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H. James Slonsky

H. James Slonsky

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Project Portfolio Management | Global Business Programs | Business Strategy | Partner & Field Enablement | Product Lifecycle | Role Transformation & Delivery Excellence

  • Education

    • University of Maryland Global Campus

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      Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Business Administration, Management and Operations

      UMGC is one of 11 regionally accredited, degree-granting institutions in the University System of Maryland. The university brings quality higher education wherever the US military needs it. Headquartered in Adelphi, Maryland, UMGC has on-site classroom locations in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Offering both undergraduate and graduate degree programs, UMGC Asia's mission is to provide top quality education and services to U.S. military… Show more UMGC is one of 11 regionally accredited, degree-granting institutions in the University System of Maryland. The university brings quality higher education wherever the US military needs it. Headquartered in Adelphi, Maryland, UMGC has on-site classroom locations in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Offering both undergraduate and graduate degree programs, UMGC Asia's mission is to provide top quality education and services to U.S. military communities in Asia and the Pacific. Show less

  • Experience

    • Microsoft

      Feb 1994 - Aug 1998

      Conducted direct, channel, field and web communications by developing national programs reaching over 3500 colleges and universities resulting in a 21 point market share gain of Windows NT in US Higher Education.Created the first annual 2-day national executive summit where 50 of the top university CIOs come to Redmond to listen to Microsoft executives about Microsoft future strategies and product direction. Provided technical phone, online and escalation support for Microsoft Operating Systems and Microsoft Networks.Cross-site team leader responsible for Microsoft Support Engineer Windows 95 readiness.

      • Product Marketing Manager (Education)

        Jan 1996 - Aug 1998

      • Product Support Engineer

        Feb 1994 - Jan 1996

    • Microsoft

      Feb 1999 - May 2004

      Recommended channel line-up and future hardware specs to product stakeholders through data analysis, market research, statistical modeling, and extensive focus group interviews. Owned and managed the product business for Microsoft Services for UNIX - version 1 to version 3 - through entire product cycle from planning to release including all product marketing activities. Worked together with engineering teams from Redmond and India (IDC) to develop award winning products.Winner of Open Source Product Excellence Award at Linuxworld 2003 where Microsoft won "Best System Integration Software".

      • Product Planner

        May 2003 - May 2004

      • Product Manager

        Feb 1999 - May 2003

    • Allyis

      Mar 2005 - Aug 2012
      Project Manager

      WORLDWIDE PARTNER GROUP (WPG)Launched multi-million Worldwide Channel Incentive program – Software Asset Management (SAM) Services Incentive Program – by bringing individuals across the organization from Engineering, WW Operations, WW Partner Group, Marketing, Finance, Legal, and the WW Field together.US BUSINESS MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION (US BMO)Managed multi-million US field and partner Go-To-Market marketing campaigns to accelerate Windows and Office deployments into US Enterprise accounts. Show less

    • Affirma Consulting

      Sept 2012 - Dec 2014
      Project Manager

      Redesigned traditional BPO readiness, reduced support costs and increased partner CPE by integrating pre-production simulation environment labs into go/no-go launch decision matrix, and working with Engineering to incorporate readiness within the new partner incentive platform.Partnered with WPG communications team to define and develop 30-60-90 day communication plan for WW Microsoft transactional partners.

    • HighLight Group, Inc.

      May 2015 - Jan 2016
      Lead Project Manager

      Partnered with Enterprise Services community leads and SMEs, Microsoft Services University and SMSGR curriculum managers, and instructional designers to ready global technical and technical-sales Enterprise Services roles for Windows as a Service (WaaS) and solution sales training prior to the initial Windows 10 release.Partnered with the Integrated Solutions and Services University team to align and train all Enterprise Services roles on new Windows 10 FY16 Solution Areas and campaign priorities prior to the initial Windows 10 release. Show less

    • Myriad Consulting, Inc.

      Dec 2016 - Jul 2017
      Senior Project Manager

      Partnered with Engineering to enable Global ISV partners adopt Microsoft Windows as a Service (WaaS) using Microsoft Cloud testing/remediation best practices to get commercial applications to stay current and supported on Windows 10.

    • CASCADE BUSINESS CONSULTANTS LLC

      Aug 2017 - Oct 2023
      Principal Project Manager

      Partnered with Microsoft business stakeholders to drive Microsoft CSAM and CSAM-M global role transformation programs involving onboarding, skilling & enablement, job architecture, and role excellence.Enterprise Service delivery design, methodology & governance, planning, readiness and enabling the transformation and global commercial rollout of Microsoft Premier's Unified Support (Performance/STA) service in Microsoft Account Aligned and Global Domains organizations.

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  • Volunteer Experience

    • Board Member

      Issued by OneBothell.org on Nov 2019
      OneBothell.orgAssociated with H. James Slonsky