ISV Program and AppSource with Steve Guggenheimer
Steve Guggenheimer
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https://podcast.nz365guy.com/112
- A brief introduction about Steve’s life – his family, sports they love playing and how they spend time together as a family
- Steve’s experiences and his involvement with the ISV program
- What Steve wants to achieve with the new ISV program for Business Applications
- The definition of a healthy and successful ISV
- How the new program differs from the old one
- Discussion about Practical IAI and what it means to him
- Microsoft’s goals for ISV to be successful in market & market strategies
- What training they are offering Microsoft’s staff to sell ISV solutions
- History of ISV’s in Microsoft Business Applications
- How to determine the success of the platform
- What the community should expect with the arrival of the new program
- How to deal with unsupported Apps
- Benefits ISV's can offer like IRR
- Expectations with the existing large ISV's
- Cleaning up of sample Apps I.e. search functions
- What move to take to prove to ISV’s that this is in their interest
- The future of IAI, ISV program and AppSource
- Thoughts about reviews and feedback happening around Apps
- How to make these solutions available
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Steve Guggenheimer
Steve Guggenheimer is the corporate vice president of Microsoft’s AI Business. His role is to help build a new generation of AI-based solutions along with moving the broader AI conversation and platform forward. Before coming to Microsoft, Steve was at Spectra-Physics Inc., where he worked with lasers and helped develop and market new products.
He received his bachelor’s degree in applied physics from the University of California, Davis, and a master’s degree in engineering management from Stanford University. He also serves on the board of Muzik and with his wife leads the Guggenheimer Family Foundation. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his family, watching rugby and basketball, playing golf and cheering on his hometown Seattle Seahawks.
His journey in Microsoft started in 1993 and worked as a product manager in the Windows for Workgroups organization. He managed a variety of Microsoft products, including Windows 95 and Windows 98; Microsoft Internet Explorer 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0; WebTV; MSN; Microsoft SQL Server; Visual Studio; and BizTalk Server.
Working for more than 20 years in Microsoft, Steve held leadership roles in strategically important areas including close to a decade helping to build Microsoft’s hardware and software ecosystem as the head of Developer Evangelism (DX) and the OEM division. He previously was the general manager of Microsoft's Application Platform and Development Marketing Division.
In addition, Guggenheimer has extensive experience working in the consumer, small business and enterprise cust… Read More
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