Mark Short

About Mark Short

Digital Platform Transformation• Strategy Definition & Implementation • Program Management• Product Management• Patent Award for Project Management• Intellectual Property for Cloud Services• Assessment Tooling • Microsoft Gold Star Award Winner• Learning & Development Innovation• Delivery Experience Platforms• Curriculum Portfolio Management• Cloud-Based Virtual Labs

Experience

1. Senior Program Project Manager - Microsoft Customer and Partner Solutions (Mcaps)

   Microsoft

   Jul 2023 — Present

   AI and Solution Play Go-To-Market (GTM) Team, responsible for developing a wide range of training content aimed at skilling approximately Microsoft employees in areas mostly focused on AI and Copilot. Topic areas include:• Cooking with Copilot on Viva Engage: Launched in January 2024, this campaign series showcased pertinent Copilot prompts to sellers through concise videos under two minutes and succinct descriptive postings on the Viva Engage platform. It garnered over views in nine months.• AI Foundations in FY25 OLT: Provided foundational information about AI, responsible, secure, and sustainable AI principles, generative AI and machine learning, Azure AI platform, and top-of-mind conversation starters from MCAPS and engineering leaders for FY25. Targeted to approximately Microsoft employees.• Orchestrating AI Design Wins (Enterprise and SMC-C): Taught sellers to utilize the Standard Discovery Checklist to ensure AI, Apps, Infra, and Data customer conversations occur regardless of specialist ownership. Guided end-to-end orchestration across multiple MCEM stages and account v-teams based on initial customer priority.• Modern Work Execution GTM Content: Developed content for Cloud Endpoints, Copilot, Frontline Workers, Secure Productivity, and Surface.

Education

• Texas A&M University

  Bachelor of Environment Design, Architecture