Ed Hott

Experience

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  Intersé Corporation

  Mar 1994 - Feb 1997

  Founding Partner

  Created first commercial web site analysis product - eventually sold the company toMicrosoft. Product became the Analysis component of Microsoft Site Server. * Spearheaded business development and strategic relationship activities.* Surfaced customer requirements for product design and definition.* Built and managed sales and customer support organizations. * Developed pricing and licensing policies.

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  Microsoft

  Feb 1997 - Mar 2000

  Lead Program Manager

  Windows 2000, Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) * Led a team of program managers evangelizing WMI to Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) of systems management applications. * Delivered nine management agents from ISVs on Windows 2000 DVD. * Defined requirements for WMI representing third party developer perspective.Site Server Analysis * Defined functional requirements, set priorities and managed release of the Analysis component of two versions of Microsoft Site Server.* Designed the Analysis component of Site Server Express for the NT Option Pack for Windows NT 4 and managed development and delivery. Show less

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  Independent Consultant

  Apr 2000 - Aug 2004

  Independent Consultant

  A period of reflection, time with my family, volunteer work and learning. * Counseled faculty-led start ups in UVa's T-100 program* Served on the Board of Directors for a business incubator in my hometown* Started a non-profit to motivate high school students but closed it down a year later * Dabbled with local technology start ups* Managed a youth basketball program (1,200 kids)* Took computer science classes

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  Microsoft

  Sept 2004 - now

  Engineering team building Office 365 cloud services:* Work closely with corporate vice president and leadership team to drive business operations, internal communications and organizational health.* Provide insight and advice around operational excellence, headcount, resource allocation and fiscal planning.* Ensure the effectiveness of the leadership team by guiding the operating rhythm and driving key processes to get work done.* Participate in overall group strategy decisions. Show less Microsoft Exchange & Office 365: * Managed Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) protocol licensing program for synchronization of email,contacts and calendar by non-Windows Mobile devices. Negotiated licenses with Apple, Google, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Symbian and others. Manage the development support for those licensees' implementations plus other licensees like Samsung, LG and HTC. * Lead technical team in design and deployment of Research in Motion's products and services as they interact with Microsoft Exchange and Office 365. Instrumental in driving the development of RIM's Blackberry Business Cloud Services for Office 365 from concept through launch and operation.* Built a channel to sell and deploy unified messaging functionality introduced in Exchange Server 2007. Required establishing partnerships to bridge the classic gap between IT systems integrators and telephony-focused companies. * Lead targeted development interaction for Exchange partner ecosystem with emphasis on companies offering key complementary products. Show less

  • Chief Of Staff

    Oct 2017 - now

  • Principal Program Manager, Office 365 Services

    Sept 2015 - Sept 2017

  • Principal Program Manager, Outlook Services

    Sept 2004 - Sept 2015