Phil Sorgen joined Microsoft Canada in January 2006 as President. He has been with Microsoft Corp. since 1996, most recently in the position of General Manager of the US Enterprise Sales Operations Team where he was responsible for managing the alignment, synergy, and integration of the Enterprise Sales, Enterprise Partner, Inside Sales, Commercial Licensing, and Industry organizations. He was also a member of the US Leadership Team responsible for sales, marketing, services and industry strategy across the US Enterprise Business.
Prior to this role, Phil was the General Manager for the Gulf Coast District and was responsible for building the strategies and executing the plans for sales, consulting, channel development and marketing for South Texas and Louisiana. Under his leadership, the district drove more than $230 million in annual revenue and was one of the fastest growing districts in the United States. Sorgen also created and led the worldwide Microsoft Oil and Gas Vertical where he oversaw business strategies, including identifying key priorities and working with Microsoft partners to provide solutions for oil and gas manufacturing customers.
During his 10 years at Microsoft, Mr. Sorgen has enjoyed interacting between the customer, partner, and product groups. Mr. Sorgen is driven by a passion for innovation and the positive impact that technology can have upon an organization’s competitiveness in the global economy. Throughout his career, Mr. Sorgen has been a strong proponent of the partner and channel community, recognizing their contributions and expertise in driving innovation forward. His enthusiasm for the potential of technology is evident as he actively engages with customers and partners across the country, as well as the product development groups at Microsoft.
Before joining Microsoft, Mr. Sorgen served as a national account manager with NCR/AT&T GIS, managing and selling to large enterprise customers in the retail industry.
He received his Bachelor of Arts degree as well as his Masters degree in Business Administration from the University of North Texas.
