Mary Sutton Email & Phone Number

Kirkland, Wa, Us

Redmond, Washington, United States

- Manage team of event experience leads who support and execute global Cloud Week events for Microsoft partner audiences, reaching a total of 180,000 learners to date. My responsibilities include development of our strategic planning timeline, event agenda management, event supplier management, curriculum development, speaker support across time zones, design of the learner platform experience and audience metrics. Our event portfolio includes Cloud Launch (a project-ready skills application program for new hires), Cloud Week (core technical and sales training for professionals delivering Microsoft solutions) and custom Microsoft Cloud learning events for global systems integrators.- Change management leader, creating strategic frameworks and readiness materials to help launch and land programmatic changes. Achievements include design of the global operational model for Cloud Week events program, Microsoft certification renewal announcement, the integration of training analytics into Partner Center reporting dashboards, and the Azure Skills Initiative.

Redmond, Washington, United States

- Built and lead the training content operations team that manages our digital assets and publishes them in learning path format for partner learner audiences, ensuring brand consistency and a high-quality experience for the sales, technical and business decision maker learners we serve.- Track engagement metrics across our content portfolio to assess content performance and learner conversion rates.

Redmond, Washington, United States

- Drove the design, engineering roadmap and launch for Microsoft Partner University online learning management system, in collaboration with Worldwide Learning and Partner Center teams.- Partnered with Microsoft Application Development product group to curate and deliver the training portfolio for partner companies aspiring to earn Microsoft Silver and Gold Competency program status.

Greater Seattle Area

- Managed planning and execution of learning programs for Microsoft's Advertising and Online global sales Account Executives, to educate them on Microsoft technologies and the competitive landscape.- Ran business reporting system for Microsoft Learning partners to assess their fulfilment of required performance metrics.

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Spent 18 years with Waggener Edstrom Communications. Worked in administration for the Microsoft account 1995-2000. Transitioned in 2000 to the learning and development group, where I consulted with North America, Europe and Asia company leaders to build onboarding and client service training programs that helped their teams learn how to tell the human story behind their clients' complex technology innovations.

Newbury Park, Ca

Drove university-targeted marketing and advertising campaigns for promotion of “Pine Forge Press” college textbook products, largely via direct-mail and telephone sales.

Ma, Interdisciplinary Studies: Rhetoric/Communications, English, Sociology

Master of Arts, Interdisciplinary Studies (Communications, Literature, Sociology)

Ba, English

Activities and Societies: Editor for English Department Journal of Poetry ReviewBachelor of Arts, English Literature