Takeshi Numoto

CEO

Bellevue, Washington, United States31 yrs experience

Key Highlights

Led global marketing for Microsoft.
Drove business transformation to cloud services.
Established unified digital marketing platform.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS marketing executive with extensive experience in cloud solutions and digital transformation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Go-to-market StrategyProduct MarketingBusiness StrategyCloud MarketingBusiness Transformation

Other Skills

Cloud ComputingSaaSProduct ManagementStrategyPartner ManagementStrategic PartnershipsBusiness IntelligenceBusiness AlliancesProgram ManagementEnterprise SoftwareVendor ManagementSales EnablementCross-functional Team LeadershipCompetitive Analysis

About

As Microsoft’s Chief Marketing Officer, I lead the company’s global marketing efforts, including product marketing, advertising, market research, events, and communications across Microsoft’s product and service portfolio. Throughout my tenure, I’ve worked across an array of teams, developing business models that have helped establish a connected ecosystem of sales and marketing that harness data to optimize customer journeys. Prior to joining Microsoft, I served as a trade negotiator for the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) within the Japanese government.

Experience

Microsoft

5 roles

Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer

Oct 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 5 mos

As Chief Marketing Officer, I lead Microsoft’s global marketing efforts, including product marketing, advertising, market research, events, and communications across Microsoft’s product and service portfolio.

Go-to-market StrategyCloud ComputingSaaSProduct ManagementProduct MarketingStrategy+11

Executive Vice President and Commercial Chief Marketing Officer

Promoted

Mar 2020 – Oct 2023 · 3 yrs 7 mos

As Commercial CMO of Microsoft, I drove the company’s business model and go to market strategy for the company's broad portfolio of commercial offerings that help customers digitally transform.

Go-to-market StrategyCloud ComputingSaaSProduct ManagementProduct MarketingStrategy+11

Corporate Vice President, Cloud Marketing

Jan 2012 – Mar 2020 · 8 yrs 2 mos

Leading the Cloud Marketing business group, I was responsible for driving go to market strategy and execution for Microsoft Azure, Dynamics 365 and Power Platform services, as well as broad portfolio of on-premises software offerings spanning Windows Server, SQL Server, and Visual Studio families. Similar to the previous role, I helped drive Microsoft's business transformation to the cloud. I also helped establish a unified digital marketing platform for Microsoft's commercial business in the form of Global Demand Center, so that we can better orchestrate our customers' journeys across multitudes of engagement points (web, events, RM etc.) and across Microsoft's broad product portfolio.

Go-to-market StrategyCloud ComputingSaaSProduct ManagementProduct MarketingStrategy+12

Corporate Vice President, Office 365 Marketing

Promoted

Dec 2004 – Jan 2012 · 7 yrs 1 mo

I helped lead the transformation of the Office business from its traditional on-premises packaged software business model to a cloud based service and subscription business model with the introduction of Office 365 and its subsequent rapid growth.

Go-to-market StrategyCloud ComputingSaaSProduct ManagementProduct MarketingStrategy+12