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Greater Seattle Area

Communications Consultant, Executive Coach and Workshop Facilitator partnering with executives and teams to deliver programs and communications that cut through the noise, resonate and inspire.

Community leader for the Windows Consumer category, driving field competency and support through an efficient flow of training, events and readiness resources that promoted community and collaboration. Liaison between corporate and field, driving marketing guidance for worldwide consumer Windows PC digital advertising campaigns.

Ownership of the internal corporate and executive communications strategy across the business. Managed cross-organizational communications alignment of key business priorities and transformational changes to accelerate business growth and employee success. Drove approaches and executed tactics to reach and connect with employees to promote greater awareness of key strategies, initiatives and the internal HR plan, including all key deliverables to support communications needs. Drove the Corporate Vice President communications strategy through an engaging narrative, including all internal and external presentations, key organizational announcements and other related communications vehicles.

Redmond Campus

Ownership of worldwide marketing and communications strategy for the CPE organization including websites, field tools and exec communication deliverables. Lead a cross-company v-team to land new customer satisfaction measurement framework, including a focus on transforming the company’s current “customer obsession” culture initiative through campaigns, customer journey mapping and voice-of-customer programs.

Redmond, Wa

Managed a Capability Practice team focusing on digital marketing and value proposition/storytelling; concentrating on building out key guidance and engagement with Product Groups, Engineering and WW Subsidiaries through consulting, training, and benchmarking. Launched marketing profession portal for global marketing best practices, including a new “Product Launch Guide” providing marketers with an end-to-end view of the launch process and guidance around top key deliverables from inbound-to-outbound, and where to best engage with engineering.

Led the creation of the first customer facing thought leadership facility targeted at the future of productivity, articulating Microsoft’s 5-10 year vision. Subsequently managed the "Center for Information Work" through 3 iterations, including all prototyping (hardware and software), PR/AR strategies, vendor relations, and overall messaging.

Reponsibility for the U.S. end-user strategy and marketing execution centered around Microsoft’s Office productivity suite and related products.

Managed team responsible for relationship marketing programs targeted towards CxO's of Fortune 500 companies.

Launch lead for SQL v7.0, managing overall launch strategy including demand generation, WW content and event logistics, partner programs, creative and budget.

STRATEGIC ACCOUNT MANAGER for the Microsoft Corporation. On-site marketing and corporate liaison responsible for maintaining and developing the multi-level relationship between the two companies, including contract negotiations, press releases and trade shows, as well as responsible for all program management and co-marketing both at corporate as well as in the field. Previous company names:- Conner Peripherals- Archive Electronics- Maynard Electronics

At the time, Microware was a top 3 U.S. distributor of computer hardware, software and accessories to local value added resellers.SALES MANAGER – Washington Region. Responsible for management of regional sales force, including inside all sales activities, from pricing and availability, and selling strategies for the various resellers. ACCOUNT MANAGER - Covered account base of over 40 resellers, focusing on marketing programs such as CO-OP, volume purchase agreements, and OEM arrangements.

Accountable for the growth and improvement of 160+ reseller and independent servicers in the Pacific Northwest. Handled all authorizations, product training, credit applications and crisis management. Responsible for entire product line including desktops, laptops, monitors and printers. Continual work on creating new strategies for increasing service revenues. Owned developing content for servicers and major end-user accounts.

Responsible for development and service of various business accounts, from small companies to Fortune 1000 corporations in the Seattle area. Sales focus on networking, personal and business computers, and all peripherals, as well as retail advertising and promotional plans.