Nathan Buxbaum

Nathan Buxbaum

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Sr. Technical Program Manager at Microsoft | Data-Driven Problem Solver | Product Growth | MBA | Board Fellow

  • Education

    • University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business

      2021 - 2024
      Master of Business Administration - MBA

      Activities and Societies: Dean’s List - Board Fellows Program - Study Tour to London - Peer Mentor Program

    • University of Washington, Michael G. Foster School of Business

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      Business Adminstration Marketing, Comparative History
  • Experience

    • Seattle Mariners

      Mar 2003 - Sept 2011
      Clubhouse Attendant

      -Fostered strong relationships with players, coaches, and staff while managing visiting clubhouse operations

    • Northwest Passage Consulting

      Feb 2010 - Dec 2010
      Analyst

      -Conducted in-depth political research, managed candidate and constituent relationships, crafted campaign communications, and oversaw media budgets to support successful campaign strategies.

    • Cheezburger, Inc.

      Feb 2011 - Jul 2013
      Account Manager

      -Managed revenue operations by supporting sales teams, optimizing ad campaigns, and leveraging analytics to drive performance, revenue reporting, and yield optimization for digital a large independent media publisher

    • Razorfish

      Jul 2013 - Aug 2014
      Account Manager

      -Managed end-to-end digital campaigns for Microsoft brands, collaborating with media and creative teams, delivered data-driven insights through detailed reporting and campaign optimization recommendations.

    • Microsoft

      Sept 2014 - now

      Sales Programs:• End-to-end program management including analysis and measurement• Create programs recognized cross-functionally as successful, qualified sales program• Evolve programs through experimentation, expanding partnerships, develop strategic pilots• Transition pilots to steady-state sales programs by managing complexity of automation• Partner with Sales/Engineering to evolve infrastructure for scaling programmatic opportunities• Work with international partners to launch programs in EMEA, LATAM and APAC markets• Impact: generated gains in marketplace revenue, growth in product/feature adoption, reduction of customer churn, and developed methodology to measure impact of optimization opportunitiesThird-party Partner Engagement:• Develop and strengthen strategic partnerships with third-party vendors• Build programmatic opportunities for partners• Develop pipeline, partner engagement model, measurement effectiveness of programs• Enable third-party partners to optimize through data and analysis• Impact: Vertical, Product, Feature, and Competitive insights led to increased third-party engagement and growth opportunitiesCustomer Lifecycle:• Create ranking/prioritization methodology to target strategic new customers• Understand demand gaps by leveraging first party data• Built reporting functionality to better understand API usage and behavior• Impact: Reduce churn rate of new customers and developed data-driven strategy for best optimization strategies Show less

      • Sr. Technical Program Manager

        Jun 2023 - now
      • Sr. Program Manager (Data & Analytics)

        Feb 2021 - Jun 2023
      • Program Manager II

        Dec 2017 - Feb 2021
      • Program Manager

        Sept 2014 - Nov 2017
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Bing Ads Accredited Professional

      Microsoft
      Sept 2014
    • Agile Project Management Foundations

      Project Management Institute (PMI)
      May 2017
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Nathan Buxbaum
      Outstanding Client Service Award Microsoft Advertising Global Revenue & Business Management Jul 2023
    • Awarded to Nathan Buxbaum
      Microsoft Gold Club - Jun 2020 Top 3% performer. Microsoft Gold Club rewards individuals who perform, transform and contribute to the overall success and growth of Microsoft
    • Awarded to Nathan Buxbaum
      GSPT Partner Appreciation Award - Sep 2017 Bing Global Search Partner Team awards a Partner Appreciation Award to bring visibility to and show gratitude for the remarkable cross team impact that drives our business forward
    • Awarded to Nathan Buxbaum
      Microsoft Transition Trailblazer Award Microsoft Search Advertising & Post Sales Monetization Mar 2016 The Transition Trailblazer award recognizes and rewards individuals who are charging forward and wrangling ambiguity to win sales and delight customers through action, agility and creative problem solving.
    • Awarded to Nathan Buxbaum
      Breaking Ground Award (Microsoft Search Advertising & Post Sales Monetization) - Nov 2015 Quarterly Award nominated by peers and managers to employees whom demonstrate: collaboration, growth-mindset, takes on challenges, enables others’ success, removes barriers, customer obsession, and dynamically adds to the positive company culture.
    • Awarded to Nathan Buxbaum
      Best Use of Social Media (Digiday Award) Digiday May 2012 Best Use of Social Media as a Publisher for Kraft 'Smile Tag' Campaign – 2011
    • Awarded to Nathan Buxbaum
      Essay Contest - The Steve Wilstein Education Fund The Steve Wilstein Education Fund Nov 2008 Winner of 1,000 Word essay contest sponsored by The Steve Wilstein Education Fund: “Why Vote?"
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Undergraduate Mentor

      Issued by University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business on Dec 2016
      University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of BusinessAssociated with Nathan Buxbaum
    • Wish Granter / Event Volunteer

      Issued by Make-A-Wish Alaska and Washington on Aug 2013
      Make-A-Wish Alaska and WashingtonAssociated with Nathan Buxbaum
    • Board Fellow

      Issued by SIFF on Sept 2022
      SIFFAssociated with Nathan Buxbaum