MicrosoftMarketing Director
May. 2000 - Dec. 2006Redmond, Washington, United States · On-siteDirected global brand, acquisition, retention, and channel marketing activities along with key business development initiatives with strategic partners for MSN, WebTV, Ultimate TV, and B2B SaaS offering Office Live Meeting (now Microsoft Teams). • Change agent who renegotiated distribution and co-marketing agreements with major retailers, PC OEMs, and cable/telecom service providers and executed highly effective GTM initiatives that generated 5M+ subscribers and $1.3B annual revenue in 3 years that led to MSN division’s first-ever profitable fiscal year. • Executed a joint venture with an online retailer to develop DIRECTV’s first eCommerce channel. Conceived idea of using John Madden as the spokesperson for an omnichannel direct response campaign that surpassed sales goals by 65% and outsold market leader TiVo 2:1.
• Pioneered new pricing model, repositioned offering, and led sales and marketing programs with telecom resellers for B2B SaaS offering Office Live Meeting that achieved YOY revenue growth of 40% and 27% respectively, and grew overall revenue contribution for the division from 4% to 25% in 2 years.