As senior director of business and partner marketing for the Mobile and Embedded Devices Group at Microsoft Corporation in Redmond, Washington, John leads a team responsible for the global integration of marketing, sales, services, and partner offerings to provide flexible, end-to-end mobility solutions for customers worldwide ranging from enterprises to mid-caps to small businesses.

Prior to 2004, John directed Microsoft's marketing to information technology professionals. In that role, John was responsible for defining the company's strategy to improve the experience of IT professionals with Microsoft, its products, and services, and for the development of the Windows Server System brand to unify the marketing of Microsoft's server products.

From 1999 through early 2002, John was general manager of US Retail Sales, responsible for sales of Microsoft software and hardware products through the retail channel in the United States. Immediately before that assignment, he was director of product support and business operations at Microsoft Canada, responsible for finance, facilities, information technology, and product support in Canada. Prior to that role, John was the national retail sales and marketing manager at Microsoft Canada. He has also managed channel marketing and product marketing groups, and joined the company in 1991 as a managing consultant in Microsoft Consulting Services.

Before joining Microsoft, John held positions in management and information technology consulting, serving clients in retail, manufacturing, and other sectors. Early in his career, John co-founded and managed a software development company whose education and recreation titles were sold internationally.

John holds a bachelor's degree in finance and economics from King's College at the University of Western Ontario, in London, Canada and a master's degree in business administration from the Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto.

He and his wife live in Clyde Hill, Washington, with their three sons. Outside of work at Microsoft, John serves on the technology committee of his children's school, collects wine, reads books ranging from history to linguistics to science fiction, and enjoys participating in triathlons, long-distance cycling, and skiing.