Software Licensing Advisors is pleased to announce joining the staff of Directions On Microsoft, combining the extensive 20 plus years of Microsoft licensing and product analysts with the over 50 years of sales and negotiation experience of Software Licensing Advisors' team of former Microsoft employees.

Software Licensing Advisors, Inc. offers independent Microsoft Licensing Analysis, Optimization and Negotiations, Microsoft Licensing & Negotiations Workshops, and Software Audit Reconciliation & Risk Mitigation engagements for Microsoft Volume Licensing Program clients in the Mid-to-Large Enterprise market space. Our consultants are former Microsoft Managers, Microsoft Large Account Resellers, & Gartner and Directions on Microsoft Analysts, and have worked with companies such as Oracle, UPS, Scottrade, Progressive Insurance, Experian, Eaton Corp, Bayer, Abbott Labs and many more.

Evolute has extensive knowledge in providing affordable Health Solutions and Consultation to interconnect your Health Information Services (HIS) to ancillary systems throughout your campus facility, off-site clinics, payers, and partner/vendor ecosystem, using our Enterprise Service Bus (ESB). We offer HL7 and HIPAA 5010 migration review, analysis and translation from 4010 at a fraction of the cost of large system vendors, and often subcontract with these vendors to perform the work. Our translators have been built for Epic, McKesson's Paragon, Siemens MedSeries4/Invision/Soarian, Cerner Millennium, and many others with connectors into over 100 systems ready-made. Our customers include CCAD, Martin Memorial, Allscripts, DakotaCare and many others.On December 26th, 2012, Evolute Consolidated Holdings was acquired by PipelineRX in San Francisco, CA. (http://www.pipelinerx.com)

Account Management employing solution selling, financial selling and expert negotiation techniques in combination with executive trusted-advisor relationships to drive high-revenue-growth. In this role, I led a team of sales, support, licensing and asset management professionals to execute contract renewals and net new growth in a named account base of 27 accounts in the Greater Southeast district, including companies such as Chick-Fil-A, Simmons Bedding Co., and SYNNEX Corp.Achieved 25% growth year-over-year. 102% FY11, 119% through H1 FY12."Steve has demonstrated that he can deliver against results consistently and he did so under challenging circumstances in FY10...Steve is disciplined, taking the time to identify opportunities, document a plan and aggressively execute against it. He has done an excellent job and I appreciate the work he has done and continues to do."- FY10 Microsoft Performance Review"Steve renewed every one of Enterprise Agreement customer renewals...He has never lost a contract in his five years with Microsoft. From a Premier perspective, Steve has one of the highest penetrated accounted bases in the Greater Southeast District"- FY11 Microsoft Performance Review.

Corporate Account Manager accountable for 28 Enterprise Customers in the Greater Southeast District across all Product Groups, leading a team of several Solution Sales Specialists, Premier Support Reps, Licensing Specialists, Software Asset Managers, and Field Marketing efforts to execute a territory penetration and growth strategy. Rapidly raised the profile of customer relationships to “Executive Trusted Advisor” at accounts such as Chick-Fil-A, Rollins, Inc. (ORKIN), The Weather Channel, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and E*Trade Financial. Ensure customer success by translating software into capabilities that support strategic initiatives & amplifying worker potential and innovation. Achieved 100% Contract Renewals for four years straight without a single loss. 20%+ year over year growth on as high as $32M territory. 122% Attainment / 22% Growth FY08101% Attainment / 48% Growth FY09111% Attainment / 24% Growth FY10Recognized with four achievement awards."...Steve coordinates his engagements well, communicates well, maintains a positive work attitude, and pays attention to detail." - FY '07 Microsoft Performance Review"During Steve's first full year at Microsoft, he demonstrated that he is an excellent Account Manager. He does a great job leveraging the resources he has available...and is very thorough, methodical and detailed. He works every detail relentlessly and tirelessly until the job is done" - FY'08 Microsoft Performance Review"Steve overcame a big (quota) number, a number of tough challenges, some difficult customers and delivered against the biggest quota in the East Region. He is passionate about his business, works very hard is a strong and valuable sales professional. I look forward to working with Steve far into the future." - FY'09 Microsoft Performance Review.

Sales and Service of Modular IT Outsourcing services to Fortune 1000 clients nationwide. RagingWire offers expert, flexible, customized, reliable and scaleable IT infrastructure selective sourcing solutions to F1000 and high-growth enterprises.

Technology consultation and sales management of Pacific Northwest region for Internap's WAN-Optimization and TCP Acceleration Appiances and Services as well as worldwide Colocation/Data Center Facilities. Internap also offers Akamai Web Acceleration Services enabling consistently high performance worldwide to e-commerce enterprises and widespread adoption of web applications using Akamai's Web Application Accelerator platform. See www.internap.com

Developed data network revenue through direct efforts, indirect channels and branch sales teams comprised of over forty account executives to national account segments for over 200 complex network, managed services, hosting, VoIP, VPN, Security and IP Telephony services. Employed consultative sales skills with executive-level contacts in recommending complete solutions, fostering strong relationships, presenting specific network competitive advantages and securing new business from Fortune 2000 clients.* Increased sales +11.8% in the $114 Million mid-Atlantic region for this ~$40 Billion global corporation, ranking the region in the top 10% of nationwide revenue plan attainment.* Achieved a three-year average of 147% to quota targets from 2000 to 2002.* Cultivated strategic alliances with Lucent, Nortel, Cisco, and Microsoft to build market presence.

G.M. for a $8M wireless business unit of a $100M telecommunications entity in the Mid-Atlantic U.S. region, primarily offering B-to-B WAN, Wireless and Voice Telecommunication Services.

Product Development for Wireless Data Network and Dispatch Software on a Windows- based console. Translated customer and market-desired features and capabilities into functional specifications for coding by dotted-line-managed developer teams in Israel. Created packaging, sku's, pricing, and worked with MarComm to launch to target markets.

Marketing and Sales for Wireless Data Services including N-AMPS circuit-switched and Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD) deployment and engineering liaison. Worked with organizations such as Detroit Edison Power & Light (SCADA/meter reading), Detroit PD (Suspect Lookup) and UPS (Package Tracking), to identify data service coverage needs that maximized revenue for the company.

Retail sales of computer hardware and software including Leading Edge, Hyundai, Epson, Amiga, Apple, Panasonic, AST and IBM Brands; Novell Netware, Microsoft Windows and Office, Lotus 1-2-3, CAD/CAM and Desktop Publishing Software.