Ariel Gordon Email & Phone Number

Redmond, Washington, Us

In this role, I manage a team of PMs responsible for space reservation and management experiences for Microsoft Places. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/microsoft-places

Redmond, Washington, Us

In this role, I managed a team of PMs responsible for Microsoft Teams' identity and collab experiences and underlying tech. This included: SI/SU, account management, Sovereign and Cross Cloud scenarios, Multi Tenant Organizations, and external collab capabilities. My team also drove Auth Resiliency/Fundamentals/Security for Microsoft Teams.

Redmond, Washington, Us

KEY PROJECTS & MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS- I invented the paginated sign-in experience, breaking with 2 decades of tradition and creating a new UX paradigm later adopted by Apple, Google, Amazon and others. Drove a complete redesign of Microsoft's sign-in/sign-up experiences, used by a billion users worldwide. https://login.microsoftonline.com/- Developped Microsoft's Identity strategy for Firstline Workers. PM'ed the first round of features which launched in April 2020.https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-active-directory-identity/new-identity-features-help-empower-essential-firstline-workers/ba-p/1257356- Designed the Identity Model and UX for SMB, which powers Microsoft 365 Business Premium and Microsoft Teams Free launched in 2018.https://products.office.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/free- Azure AD Tenant Restriction. First Data Exfil feature to unblock Microsoft 365 adoption by FinServ and unblocked another $1B+ business opportunity.https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/active-directory-tenant-restrictionsOLDER PROJECTS - 3rd PM on "The Platform Formerly Known as OrgID", later rechristened Azure AD. I delivered most of the original UX and contributed to the design of critical architecture components such as Password Hashing and Password Hash Sync (my design allows Azure AD to sync existing password hashes with a single instance of AD Connect, while Google's GSPS needs to run on every Domain Controller--ugh!) - Designed and shipped key pieces of Azure AD Join for Windows 10, which enabled self-service set up and MDM enrollment of PCs, HoloLens, SurfaceHub, and other magical devices. https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/enterprisemobility/2015/05/13/azure-active-directory-and-windows-10-bringing-the-cloud-to-enterprise-desktops/- Designed and shipped Company Branding, which allows organizations to customize Azure AD UXhttps://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/enterprisemobility/2014/03/18/custom-branding-extended-to-all-sign-in-scenarios/

Redmond, Washington, Us

In this role I managed a small cross-discipline team that incubated Microsoft's Minimal Disclosure "digital identity wallet" technology, based on the Credentica/U-Prove acquisition.In 14 months we designed and built a cloud-based agent to serve as a trusted intermediary between end-users and service providers. This agent allowed end users to aggregate different digital identity claims (proof of age, citizenship, employment, driving privilege...) from issuers (DMV, employers, credit bureaus...) and provide unprecedented control over how that information is shared. Specifically, the tech allowed for Minimal Disclosure "derivative claims" and prevented correlation & tracking between claims issuers and services providers, while maintaining the same level of security and trust as traditional crypto. https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/wwhealthit/2010/03/07/microsoft-u-prove-technology-helps-with-both-security-and-privacy/http://www.computerweekly.com/news/1280095239/RSA-2011-Identity-paramount-to-securing-cyberspace-says-Microsoft

Redmond, Washington, Us

Worked with Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing group to develop identity partnerships with governments and schools, focusing on privacy.https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2009/04/Microsoft_tests_online_ID_system_in_its_hometown_school_district_43369057.htmlhttps://www.tandem.co/blog/2009/05/01/tandem-for-schools-partners-with-microsoft-to-pilot-new-identity-authentication-technology/

Issy-Les-Moulineaux, Île-De-France, Fr

Responsible for creating and evangelizing the vision, roadmap and operations for Orange Group's consumer identity services and API platform. In this role I was directly responsible for 30 approx M€ annual opex+capex budget and managed a team of 15+ PMs spread between France, the UK, Spain and Switzerland. This team was for release planning, specification and project management . It also kept 100+ software developers and DevOps engineers quite busy.Key achievements in this position:- Built the most advanced Telco Identity Management platform, with 100+ million identities accross 9 European counties (Q4 2008)- Initiated Orange's Identity APIs commercial offering, part of France Telecom's "Telco 2.0" reinvention program. This initiative was forecasted to generate a positive Business Case of 100+ M€ in annual revenues. - First telco to market with Open ID support- Built dozens of identity experiences, including account merger flows for Orange's broadband and mobile IAM systems that achieved a 98% success rate.

Issy-Les-Moulineaux, Île-De-France, Fr

In charge of France Telecom's Identity Management Services for the group's main consumer offerings including Voila and Wanadoo (later rebranded Orange).Drove and implemented a company-wide Identity Management strategy for FT's ISP business.Represented France Telecom in Liberty Alliance, where SAML 2.0 identity protocol was invented, and co-edited several specs.

Issy-Les-Moulineaux, Île-De-France, Fr

Managed a team of 15 project & product managers developing FT's consumer web communication services such as webmail and IM. Launched FT's first IM service with Jabber.

Issy-Les-Moulineaux, Île-De-France, Fr

Co-founded Voila.com, France Telecom's search engine and consumer portal in the US. Budget of $1M, audience of 3 million pagevues/day.Managed web hosting operations, SLA and hosting relationship with Exodus (anybody remembers them?)Managed international content syndication deals with Reuters, InfoSpace and Looksmart.Sold search engine solutions to vertical portals in the US. Developed Business plan, advertising plan, sales and customer management plan.

Intranet strategy Consultant.Wrote an Academic Thesis on intranet strategy applied to small/midsize business, as part of my MBA at HEC Business School.

New York, Ny, Us

Project Manager on General Motors account. Deployed and managed Cybercafes on GM's booths at annual Motor Shows in France, Italy and Spain

Redmond, Washington, Us

Developed a suite of Client-Server administrative tools for Microsoft Haifa's branch office

Mba, Entrepreneurship And Management

M.S., Computer Science & Telecommunications

Bachelors Degree, High School/Secondary Diplomas And Certificates