Mike Tholfsen
- Role
- Principal Group Product Manager - Microsoft Education at Microsoft
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Mike Tholfsen
Experienced product leader with a deep understanding of the education space, customers…
Experience
Principal Group Product Manager - Microsoft Education
Sep 2017 — Present
Driving Microsoft Education\'s K12 product strategy, including responsibility for Microsoft Teams EDU Assignments and the inclusive classroom and empowering students of all abilities. This includes reading, writing, math, and communication • Lead the Immersive Reader set of products, which help students with dyslexia, dysgraphia, ADHD, as well as non-native speakers and emerging readers. Recently announced Immersive Reader has monthly active users across all apps and platforms • Co-founder of the new Reading Progress product in Microsoft Teams for EDU. Improve student reading fluency, save teachers time, and gather insights. • Lead the OneNote Education product strategy and roadmap for Class and Staff Notebooks. OneNote Class Notebooks now has over Student Notebooks created and used by over Teachers • Named #3 Education Technology Influencer by TechEdvocate • Named a top Higher Education IT Influencer by EdTech Magazine • Named Top 25 STEM Influencer by Onalytica • Won the Accessibility Leadership Advocacy award at Microsoft in 2018 • Named a Top 15 Education Technology influencer by Onalytica
Education
University of Washington
Software Product Management
2014 — 2015
Western Washington University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Information Systems
1991 — 1995
Skills
- Software Engineering
- Manual Testing
- Sdlc
- Project Management
- Software Design
- Quality Assurance
- Regression Testing
- Scrum
- Performance Testing
- Test Planning
- Test Cases
- Software Development
- C#
- Test Automation
- Educational Technology
- Education
- Sharepoint
- Program Management
- Product Management
- Software Quality Assurance
- Test Management
- Software Project Management
- Test Strategy
- Agile Methodologies
- Testing
- Distributed Systems
- Agile Project Management
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