Paul Estes Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas, Us

Beyond the promise of magical prompts and the latest AI chip innovations, teams, including ours, are working tirelessly to implement AI across large organizations in all industries. These are their stories... As Editor-in-Chief at Enterprise AI Today, I lead the editorial vision and strategy for a premier online publication dedicated to providing business leaders with critical, hype-free, practical insights into how enterprise companies use AI today. Our team of writers, community builders, and marketers are working to leverage AI in all aspects of the creation of this project. Each week, we deliver: Real Insights: thoroughly researched articles that delve into successful enterprise AI cases, highlighting actionable insights and the tangible benefits of AI integration in business operations.Enterprise AI in the News: An extensive selection of hundreds of curated articles annually from esteemed sources like McKinsey, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal, providing our readers with a comprehensive view of AI's evolving role in the enterprise landscape. Exclusive AI Sessions: This monthly five-person event is designed for senior AI professionals. It fosters open discussions on complex AI topics and promotes an exchange of best practices and frameworks.

Bellevue, Wa, Us

Ally is opening a new era for attainable robotics technology. With a combination of machine vision, imitation learning, AI, and hardware innovation, we can significantly expand the market for robotic technology

XpertLink was founded on the belief that the future of the customer experience is human, intelligent, and on-demand. XpertLink makes it easy to integrate experts into your existing customer experience and builds a rich dataset that enables customer personalization and innovation that turns your customers into brand advocates. Learn more at www.xpertlink.ai

Plantation, Florida, Us

Our vision is a world where the physical and digital are one. Our mission is to amplify human potential by delivering the most immersive AR platform, so people can intuitively see, hear, and touch digital content in the physical world.

San Francisco, California, Us

The company's first Chief Community Officer (Senior Vice President serving on the MURAL executive team). In one year, Paul led the launch of MURAL’s first on-demand expert service, learning center, community forum, and scaling MURAL's community team to over 25 diverse employees from multiple disciplines. This included the creation of an outcome-based schema, partnering with an industry-leading CMS partner, and developing innovative onboarding UX to drive personalized intelligent product experiences.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Led a team of progressive HR, procurement, and legal trailblazers to launch Microsoft's Gig Economy freelance program and also created Microsoft Experts in PowerPoint which connects customers with freelance designers on-demand to ensure successful business outcomes. There is an amazing trend happening across the SaaS world where companies are adding "People to software" Led a product content studio responsible for assets that engaged, educated, and inspired 100M+ customers each year. Honored to lead some of the most passionate, creative, and mission-driven people in the industry.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Product leader for multiple cross-functional teams in the innovative and successful development of the Surface Hub. Mapped the new Xbox hardware strategy, navigated and assessed capabilities between teams, and drove executive-level decision-making. Ensured the highly efficient management of over 3000+ engineers and $1B+ development budgets.Partnered with the Executive Team, finance, human resources, and General Managers to facilitate the major transformation of the Windows Devices Group, Windows Apps and Microsoft Office .

Redmond, Washington, Us

Recruited to be part of a select team to launch the new Microsoft Music offering, which supported the introduction of Windows 8. Responsible for the global P&L of Xbox Music: Forecasting, Long Range Planning, Opex, KPI/dashboard creation and reporting. Drove strategy and due diligence for multiple strategic partnerships/acquisitions and review with Senior Leadership Team inline with future consumer trends in the entertainment space.

Austin, Texas, Us

Tim Ferriss had it right: you can work with virtual assistants to escape the grind of eighty-hour workweeks. Ferriss was ahead of his time in predicting how entrepreneurs would work today and we have discovered that the benefits of the gig economy now extend to employees and business owners. You don’t have to quit your job to live a balanced life, reskill, unlock new opportunities, or start that side hustle you can’t stop thinking about.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Redmond, Washington, Us

Member of the Windows Phone leadership team reporting directly to the President of the Division; assisted in managing an organization of 2,800 people.Ran the overall rhythm of the business and provided strategic counsel to Leadership Team including marketing, LCA, HR, Operator Channels, CFO while continuing to support key business development engagements with key OEM’s for the Windows Phone,

Redmond, Washington, Us

Led management of cross division negotiation team for the Multi-Billion dollar Nokia/Microsoft definitive agreement with a project team of 120+ cross functional executives. Managed key OEM relationships for strategic Windows Phone program driving key negotiations with partner executives to ensure the launch of the product. Led OEM selection process and negotiated agreements valued at over $1B, including significant marketing investments. Responsible for conversations from C- to working-level between Microsoft and major partners for phone programs.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Drove strategic business development engagements for XBOX hardware focused on new product investigations, supply/profitability, M&A opportunities, and IP strategies. Responsible for C-level strategic relationships with multiple suppliers while leading negotiations for indirect spend categories including logistics, IT and Business Process delivering over $40M in savings. Developed course materials and deployed training on negotiation strategy and contract structures. Managed a team of sourcing professionals: interviewed, hired, on-boarded & created team’s performance plans while serving as a mentor for a number of junior employees staffed in China and Ireland.

Round Rock, Texas, Us

Responsible for the Dell DJ product line. Authored ‘product requirements document’ including business case, relevant technology research, product positioning target markets, target applications, marketing opportunities, competitive analysis & revenue forecast. Initiated and drove strategic partnerships with key entertainment partners including XM, Napster, Real Networks, Yahoo Music, AOL, Audible, MTV. Oversaw a global development team (engineers/program managers) in Taiwan and Singapore

Round Rock, Texas, Us

Spearheaded overall strategy for software and service portfolio on consumer PC’s and monetization strategies driving $300M+ in annual margin. Responsible for innovating the distribution business models which increased customer engagement, reduced cost, and delivered significant contribution margin Drove focus groups and usability studies to understand customer behavior across our hardware, software, and services offerings. Product lead on the MSFT Media Center launches including the worldwide TV tuner road map supporting the complete product offering. Drove adoption to over 30% making Dell the #1 partner for the product. Product lead for the “Dell Media Experience” program working directly with C-level executives, design/development teams, and usability to launch the product on all Consumer Desktops and Notebooks.

Round Rock, Texas, Us

Drove $900M+ in annual sales through merchandising, sales engagement and promotional strategies for the Small Business Segment of the Dimension Desktop line. Managed the launch and technology transitions for Intel Pentium 4, Windows XP and AOL Business Broadband and was a key player driving partner marketing programs and partner ROI resulting in future partner investment in the direct channel. Hand selected for Brand Marketing rotation across Desktops, Workstations, Enterprise Servers and Peripherals

Bachelor Of Science, Business, Marketing

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance Concentration