Paul Maher Email & Phone Number

Redmond, Washington, Us

Currently manages team of 200+ business and technical people, focused on the Microsoft commercial marketplace, driving adoption, and evolving the experience...- Defined organization vision, mission, values and aligned to company goals- Built and evolved the team, worked through acquisition, and driving needed change management- Helping Microsoft customers and partners be successful using the Microsoft cloud and commercial marketplace by providing technical, business and sales assistance- Leading operational and support functions needed to run the marketplace business- Working with marketplace product team, defining product capabilities/deliverables- Partnering with global sales team on marketplace go-to-market/Co-sell strategies- Accountable for multi-million-dollar budget- Key results: Growth and adoption of the Microsoft cloud and commercial marketplace; improving and maturing the marketplace experience; achievement of marketplace operational SLAs; revenue targets; PR and analyst engagement

Redmond, Washington, Us

Led the Industry Experiences team at Microsoft, focused on helping partners (Independent Software Vendors, System Integrators and Startups) with their move to the Microsoft cloud and commercial marketplace. The focus of the team was on the following industries - Banking and Capital Markets; Insurance; Retail; Healthcare; Manufacturing; Media and Telco; and multiple horizontal workloads (Data, AI, Migration, IoT...).The team provided technical, marketing, and sales support to Microsoft partners. Immersion in industry was through participation in industry memberships and boards, as well as attendance and speaking engagements at events. Through team initiatives, accelerating adoption of Microsoft products and services, and advocating internally for partners leading to experience improvements.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Milliman - Global Actuarial Software and Services Consultancy. Joined Milliman - Life Technology Solutions, to lead and grow the Product organization. Responsible for existing product portfolio, such as market leading actuarial modeling product MG-ALFA. Delivered the transformative financial and risk management cloud-based solution, Integrate, to market. - Led the product organization, bringing to market industry leading financial modelling solutions, for the insurance industry- Built and transformed the product organization from the ground up across people, processes, and tooling- Responsible across all elements: product vision, software development lifecycle, customer success, operations, and support- Partnered with consulting services organization on successful project delivery using software built by product team- Worked with the business on delivering against revenue goals- Key results: launched to market one of world’s largest scale cloud solutions, Integrate, for actuarial modelling and reporting; surpassed company revenue goals; PR; strategic partnerships; change management and organizational maturity

Redmond, Washington, Us

Relocated to the US to lead team of business and technical people, driving early adoption of next generation Microsoft technologies - Influenced technology adoption with strategic global partners worldwide. At the time, this included Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, Azure and SQL Server- Responsible for multi-million-dollar revenue targets- Worked with various product teams to drive roadmap, using feedback from early adoption engagements with partners- Key results: seeded the market with solutions from global brand partners using next generation Microsoft technology; product roadmap; Global PR; revenue targets

Redmond, Washington, Us

Joined Microsoft's Developer and Platform Evangelism organization, leading a team of technical people, driving early adoption of next generation Microsoft technologies focused in the UK- Influenced technology adoption with strategic UK partners- UK security initiative owner, focused on raising the bar on secure coding, including agency led marketing campaigns - Key results: seeded the market with solutions from UK brand partners using next generation Microsoft technology; product roadmap; marketing campaign impact; PR

Torex Retail (acquired Alphameric) - UK Retail Software CompanyJoined leading UK retail software company, to manage their research and development team, focused on point of sale (POS) and back-office retail solutions in the UK and US- Responsible for product and technology direction at the company- Assumed additional functions across tenure, assisted with acquisitions and integration, and supported achieving company revenue goals- Pivotal role, engaging all business areas (sales, marketing, professional services…)- Key results: launched next generation POS and back-office systems to market;partnered with Microsoft on early adoption of next generation technologies; one of first to launch Retail solutions on Windows Mobile 2003, partnering closely with OEMs Symbol, Intermec, and Casio

Thomas Cook, JMC Airlines - UK Airline CompanyJoined JMC Airlines to lead Research and Development, focusing on delivery of next-generation mission-critical in-house airline systems. Short term assignment, before moving on to next role.- Led research and development team, responsible for next generation product strategy and delivery at the company.- Key results: accelerated product innovation and delivered next generation solutions needed to run the travel business

London, Gb

KPMG (and iSOFT) - Global Consultancy - Services and SoftwareJoined KPMG as a Developer and went on to lead the Product team responsible for delivering Healthcare solutions to the UK and Scandinavia markets. Ownership for maintaining and evolving existing products in market, whilst defining the vision, architecture and ultimate delivery of next-generation products to market.- Led multi-discipline product team, responsible for leading suite of software solutions for the healthcare market in UK and Scandinavia- Delivery across all elements of software development lifecycle and customer support- Collaborated across the business to achieve defined product and company goals - Key results: development and release of patient information systems solutions to market; assisted landing new deals; supported buy out from KPMG to form iSOFT plc

Bachelor Of Science, Mathematics

Education record