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July 23-24 2025

Bellevue, WA

How AI is Redefining the Microsoft Partner Opportunity

Biz Apps Partner Executive Summit

Who Should Attend

The Summit

& Why

July 23-24 2025

Bellevue, WA

How AI is Redefining the Microsoft Partner Opportunity

Biz Apps Partner Executive Summit

2025 Agenda

Thank you to our

2024 Speakers

Day 1
Day 2

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Registration Hours
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Networking Luncheon for Partners & Microsoft
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Welcome & Event Overview with Underwriter, BDO
- John Siefert
  CEO at Dynamic Communities & Co-Founder of Acceleration Economy
- Tom Patterson
  Principal, BDO
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Keynote: How AI is Redefining Microsoft Business Applications
- Satish Thomas
  Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Business & Industry Solutions, Microsoft
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM
Setting an AI-First Go-To-Market Strategy in FY26
- Lori Borg
  Vice President GTM, GPS, Microsoft
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Coffee Break/Networking
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
FY26 Microsoft Field Priorities & Opportunities
- Alexandre Pombo
  WW GTM Lead SMC Business Applications, Microsoft
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
Understanding Microsoft FY26 Segmentation, Organization & Roles
- Brion Reusche
  Technology Sales Director, Business Apps, Microsoft
- Erik Opsahl
  GM, Business Applications, US West Microsoft
- Howard Swerdloff
  Director Technology Specialist Management, Microsoft
- Eric Fink
  Partner Solution Sales, Business Applications, SMB, Microsoft
- Ross Ladwig
  Partner Solution Sales – BizApps SMB, Microsoft
- John Roth
  Director, Partner Business Development, Microsoft
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Break & Bar is Open - Grab a drink for the interactive afternoon panels
4:30 PM - 5:15 PM
Partnering with Microsoft as an Unmanaged Partner
- Simran Chaudhry
  Chief Engagement Officer, Creospark
- Mary Madrigal
  Sr. Partner Development Manager, Microsoft
- Yuanming Chu
  CEO, Alpha Variance Solutions
- Geoff Ables
  CEO, C5 Insight
5:15 PM - 6:00 PM
How AI is Redefining the Partner Business Model
- Tom Patterson
  Principal, BDO
- Robbie Morrison
  CEO, Velosio
- Brian Tenney
  CEO, JourneyTeam
- Terry Petrzelka
  The Petrzelka Group
- John Scandar
  Senior Vice President, Microsoft Practice, Alithya
- Greg Kaupp
  Partner, ArcherPoint by Cherry Bekaert
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Networking & Dinner Reception

2025

Underwriter & Sponsors

Underwriter

Sponsors

Event

Venue

Hilton Bellevue

300 112th Avenue
SE Bellevue, WA 98004
United States

Event

Hotel

Hilton Bellevue

300 112th Avenue
SE Bellevue, WA 98004
United States

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July 23-24 2025

Bellevue, WA

How AI is Redefining the Microsoft Partner Opportunity

Biz Apps Partner Executive Summit

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Biz Apps Partner Summit 2025
July 23-24, 2025
Hilton Bellevue, WA

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Full house for the Biz Apps Partner Summit — Seattle Biz Apps Partner Summit 2024
Full house for the Biz Apps Partner Summit

Microsoft Copilot Keynote: The Innovation & Opportunity of AI in the Partner Ecosystem
Donald Kossmann | VP, Business Copilot AI, Distinguished Engineer, Microsoft — Seattle Biz Apps Partner Summit 2024
Microsoft Copilot Keynote: The Innovation & Opportunity of AI in the Partner Ecosystem
Donald Kossmann | VP, Business Copilot AI, Distinguished Engineer, Microsoft

John Siefert | CEO Dynamics Communities — Seattle Biz Apps Partner Summit 2024
John Siefert | CEO Dynamics Communities

Coffee & Networking — Seattle Biz Apps Partner Summit 2024
Coffee & Networking

Working with Microsoft Enterprise Field Sales to Co-Create & Co-Sell
Howard Swerdloff | Director Technology Specialist Management at Microsoft — Seattle Biz Apps Partner Summit 2024
Working with Microsoft Enterprise Field Sales to Co-Create & Co-Sell
Howard Swerdloff | Director Technology Specialist Management at Microsoft

Panel: Vision, Adaptation and Scale in the Microsoft Partner Ecosystem John Scandar ,SVP Alithya | Tom Galambos, President & COO Hitachi Solutions | Greg Kaupp, CEO ArcherPoint | Andy Kurtz, CEO Kopis | Terry Petrzelka — Seattle Biz Apps Partner Summit 2024
Panel: Vision, Adaptation and Scale in the Microsoft Partner Ecosystem
John Scandar ,SVP Alithya
Tom Galambos, President & COO Hitachi Solutions
Greg Kaupp, CEO ArcherPoint
Andy Kurtz, CEO Kopis
Terry Petrzelka

Networking during cocktail hour — Seattle Biz Apps Partner Summit 2024
Networking during cocktail hour

Overview of the Microsoft Customer Segmentation Brion Reusche | Technology Sales Director, Business Applications, Microsoft — Seattle Biz Apps Partner Summit 2024
Overview of the Microsoft Customer Segmentation
Brion Reusche | Technology Sales Director, Business Applications, Microsoft

Working with Microsoft SMB Field & Channel Management to Dazzle Customers Ross Ladwig | Partner Solution Sales – BizApps SMB, Microsoft — Seattle Biz Apps Partner Summit 2024
Working with Microsoft SMB Field & Channel Management to Dazzle Customers
Ross Ladwig | Partner Solution Sales – BizApps SMB, Microsoft

Introduction to the new SMC

Alistair Butler | Microsoft Mid-Market West Leader — Seattle Biz Apps Partner Summit 2024
Introduction to the new SMC
Alistair Butler | Microsoft Mid-Market West Leader

Working with Microsoft SMC Field Sales to Co-Create & Co-Sell Brion Reusche, Technology Sales Director, Business Applications, Microsoft, John Roth, Managing Director, Partner Business Development, Microsoft , Erik Opsahl, GM, Business Applications, US West, Microsoft — Seattle Biz Apps Partner Summit 2024
Working with Microsoft SMC Field Sales to Co-Create & Co-Sell
Brion Reusche, Technology Sales Director, Business Applications, Microsoft
John Roth, Managing Director, Partner Business Development, Microsoft
Erik Opsahl, GM, Business Applications, US West, Microsoft

Keynote – Winning in FY25 with Partners at Scale Cecilia Flombaum | Sr. Director, Scale Growth, Microsoft — Seattle Biz Apps Partner Summit 2024
Keynote – Winning in FY25 with Partners at Scale
Cecilia Flombaum | Sr. Director, Scale Growth, Microsoft

Panel: Helping Partners Win in FY25 By Understanding Microsoft Cecilia Flombaum, Sr. Director, Scale Growth, Microsoft | Joseph Longo, Executive Chairman at Velosio | Uriel Rootshtain, Senior Director Modern Work and Business Applications |Peter Jensen, Director, Business Application Partner Strategy, Microsoft — Seattle Biz Apps Partner Summit 2024
Panel: Helping Partners Win in FY25 By Understanding Microsoft
Cecilia Flombaum, Sr. Director, Scale Growth, Microsoft
Joseph Longo, Executive Chairman at Velosio
Uriel Rootshtain, Senior Director Modern Work and Business Applications
Peter Jensen, Director, Business Application Partner Strategy, Microsoft

Captivated audience during “FY25 GTM Strategy & Programs to Help Partners Win in Business Applications” by Becky Lymberis | Director of product Marketing, Microsoft — Seattle Biz Apps Partner Summit 2024
Captivated audience during “FY25 GTM Strategy & Programs to Help Partners Win in Business Applications”
by Becky Lymberis | Director of product Marketing, Microsoft

Closing Keynote: Is This the Golden Age to Be a Microsoft Partner?
Bob Evans | Cloud Wars founder, Co-Founder Acceleration Economy — Seattle Biz Apps Partner Summit 2024
Closing Keynote: Is This the Golden Age to Be a Microsoft Partner?
Bob Evans | Cloud Wars founder, Co-Founder Acceleration Economy

Joseph Corigliano | Biz Apps Partner Summit Strategic Advisor, EVP Ciellos — Seattle Biz Apps Partner Summit 2024
Joseph Corigliano | Biz Apps Partner Summit Strategic Advisor, EVP Ciellos

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