Eric Ligman - Microsoft Global Partner Experience Lead

I am very excited to be in this role given my background and personal experience with our Microsoft Partner channel. I worked for a channel partner for several years, then started and owned a channel partner (system builder, software and hardware reseller, and network integrator) for many years. In addition, I have been working with Microsoft Licensing and Partner Programs for over 16 years now while at a Partner, while owning a Partner, and now at Microsoft.

While at Microsoft, I have had the fortune to work with many of you through a variety of initiatives, including: the Microsoft Small Business Channel Community launch; Broad Partner engagement programs; Disaster Relief Programs; Conferences; Small Business Specialist Community; and much more. As the Microsoft Global Partner Experience Lead, I will have the opportunity to interact with many more of you directly or through our team, as we take this journey of building our partnership together. As I’ve said many times before, “As a Partner driven company, the only way we are successful is if you are successful, so you have noooo idea how motivated we are to make sure you are REALLLY successful!” So I look forward to working with all of you, wherever you are located, to grow and enrich the relationship between our companies as we work to drive our joint success here in the SMB space today, tomorrow, and into the future, together.

	Eric Ligman Global Partner Experience Lead Worldwide Partner Group Microsoft Corporation	My Blog: http://www.MSPartnerBlog.com Microsoft SMB Channel Community: http://www.MSSmallBiz.com My Twitter: http://twitter.com/EricLigman Follow me on:
	As the Microsoft Global Partner Experience Lead in the Worldwide Partner Group, I am on point for leading our Partner relationship and experience strategy for our programmatically-managed Partners around the world. This includes working with our Partner experience leads from each of the countries as well as our Partner Community engines (such as the Microsoft SMB Channel Community Blog and User Group) and other feedback mechanisms to identify key issues and opportunities to increase the satisfaction of Microsoft Partners around the world with Microsoft. I am very excited to be in this role given my background and personal experience with our Microsoft Partner channel. I worked for a channel partner for several years, then started and owned a channel partner (system builder, software and hardware reseller, and network integrator) for many years. In addition, I have been working with Microsoft Licensing and Partner Programs for over 16 years now while at a Partner, while owning a Partner, and now at Microsoft. While at Microsoft, I have had the fortune to work with many of you through a variety of initiatives, including: the Microsoft Small Business Channel Community launch; Broad Partner engagement programs; Disaster Relief Programs; Conferences; Small Business Specialist Community; and much more. As the Microsoft Global Partner Experience Lead, I will have the opportunity to interact with many more of you directly or through our team, as we take this journey of building our partnership together. As I’ve said many times before, “As a Partner driven company, the only way we are successful is if you are successful, so you have noooo idea how motivated we are to make sure you are REALLLY successful!” So I look forward to working with all of you, wherever you are located, to grow and enrich the relationship between our companies as we work to drive our joint success here in the SMB space today, tomorrow, and into the future, together.

	Thank you and have a wonderful day,