CS Architect/Developer Evangelist

Contact: Michael.Johnson@microsoft.com

The Microsoft Developer & Platform Evangelism (DPE) Team is looking for a Developer Evangelist (DE) to join our US Communications Sector team.

The DPE mission is to drive platform adoption and revenue growth with the world’s largest and most influential media & entertainment and telecommunication customers.

The Developer Evangelist position is a technical role with the mission of engaging Communications Sector Enterprise customers and focusing on winning adoption of the Microsoft platform technologies, by working with technical decision makers within these organizations. This is accomplished by delivering a well-managed, mutually beneficial business alliance that drives incremental and long-term revenue performance that focuses on expanding Microsoft's core and category products into the customer's platform portfolio. This position will report to the US DPE Sales Director.

You will articulate the benefits of Microsoft .NET enabled products, such as Windows client/server families, SQL Server, Office, and .NET Enterprise Server product lines, to high profile enterprise customers.

Essential Experience

The person selected for this position must have 8+ years of experience writing code and be fluent in Java and C++.  They must have an excellent understanding of Microsoft Platform, Development Tools, Enterprise Server products, and Software + Services, Desktop Applications, and Solution offerings.  The ideal candidate must be able to articulate the advantages of the Microsoft developer platforms and be able to accurately explain it to developers who are coming to the platform from non-Microsoft technologies, such as Ruby, PHP, Linux, Eclipse, and Java. Experience in building complex web applications and large-scale enterprise applications are essential.

Required skills include:

· The ability to explain and demonstrate technical topics in presentations, whitepapers, blogs, and code examples to audiences ranging from designers and developers to CTOs and managers

· Dynamic speaking and presentation skills to large, small and competitive  audiences

· Preferred educational qualifications include Computer Science, Engineering or related degree

· An interest in experimenting and tinkering with new and emerging software and hardware technologies

· Experience with C++ and Java is required.  PHP experience is desirable.

· Experience with .NET development is required.

· Demonstrated passion for building community through social media

· Familiarity with developing applications using non-Microsoft databases like Oracle, DB2, and MySQL

· 5 years of hands-on web development and/or enterprise development experience

· This position requires a high degree of self-motivation and entrepreneurism as the evangelist will be part of a field team and must manage their time and travel across the United States to both respond to existing opportunities and create new ones.

Preferred skills:

· Demonstrated track-record of sustained, long term developer community involvement

· Microsoft certifications (MCSD, MCT, MCSE, etc.)

· Strong Development Experience with .NET and Silverlight, with a good understanding of the Microsoft Application Platform, for creating Line-of-Business Applications

· Experience with interoperability between non-Microsoft technologies and .NET

About this Position: This role requires at least 60% travel.  You will work closely with the Account teams, product development, business development, and marketing teams to provide technical oversight and architecture on multiple projects.  Responsibilities will also include demonstrating the value of Microsoft Platform and the interoperability between Java, open source platforms and .net.   This will include serving as the go-to person on any software development technology for the field and help them win accounts for revenue, and developing customer-ready content to highlight the benefits of Microsoft and .NET over the competition. This is a highly technical role with the mission of engaging and inspiring the Communication Sectors Accounts broad community of developers and fostering adoption of Microsoft development technologies such as Visual Studio and the .NET Framework, Expression and Silverlight, SharePoint, Windows Azure, Windows 7 and other emerging technologies.

This description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this position. The actual duties, responsibilities, and qualifications may vary based on accounts or group assigned. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer; we support workplace diversity

Technical Sales Specialist in Texas - SR DEV TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST

https://careers.microsoft.com/JobDetails.aspx?ss=&pg=0&so=&rw=1&jid=18273&jlang=EN

Job Category: Sales
Location: United States, TX, Dallas
Job ID: 722788 18273
Division: Sales

Developer Technology Specialist - Developer Tools;
The Developer Technology Specialist (DevTS) is a member of the Communications Sector Developer and Platform Evangelism (DPE) team tasked with driving revenue, customer/partner developer satisfaction and platform adoption through community engagements, developing relationships with CXO-Level leaders, and direct account engagement with customers in Communication Sector US targeted accounts as well as scaling through online channels.
The DevTS is accountable for delivering an ALM story, showing our customers the value of the development platform, and developing long relationships with key technical decision makers in the accounts (CIO, CTO, Senior Development Leaders). Additionally, they must drive product win rates in assigned opportunities. The DevTS supports the long-term strategic directions for driving pipeline, becoming a trusted advisor, and building a strong pipeline for the Developer Solution Specialist and the CS account team.
To do this, the DevTS focuses on successful execution of technical engagements (POCs and ADS’). The key outcome in this role is to influence technical/business decision, uncover customers’ goals, and guide future roadmaps within the accounts. A key activity for this role will be to recruit and develop the right partner ecosystem to help deliver pre-sales technical engagement to help the Communication Sector Developer Tool efforts to scale effectively. This will include competitive recruitment of Rational, Mercury, and Oracle partners.
We believe that the recently announced Visual Studio products are going to redefine the competitive landscape in the enterprise Developer and lifecycle tools market.
This field-based role is focused on developing and winning sales opportunities by understanding key customer technical and process needs, and providing the business and technical evidence necessary for the adoption of an ALM process and Microsoft Visual Studio products. This will allow us to better understand how Communication Sector DPE team can help drive thought-leadership, awareness, platform adoption, and revenue.
Partnering with the account team, you will work as the technology lead on the Visual Studio and ALM sales team to create, manage, and own the pre-sell activities for Visual Studio ad TFS solutions to CXO-level and technical architect level customers. You will also integrate and plan for partners, Microsoft Consulting and Microsoft Premier Support into efforts to ensure successful transition from pre-sales to deployment.
About this Position:
This role is based in Dallas and requires at least 60% travel. You will work closely with the product development, business development, and marketing teams to formalize the pre-sell strategy and playbook for Visual Studio and create pre-sell momentum. This will include serving as the go-to person on any Visual Studio and ALM technology issues for the field and help them win accounts for VS revenue, and developing benchmarks and customer-ready content to highlight the benefits of VS over the competition.
This is a highly technical role with the mission of engaging and inspiring the Communication Sectors Accounts broad community of developers and fostering adoption of Microsoft development technologies such as Visual Studio and the .NET Framework, Expression and Silverlight, SharePoint, Windows Azure, Windows 7 and other emerging technologies.
Responsibilities:
In conjunction with account teams, services, and Microsoft partners, the DevTS develops opportunity identification and engagement strategies for selling solutions to qualified "business" decision-makers or departmental/business supporting IT technical decision-makers.
Drive satisfaction with Microsoft, Microsoft Developer Tools and Platform technologies
Support Microsoft-driven events such as MSDN Events and product launches
Engage the broad developer and architect communities in Communication Sector targeted Accounts in partnership with community leaders
Engage with the broad developer and architect audience through online channels
Lead the process of setting the developer tools strategy
Consult with the customer to better understand their needs and to demonstrate the business and technical value of ALM/VS/TFS/MSDN
Serve as a subject matter expert with respect to ALM and VS products

Qualifications:
You should have a strong technical background with 5+ years of relevant field pre-sales experience in enterprise lifecycle tools, for example, from IBM Rational, Mercury Interactive, Compuware, etc. You will have the technical expertise necessary to gain credibility with and influence lead architects/developers.
You will also have the communication skills and business experience required to articulate the advantages of Visual studio and Team foundation Server to senior business and technical decision makers especially in competitive scenarios. You should also be able to manage a virtual team and create and implement a technical strategy mapped to the business plan for the accounts assigned.
7-15 years of software development experience, deep .NET development acumen, outstanding presentation experience, and persuasive communication skills. A Bachelor’s or Master's degree in computer science preferred. A broad familiarity with recent Microsoft technologies including WCF, WPF, Azure, Silverlight, SharePoint, etc. is a plus. Passion for technology with solid knowledge of enterprise global IT requirements and competitive offerings required.

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November 6, 2009. New York City. City Winery, Tribeca. Ted^XEast, (x=independently organized TED event). Forward thinking New Yorkers gathered this afternoon at the City Winery, another center for innovation that leverages state of the art technology to pour premium hand-crafted wines.  Technology, great minds and wines. What could go wrong? This post is two of a two part series on the event.

“Obsessions Make My Life Worse and My Work Better”

(Stefan Sagmeister, TED conference)

Scott Heiferman

Scott Heiferman is CEO and a co-founder of Meetup. He opens up with speaking about the story behind the “I have a dream speech” from Martin Luther King. Apparently, the speech was completely unscripted where Dr. King was being asked by a colleague what he is passionate about and Dr. King starts getting worked up and passionate and the guy tells him “ Tell him about your dream!” And this is when Dr. King goes on stage to speak the speech that you know now.

But how do we do this when we are surrounded with a “I have a nightmare speech” – he shows the poster ad for 2012. Then he shows the ad for “Trauma” which launches on TV soon.  And then the Cloverfield ad where the Statue of Liberty is chopped in two. Then he shows a recent NYTimes article that shows a gripping horrible headline about the war in Iraq and at the top banner ads read “There Will Be Blood”.

How do you form a vision of a future with this kind of prophesy?

Then he shows a photo from his apartment of the twin towers on fire during 9/11.

What happens when apocalypse becomes reality? Local communities sprung up immediately afterwards. “There’s a lot more small going on. A lot more local communities going on. It wasn’t happening so much a few years ago and now it’s happening more and more. Meetup has turned in thousands of local community groups that are brand new that are being held every week or so. Cherokee Count Asberger’s Symptoms Parents Support Group, for example.“

Will 2012 be like the movie 2012? Or will be living your dream?

Paul Steely White

Paul is the Executive Director of Transportation Alternatives in Manhattan. He speaks about the Livable Streets Movement: Why we battle to reclaim the urban commons from the car. He highlights how much traffic congestion limits idea growth in the city. “The definition of a city is density. Lots of buildings. And the space between the buildings are limited. Then why do we choose the lowest density mode of transportation?’ How can we reduce the role of the car in the city?

If you have heavy traffic in the city, you reduce the quality of life and social opportunity between people that live in the neighborhoods with high traffic.

He shows a picture of Einstein riding a bike with the quote “E=mc². I thought of that while riding my bike”.

“Take ownership of your streets. Think of it as you do your living room. Live in it, embrace it”

November 6, 2009. New York City. City Winery, Tribeca. Ted^XEast, (x=independently organized TED event). Forward thinking New Yorkers gathered this afternoon at the City Winery, another center for innovation that leverages state of the art technology to pour premium hand-crafted wines.  Technology, great minds and wines. What could go wrong?

TED events have 50 million viewers all over the world, aligned with their mission – “ideas worth spreading”. The concept is to have key speakers surface important life changing ideas through presentations, and then networking ensues for the attendees to discuss how to implment . Ted^X provides the opportunity for local communities to take the mission of TED into their personal, professional and family networks.

Suzy Welch

Former editor of Harvard Business Review and author, Suzy Welch’s most recent book, 10-10-10 uncovers decision making for life changing. She opens the Ted^X  conference by first she asking you for introspection with some questions she calls “scary”:

• Fast forward to our 70th birthday party – what would make you cry with regret? (living deliberately)
• What do you want people to say about you if they knew that you were living your truth? (refining character)
• What do you love about your upbringing and what do you hate? (defining value system)

“Live is pretty empty unless you live it with your values and you develop those values by asking yourself these questions”. This is when you start making “value driven decisions” and you start living a more authentic life.

Rachel Stern

Rachel Stern speaks about the evolution of news and the risk defragmentation brings to democracy. The new “news” comes from social media organizations like Wikipedia and Huffington Post.  Although this empowers regular citizens to contribute with opinion and events; “transparency trumps neutrality” in the sense that the channels respect individuals that are transparent, versus neutral. Consider the handful of citizens empowered as Wikipedia delegates and Huffington Post’s pre-approved comments– Rachel quotes Esther Dyson and indicates “we are all fact checkers now”.  What are the implications of these new news systems in altering public opinion?

Dr. William Duggan

Dr. William Duggan, author of  speaks of creative spark. “For creative thought you do not imagine something new. You take in things from the outside and  you make a new combination. It’s a new combination of previous elements. The elements are not new. The combination of those elements is new.”  He speaks of Google’s 2 founders – Larry Page and Sergey Brinand says that what they created was innovative.  [ed: Meh]

He then flashes a picture of a Stanford Computer Science professor – Larry and Sergey were his students. “The topic he taught wasn’t search, it was a discussion of portals, like Yahoo, the goal of a portal being that you stay on that page as long as possible. Google took the .13 seconds you get your results and you are on to something else. It’s the opposite of a portal.  Data mining for eCommerce was the original concept that the Google founders worked on.

“They took data mining and eCommerce and came up with a concept called Page Rank, with altavista which allowed you to see ranking. They renamed it Google and everyone on campus used it, and raised tons of capital and used it. But then decided to give it up.

“The problem was, how were they going to monetize this concept? If they can’t make money –how would last. The problem was that ads were too heavy and would slow down the site. What to do?

“Then they ran into a company called overture which display ads in a list based format using search. This is what they combined into Google and they made money.

“Nothing here was invented. It was a new combination of previous elements. The elements were not new the combination was new."

“Now you know how Microsoft started. Now you know how Apple started. But that’s not my topic. My topic about you. Now you know the process for creativity. ” Talk to one another about elements that are not new and combine them into creativity.

October 22, 2009. New York City. Times Square.  NASDAQ celebrates the Windows 7 launch with Microsoft executives and partners ringing the closing bell.  Well ringing the closing bell is maybe a misnomer – pressing the button in a glass studio on a corner in Times Square is more like it.

NASDAQ is a purely electronic exchange, and thereby has no trading floor. Instead, you stand on a small raised dais underneath electronic ticker tapes flashing the latest closing prices centering on the stock being honored. ‘

This entire ceremony is broadcast live on the studio’s external walls…..

…. which also serves to illuminate and entertain the audience in Times Square.

As 4 o’clock approaches, a countdown accompanied with triumphant music begins to blast from overhead and eager faces eye the stock price cheering up ticks and silently glaring at drops.  Picture taking, people shuffling and lots of ceremonies ensue.

Promptly at 4 the bell is rung and confetti falls from the ceiling amongst a rally of cheers.

At one point Bob McCooeylooks around the room noting all the black Window7 shirt wearers. He looks down at his suit and tie “Hey, how come I don’t get a shirt?”  I reach into my bag for an oversized shirt (more later on how to redesign those extra large beltless shirt dresses that all techie companies love to give out) and toss it over to Bob.

“HEY! That was my shirt!” proclaims Caroline. Too late, Bob has already removed his suit jacket and dons the Win7 shirt over his button down.

Bob got to keep the shirt, but not before he signed my Windows 7 shirt which I promptly gave to a now satisfied Caroline.

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