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10 Microsoft sales leaders
These ten professionals hold or have held director-level and higher sales roles at Microsoft, with titles such as sales director, senior director and general manager. A reader can learn how Microsoft organizes its sales teams by segment, region and product area and how its sales leaders run those teams.
Professionals to explore
01—10Annette Green
LinkedInExperience: Sales Director, Telco Media and Professional Services Industries · Microsoft
Sales Director, Telco Media and Professional Services Industries at Microsoft since 2022. Her profile says she leads a team of 25 sales professionals across the US, Singapore and Germany, with a focus on cloud and AI solutions for enterprise customers. She also describes herself as a certified cloud fundamentals expert.
Carolyn Yehle
LinkedInExperience: Commercial Executive Director - US Enterprise Northeast · Microsoft
Commercial Executive Director - US Enterprise Northeast at Microsoft since 2018. Her profile also lists Licensing Sales Director, US Enterprise Commercial - Northeast (since 2017) and East Region Licensing Sales Director (since 2010) as current Microsoft roles, along with past roles as Southern Mid-Atlantic Licensing Sales Specialist (2005–2010) and Microsoft Business Solutions Partner Account Manager (2003–2005).
Denis Klimashev
LinkedInExperience: Partner, GM Global Customer and Partner Success Sales · Microsoft
Partner, GM Global Customer and Partner Success Sales at Microsoft since September 2026, where his profile says he leads Microsoft's global Customer and Partner Success Sales. His earlier Microsoft roles include Corporate Senior Director Professional Services Sales, GTM and Enablement (2025–2026), Corporate Senior Director Sales Strategy, GTM for Customer Success (2021–2025) and COO Sales, Marketing, Services and Operations - Middle East and Africa (2016–2018).
Erik Opsahl
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director of Sales - Modern Work and Security · Microsoft
General Manager, AI & Business Solutions US Industry at Microsoft since 2025, following General Manager, Business Applications US West Corporate & Public Sector (2023–2025). His other Microsoft roles include Sr. Director of Sales - Modern Work and Security (2019–2023), Director Channel Sales - West Region (2017–2019) and Director of Sales - Corporate Accounts (2014–2017).
Meagan Weiss
LinkedInExperience: Sales Director, AI Business Solutions- Software & Digital Platforms · Microsoft
Sales Director, AI Business Solutions - Software & Digital Platforms at Microsoft since 2024. Her earlier Microsoft roles were Major Account Director, Software and Digital Platforms (2022–2024), Major Account Director, High-Tech Manufacturing (2021–2022) and Senior Account Executive, West Region (2019–2021). Her profile says she also chairs Microsoft's Bay Area Culture Council.
Michael Sylver
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director - Americas Digital Sales & Customer Success · Microsoft
Senior Director - Americas Digital Sales & Customer Success at Microsoft since 2024; his profile says he leads an organization of 180 technical sellers in Corporate Accounts and Digital Sales for the Americas. His earlier Microsoft roles were Azure Director of Sales, U.S. East (2022–2024) and Azure Cloud Enterprise Sales Director (2012–2021).
Pablo Galilea
LinkedInExperience: Corporate Sales Director - Spain, Italy and Portugal · Microsoft
Corporate Sales Director - Spain, Italy and Portugal at Microsoft since November 2025; his profile says he leads the Corporate segment as Sales Director for Workforce AI in the Small, Medium Enterprises & Channels segment. At Microsoft he was also Corporate Sales Director - Spain (2025), Enterprise Sales Excellence Lead - Spain (2022–2025) and Sales Director - Azure, Asia Pacific (2020–2022).
Salla Aromaa
LinkedInExperience: Director, Public Sector Sales Microsoft · Microsoft
Director, Public Sector Sales at Microsoft since 2019, leading the Microsoft Public Sector business in Finland according to her profile. As Sales Director at Microsoft (2017–2019) she was responsible for the full portfolio of Microsoft sales to retail, finance and professional services customers in the Enterprise segment.
Sebastian Siminovich Blok
LinkedInExperience: Global WW Digital Enterprise Sales Director - Business Applications · Microsoft
Global WW Digital Enterprise Sales Director - Business Applications at Microsoft since 2024 and EMEA Digital Enterprise Sales Director - Security since August 2026. He was Digital Enterprise Sales - Director EMEA at Microsoft from 2020 to 2024. His profile describes 22 years driving and scaling enterprise sales organisations, from EMEA to worldwide leadership.
Steve Milner
LinkedInExperience: Sales Director, Global Strategic Accounts · Microsoft
Sales Director, Global Strategic Accounts at Microsoft since 2022, where his profile says he leads the global account teams for several large ISVs and platform providers. He was Sales Director Northwest, Manufacturing at Microsoft from 2019 to 2022, and has been a member of the Microsoft For Startups Founders Hub & M12 Expert Network since 2021.
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Match the person's segment, region and product area to your question, since enterprise, corporate, public sector and partner-focused teams sell to different buyers in different ways. Check whether the relevant role is current before asking about today's programs, pricing or team structure.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How are Microsoft sales teams split by segment, industry and solution area, and how does that shape who covers a customer account?
- 02What does a sales leader review when forecasting a quarter and deciding which deals get extra specialist or partner support?
- 03What should a customer expect in a Microsoft renewal or expansion negotiation, and which levers usually matter most?
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