Stephen is an experienced Marketing professional with Audience Marketing, Product Management, Product Marketing, Channel Marketing, Program Management and Technical Sales experience. In his current role, he leads messaging and product marketing activities for cybersecurity, compliance and management products in the education space worldwide. Prior Microsoft roles include creating the Messaging & Positioning Framework for higher education, worldwide; as well as owning audience marketing for Academic Research and higher education student and faculty messaging. Closely collaborated with Microsoft Research (MSR) to reach Academic Researchers around the world. Before joining Microsoft, Stephen worked for companies such as AT&T, Research In Motion, Xora and Nextel. He has been fortunate to work with amazing people, clients and partners with these firms. Stephen has also established a proven track record of leadership and exceeding key performance objectives.