (Azure) in the entire Engineering Org (+4,000 Engineers). And currently re-designing the whole Planning process for Cloud + AI priorities within Commerce + Ecosystems Org.• Reduced Engineering Cloud Spending Consumption by $175M in the last 24 months (~15% reduction YoY) through the Efficiency OKR Program that guides 100% of Engineers in the Org. The program was so successful that other Orgs copied it.• Developed the strategy and led the execution of the project to shift 100% of Virtual Machines (~500,000 cores in 20+ Data Center) to more Efficient Virtual Machines in 12 months based on pricing and performance, beating the expectation from Leadership Team (expected ~50% accomplishment).• Closed all gaps that existed in the communication between Engineering and Finance by creating new spending models and reports to "translate" the language of one team to the other. Became the official voice of the Engineering Org to Finance.• Expanded the program management role to teach other teams outside of my Organization on how to execute the whole Program Management to be more Efficient with the engineering Cloud Usage.• Created new KPI (Key Performance Indicators) and OKR (Objective Key Results) to make sure that Engineering teams are delivering the priorities and all necessary product development within the semester.• Creating the new Semester Planning process to prioritize hundreds of Cloud + AI Asks to C+E in a way that protects Commerce +Ecosystems Engineering teams from random asks and at the same time, always deliver the most important asks (impact on External customers)

Redmond, Washington, Us

• Developed data analysis, models and valuations to prioritize the main projects in the Engineering Org by developing a ROI (Return on the Investment) approach to projects and programs.• Modeled and got the approval to execute the biggest investment of the Org ($37M for Q4 and +170M for FY21) to start the shift from On-Prem infrastructure into the Cloud Infrastructure (Azure) in 20+ Data Center worldwide.• Developed new reports to track the results of projects and modeled phase 2 of the Infra project to shift from On-Prem to Azure.• Got an invite to move to the Engineering team as a Program Manager to work even closer to Engineers

Redmond, Washington, Us

Responsible for worldwide planning, forecasting, reporting and insights on P&L and for making the connection between Sales Channel Segments, Product departments and finance teams in all geographies that Microsoft operates• Corp Controller for $3Bi Revenue Adjustments (Channel Incentives); $1Bi Revenue Driven Opex and $2Bi COGs• Managed the WW Process for Channel Inventory and Excess Reserves for Xbox, Surface, Office and Windows• Developed Opex model to facilitate conversation with Leaders about Corp Judgement on top of Field Forecast• Received 2 quarterly Global Awards

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Made recommendations for cost savings within the Payroll Department and created a model which identified cost drivers, forecasting costs before and after recommendations were implemented

Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Br

Created strategies and programs to improve revenue, reduce losses and increase the number of clients of ‘payroll business’ that serves 75,000 companies and 8.5M clients (45% of total active clients at Itau); led 6 team members• Created a model that segmented clients based on industry niches and risk profile, increasing revenue and reducing credit losses by US$160M (~12% YoY)• Increased revenue by 15% in PABs (co-located branch inside companies) by creating a model that shows product gaps in each of 860 PABs (1M accounts), comparing each one to specific benchmarks• Developed new reward systems and prospect lists that led 7,000 sales managers to acquire the most profitable clients in the market (potential of 3M individual clients)• Interacted with Senior Leadership Team monthly to approve and show results of projects; interacted with sales directors and product directors daily to execute all projects• Recognized as one of the 10% best people managers of the bank in 2011 and 2012

Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Br

Improved processes of ‘payroll business’¸ trained sales force and visited important companies; led 3 team members• Improved SLA (Service Level Agreement) of the department by 90% by designing new policies and database• Trained hundreds of sales managers in Top 5 cities about the correct ways to negotiate company payroll• Conducted the migration of hundreds of big companies and city halls’ payrolls from competitors to Itau• Recognized as one of the 20% best analysts of the division in 2010 (amongst 45 analysts)

Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Br

Created new processes with marketing, commercial and operation to improve the first impression of clients when they open their accounts and to retain the most profitable clients when they want to change to a competitor.

Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Br

Intern of B.I. - Created reports and provided solutions to contracts that were not performing according to valuation.

Taught Math, Chemistry and Physics to high school students.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration, Management And Operations

Mba In Economics, Business/Managerial Economics

Mechanical Engineer, Mechanical Engineering