Ralph Young Email & Phone Number

Greater Seattle Area

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Greater Seattle Area

• RDY Consulting focuses on helping companies create breakthrough growth, through programs and people. Specializing in change management, I helped Citrix (NASDAQ: CTXS) grow a key Software as a service business (Saas) in.
• Strategy development and implementation
• Go to market strategy
• Measurement programs, accountability and instrumentation - enabling real-time decision making
• Executive Insights for the leadership team: breaking Big Data into salient data
• C-Suite guidance, including SVP (Senior Vice President) and Executive Vice President consulting

Greater Seattle Area

• Leadership roles for non-profit organization focused on fundraising for local school district. Passionate about public education, and with a background in running the Worldwide Education market for Microsoft, I created.
• Increased budget from $800K to $2MM
• Improved the value proposition for giving and donation, working with donors
• Helped community to "go beyond the property tax" - and significantly impacted the educational capabilities of one of the most highly-decorated school districts in the United States

Greater Seattle Area

• Built worldwide go-to-market strategy for Microsoft's $3B Communications Business. Responsible for customers and partners across the following key markets:
• Telecommunications (also called Telecom or Telcom)
• Mobility (mobile devices, mobile phones)
• Hosting
• Media and EntertainmentRedesigned new partner architecture. Decision-making member of Microsoft's Software + Services Governance Council. Key telecom partners included Nokia, Vodafone, NTT, Orange, Telefonica and.

Greater Seattle Area

• Drove global strategy for the Public Sector at Microsoft. Grew the business from $5.5B to $8B in 3 years (averaging 15% CAGR on a multi-billion dollar business).
• Built and led marketing team, responsible for designing and delivering new initiatives for Government, Education, and Health care
• Educational initiatives include various Citizenship programs, including Partners in Learning, INnovative Teachers Forum, Government Security Forum, Disaster Response Program, Child Exploitation Tracking System and IT.
• Spokesperson for Microsoft in the Public Sector, including Industry Keynotes, Executive Briefings and Analyst Briefings
• Discussion leader on the topic of Social and Economic Development with industry thought-leaders in multiple venues
• Microsoft Executive sponsor for Russia and NATO

Greater Seattle Area

• Responsible for Micorosft's $1B line of business with Enterprise companies in the 14 Western US states.
• Led the US Subsidiary in Customer and Partner Satisfaction for three years in a row
• Recognized as top division for Services Growth and Penetration for three years in a row
• Exceeded forecast and budget for Revenue Growth and Attainment for three years in a row
• Devised and implemented new initiative (called Connected Sales and Marketing, or CSM), which increased marketing contribution to pipeline by 40%
• US Executive Sponsor for Diversity: served as US Executive Representative on the Diversity Executive Workgroup (DEW)

Greater Seattle Area

• Responsible for leading the overhaul of Microsoft's $11B Enterprise Sales Organization.Key areas of expertise:
• enterprise sales strategy
• organizational modeling
• compensation systems
• sales process
• sales training / solution selling

Greater Seattle Area

Chief executive at VC-funded startup.Responsible for worldwide sales, marketing, distribution and customer support, focused on the consumer wireless market.Helped build joint venture business in Japan and Korea.

Greater Seattle Area

Operational leader across a variety of functions within the organization, including marketing, sales, project and technical functions. Leadership role in the development of the wireless market in Latin America.Grew business over 100% in just two years; participated in President's Council. Vice President, North American Telecom Region, Area Manager.

Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: Preparation for strategic executive leadership, including coursework in marketing, organizational development.

Bachelor Of Arts, Business Management, Psychology

Activities and Societies: Alpha Tau Omega, Dean's List, Football / Track Letterman

Education record