Thank you, Microsoft!
Nuno Oliveira Santos
Avanade, Microsoft Alliance Lead for Europe and Middle East | Teach for Portugal, Board member
Today, I am expressing my gratitude for the opportunity I had to serve as Partner Development Director in Microsoft Western Europe, concluded a few weeks ago.
As an executive, I acquired valuable skills and insights on how to deliver value to Microsoft customers across 13 countries through solid partnerships with GREAT PARTNERS, namely:
?? IBM and Nordcloud, an IBM Company (Alexander Krüger and Sari Aumo, and all the very very good colleagues in the countries, especially Janine Kemmeren, Stefania Di Cristofaro and Stefan Maue),
?? EY (Andrea Paliani, Mauro Ricardo Pontes, Tore Aurdal and Per Okdahl, and all the wonderful representatives of the partnership in the countries),
?? KPMG (Marco Amoedo and Pavlos Vasileiadis and the team across Europe (and congratulations Andrea De Capitani on your new European role after the excellent accomplishments in the Nordics),
?? PwC (Dr. Ulrich St?rk and Olga Dayoub the impressive European network working with you),
?? McKinsey & Company (Christian Rothe and all your partners in Europe),
?? Publicis Sapient ( Oskar Nilsson mobilizing great fellows in this very strong organization).
Throughout my career, I have witnessed the power of Microsoft platform to help our customers to achieve more, together. Working from this European hub with these global partners, I reached a new level of experience.
As a person, I learned a lot from hundreds of professionals in Europe and in the USA, many of whom became lasting partners or even true friends.
I hope I have reciprocated the generosity you all showed me. On behalf of that fantastic crowd of friends, I mention:
?? Mauro Xavier and Paul Goddard, for your guidance and friendship, which means a lot to me.
??Inés Rodríguez Rodero and Therese Treutiger, for your trust from the start, and your support afterwards.
?? Sandra van Ravenzwaaij, Sarah Armstrong, German Ceberio Gnosspelius, Tuulia Piehl, Kat Espejo, Guido Kerkhof, Pradeep Rabindran, Sharon Chiang, amazing colleagues in the Global System Integrators and Advisories team that I was honoured to join.
?? Corrado Di Nicola and Artur Queiroz Machado, as my daily partners within Microsoft Europe, great mentors and friends, members of outstanding global teams led, remarkably, by Ricardo Davila, Jodi Lustgarten, Lisa Slim, Kirsten Ward.
?? The entire Western Europe team Partners team, for the flawless collaboration.
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?? Pilar Lopez and Joacim Damgard, for your inspiring leadership across the area, along with your team, namely Alessandra Brambilla, Fiona Carney, Laura-Marie T?pfer, PhD, executive sponsors of important initiatives.
?????? And thank you to the Microsoft allies in each of the thirteen countries! Thank you so much! On behalf of the hundreds of fellows I had the pleasure to work with, I mention those I had more moments with:
AT, Tamara Tomanic!
BE and LU, Cathy Van Mullem, Liesbeth Maes, Fien Keijzer, Erik Kerkhofs!
FI, Mereta Laukkanen, Minna Pulkkinen, Mari Alho, Sanna-Maija Pacius,Katarina Engblom, Mervi Airaksinen!
PT, Pedro Freitas, Abel Aguiar!
In the next few days, I will share with you what my new chapter is about, anticipating that it will greatly benefit from this hands-on learning experience you all provided me. ;)
In the meantime… enjoy the season!
Working with Advisory Firms in EMEA to help our mutual Customers digitally transform their business
10 个月Thank you Nuno for all help and collaboration provided while at Microsoft. You brought a lot of different and new perspectives and what we achieved so far in EMEA is also because of your positive impact. Thank you as well for having been a great friend! Whishing you all the best and great successes in your next role, I'm sure you'll make a big impact again! All the best!
EMEIA Financial Services Microsoft Alliance Lead. The EY – Microsoft Alliance combines EY’s business ingenuity and industry expertise with Microsoft's innovative cloud solutions
10 个月Thanks Nuno Oliveira Santos for your meaningful support and good luck for your next step.
Sr Director Partner Go To Market Leader at Microsoft EMEA | Executive Leadership Team | INSEAD MBA
10 个月Congratulations on the next gig and also a heartfelt thank you to you for all the work done in WE. Best of luck with Avanade, I am sure we will cross paths again :)
Global Alliance Director
11 个月Nuno, all the best on your next chapter, that I am sure will be of success. I will definitely miss our conversations. Thanks for all the trust, partnership and personal trait you brought to it. Wish you all the best and let′s keep in touch.
Thank you Nuno for all your help and support, especially in the tough?times. It's been a pleasure working with you. Good luck in your next challenges. Un abrazo !!!