The mission of the Windows IoT team is “Be the platform and service of choice for all device builders”. As the Senior Director for Sales Strategy & Operations within Microsoft’s IoT Device Partner group, Andrew leads both the business transformation plans and also the operational capability development for our fast-moving IoT Device business.

In his 17 years at Microsoft, Andrew has held positions in the Enterprise Sales, Enterprise Services, Public Sector, and Marketing & Operations divisions of Microsoft’s UK Subsidiary, and has held leadership positions with worldwide responsibility for sales strategy and execution in both the Small & Medium Solutions & Partners group and the OEM Division. Prior to joining Microsoft, Andrew held a variety of engineering, management and policy-making roles within the UK Government.

Andrew graduated from the University of York in the United Kingdom with a Master’s degree in Electronic Engineering. He is a Chartered Engineer and outside work is a keen pianist.

Jose Antonio is the Microsoft Western Europe SmartCities Director. He joined Microsoft in 1995 and holds a wealth of Microsoft experience in field sales, sales strategy, partners management, operations and marketing. He incubated the WW CityNext (SmartCities Solutions from Microsoft partners) program. Frequent speaker at International events like SmartCityExpo, Mobile World Forum, TEDTalk, EU Events, UNESCO SmartCities SME Consultant.

Telecommunications Engineer MS at UPM Madrid, Human Sciences MS at UFV Madrid, Enterprise and Institutional Communication Management MS at UAB Barcelona, and Financial Business MS online INSEAD. Now writing a Doctoral PhD Thesis at UFV, Madrid on “Beyond SmartCities 2.0: How to create an Attractive City for Talented Citizens”.

His favorite hobbies are Wine Culture (Enology), Golf, and spend time with his family at country space.

Patrick Ward is a Principle Solution Specialist, IoT for Microsoft. In this role, Patrick helps Microsoft’s customers across EMEA to leverage the power of IoT to transform their businesses.

Patrick began his career in Product Development at Nortel and has led various management roles in UK, Canada, and Ireland across telecoms, internet, financial services and cloud computing.

Patrick has held a number of roles in Microsoft, including Head of Audience Marketing and Director of Evangelism in Microsoft Ireland. As Windows Business Group Lead, he launched Windows 8, Windows 10 and Surface in the Irish market.

A native of Dublin, Patrick has a Degree in Electronic Engineering from Dublin Institute of Technology and an MBA from UCD Smurfit Business School.

Rodney Clark is the Vice President of Microsoft’s Worldwide Internet of Things and Mixed Reality Sales team. In this role, Rodney is responsible for building Intelligent Solutions, from edge to cloud, with partners across the ecosystem, and driving sales and go to market execution to accelerate solution development and customer solution implementation.

A 20+ year Microsoft veteran, Rodney has held a number of executive positions within the company including, General Manager of the Global Alliances, General Manager of Strategy and Sales for the worldwide small and medium business team, and General Manager of Microsoft Across America, a Technical Sales and Marketing Evangelism organization. Prior to Microsoft, Rodney spent nine years with IBM.

Outside of work, Rodney serves as an advisor of the Board of Directors for Children’s Museum Seattle and the Craig School of Business CSU-Fresno.