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Judson Althoff in 2016

Born1972
Wooster, Ohio
🎓 Alma materIllinois Institute of Technology
💼 Occupation

Microsoft Executive Vice President of Worldwide Commercial Business

Judson Althoff is a U.S. technology executive, who currently serves as Executive Vice President of Microsoft’s Worldwide Commercial Business.[1] He leads Microsoft's commercial strategy organization.

Education and career

Judson Althoff attended the Illinois Institute of Technology, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in 1995.[2]

Althoff joined Microsoft in 2013 as president of North American sales and marketing, after 11 years at Oracle, where he served as a senior vice president.[3][4] In 2016, he was promoted by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to lead the company’s Worldwide Commercial Business.[1][5][6]

Board of Director Appointment

In 2016, Althoff was appointed to a seat on the board of directors of Avanade,[7] a digital and cloud services provider.

Awards

The Illinois Institute of Technology recognized Althoff with its 2017 Alumni Professional Achievement award.[8]

Personal life

An Ohio native, Althoff is married and has four adult children. His father is a surgeon and his mother was a high school mathematics teacher. Althoff and his wife, Laura, live in Seattle, Washington.[9]

In addition, Althoff is a co-chair of WE Day Seattle, part of WE Charity, an international anti-poverty organization.[10] In 2017, Althoff and his family traveled to Kenya as part of a WE Village service project to complete and inaugurate a new wing of a community health center.[11][12]

References

  1. ↑ 1.01.1Weinberger, Matt (2016-07-18). "Microsoft's new sales chief talks about working with Boeing, competing with Amazon, and...butter". Business Insider. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  2. ↑"Illinois Institute of Technology Alumni Awards 2017". Illinois Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  3. ↑Foley, Mary Jo (2013-03-26). "Microsoft hires former Oracle exec to run North American sales". ZDNet. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  4. ↑Cook, John (2013-03-26). "Tech Moves: Oracle sales vet joins Microsoft; Zynga changes; SNUPI snags Paulsen from Impinj; etc". Geekwire. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  5. ↑Foley, Mary Jo (2016-07-07). "Microsoft's latest reorg: Sales and Marketing to be integrated cross-company". ZDNet. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  6. ↑"Stocks". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  7. ↑"Judson Althoff Board of Directors Press Release". Avanade. 2016-11-09. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  8. ↑"Six Armour College of Engineering Alumni Among 2017 Illinois Tech Alumni Awardees". Illinois Institute of Technology. 2017-03-02. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
  9. ↑"Judson Althoff - Official Biography". Microsoft. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  10. ↑"Our Team - WE Charity". WE Charity. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  11. ↑"Service, Learning and Sustainable Empowerment". 2017-09-13. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  12. ↑Lorenzen, Ian (2017-02-22). "Supporting African tech startups, Microsoft Executive Vice President visits GrowthAfrica". GrowthAfrica. Retrieved 2018-06-19.

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