As Director of Microsoft Canada’s Enterprise Specialist Sales Group, Andrew Coulson is responsible for ensuring that Microsoft can be responsive to customers who are interested in business solutions across core IT infrastructure, Business Productivity and Application Platforms. His team is also accountable to enable partners to grow their capabilities in market around these business and technology solutions. The combination of Microsoft direct resources and a well enabled partner ecosystem ensure that customers can get the right information at the right time to increase their revenue, drive out costs and grow their business through technology enablement.
Since joining Microsoft Canada in 1992, Mr. Coulson has held a variety of positions with increasing responsibility. He began his career at Microsoft Canada as a Sr. Account Executive for Bell Canada. In 1995 Mr. Coulson took on responsibility for managing the BC Region branch office with a span of control over retail, enterprise, consumer, and small business segments. From 2000 to 2006 Andrew ran the Enterprise Partner Group with responsibility for all Enterprise Alliance. He has also brought several new business initiatives into Canada including Application Developer Customer Unit, Business Solutions Group, The Internet Customer Unit and most recently the Specialist Sales Group.
Previously Mr. Coulson contributed to Oracle Canada, Information Dimensions, and NBI Canada in sales and marketing capacities.
Mr. Coulson is Graduate of the University of Toronto, with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology/Physiology, and English. He enjoys hockey, yoga, skiing, and spending time with his family in Oakville, Ontario.
