10 Microsoft executives
Product, sales and corporate leadership all appear among these Microsoft executives: the chairman and CEO, CFO and president, the executives over the commercial business, cloud and AI, experiences and devices, agents and business apps, and strategy, plus a CTO and a corporate vice president for security. All ten hold current Microsoft roles, so they suit a partner or software company working out which part of Microsoft owns a decision.
Professionals to explore
Amy Hood
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer · Microsoft
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Microsoft since 2013, Amy Hood has held various positions at Microsoft since 2000. Amy was an Associate at Goldman Sachs (1994-2002), and the CFO role makes Amy the natural call on Microsoft's financial planning, reporting and how finance weighs investments across its businesses.
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Brad Smith
LinkedInExperience: President · Microsoft
Brad Smith has been President at Microsoft since 2015 and became vice chairman in 2021. Brad was General Counsel and Executive Vice President, Legal and Corporate Affairs (2002-2015), Deputy General Counsel, Worldwide Sales Group (1996-2002) and Associate General Counsel, Europe (1993-1996) at Microsoft, and has sat on the Netflix board since 2015, a fit for legal, policy and regulatory questions.
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Charles Lamanna
LinkedInExperience: EVP, Agents & Business Apps · Microsoft
In 2026 Charles Lamanna became EVP, Agents & Business Apps at Microsoft, with a current focus on Copilot, agents and platform. Charles held President (2021-2026) and Corporate Vice President (2019-2026) titles at Microsoft, and earlier General Manager (2017-2019), a fit for questions on building agents and business applications on Microsoft's platform.
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Judson Althoff
LinkedInExperience: CEO, Microsoft Commercial Business · Microsoft
As CEO, Microsoft Commercial Business since 2013, Judson Althoff describes leading the Worldwide Commercial Business organization, a team that helps commercial and public sector customers digitally transform. Judson was Senior Vice President, Worldwide Alliances & Channels and Embedded Sales at Oracle (2002-2013) and sits on the boards of Ecolab (since 2024) and GE Aerospace (since 2026), a fit for partner and channel sales questions.
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Kathleen Hogan
LinkedInExperience: EVP, Office of Strategy and Transformation · Microsoft
Since 2025, Kathleen Hogan has been EVP, Office of Strategy and Transformation at Microsoft, leading the company's enterprise-wide strategy and transformation agenda, after serving as Chief People Officer from 2015 to 2025. Kathleen was also CVP, Worldwide Services (2009-2015) and COO, Worldwide Sales (2003-2009) at Microsoft and has been on the Alaska Airlines board since 2019.
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Michal Braverman-Blumenstyk
LinkedInExperience: CVP at Microsoft, Managing Director of Microsoft Israel R&D Center and CTO of Microsoft Security · Microsoft
Based in Israel, Michal Braverman-Blumenstyk holds two roles at Microsoft since 2022: CTO of Microsoft Security and Managing Director of the Microsoft Israel R&D Center, as a Corporate Vice President. Michal was CTO, Cloud and AI Security Division (2017-2020) and General Manager, Azure Cybersecurity (2013-2017) at Microsoft, and cites over two decades in cybersecurity, a fit for security product questions.
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Rajesh Jha
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President · Microsoft
Rajesh Jha has been Executive Vice President at Microsoft since 2006 and, in their own words, oversees the Experiences + Devices Group, leading the product teams for Office 365, Teams, Windows + Devices, Viva and Search. That makes Rajesh the right executive for questions on productivity software, Teams integrations and Windows device partnerships.
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Satya Nadella
LinkedInExperience: Chairman and CEO · Microsoft
Satya Nadella has been Chairman and CEO at Microsoft since 2014, succeeding Steve Ballmer as CEO in 2014 and John W. Thompson as chairman in 2021. Satya has been a Member Board Of Trustees at University of Chicago since 2018 and was a Board Member at Starbucks (2017-2024) and Chairman of The Business Council U.S. (2021-2023), a fit for questions on how Microsoft sets company-wide priorities.
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Scott Guthrie
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President, Cloud AI Group · Microsoft
Azure and developer platforms are the core topics for Scott Guthrie, Executive Vice President, Cloud AI Group at Microsoft since 2014, after Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Azure (2011-2014). Scott was also Corporate Vice President, Developer Division (2008-2011) and General Manager, Developer Division (1997-2008), years that included developer teams on ASP.NET, the Common Language Runtime and Silverlight.
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William Chappell
LinkedInExperience: Chief Technology Officer · Microsoft
Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft since 2025 and VP Mission Systems since 2022, William Chappell is also CVP and CTO of the Discovery and Quantum division, which builds a scientific platform and a quantum computer. William was Chief Technology Officer SMT Division (2023-2025) and CTO, Azure Global (2019-2022), and has been Chair at University of Michigan since 2026.
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Choose the right perspective
Corporate strategy, finance and policy questions go to Satya Nadella, Amy Hood, Brad Smith or Kathleen Hogan. For selling with or to Microsoft, Judson Althoff covers the commercial business; product questions split between Scott Guthrie for cloud and AI, Rajesh Jha for Office 365, Teams and Windows, and Charles Lamanna for agents and business apps, with William Chappell and Michal Braverman-Blumenstyk the technical voices on quantum and security.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01When a partner's product overlaps with a Microsoft cloud or Copilot roadmap, how does Microsoft decide whether to partner, build or buy?
- 02How does Microsoft's commercial organization decide which partner solutions its sellers bring to enterprise and public sector customers?
- 03What does a proposal need to show to get attention from a Microsoft product group, as opposed to the commercial sales side?
About this directory
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