Kurt Springman

About Kurt Springman

With 25+ years of experience as a Global Strategic Alliance Leader, I have been integral to strategic alliance management & partnership development to drive multi-million-dollar revenue increases. As a leader, I have led direct-report and virtual teams while managing sales, marketing, & technology activities worldwide. It is my passion to drive business development & global collaboration while executing on revenue growth strategies. I have technological expertise in Microsoft Office365, Dynamics365, Salesforce, Azure, & AWS amongst many others.Some of my key achievements include: Revitalized and expanded Microsoft co-sell program with Zerto and Microsoft sales organizations by aligning account teams on Azure opportunities with Zerto solutions that solve customer issues. Grew the co-sell pipeline by 150%, increased co-sell deals. Enabled co-selling of PROS Azure SaaS with Microsoft global sales, generating significant increases in co-sell revenue and professional services, positioning PROS in the Top 50 Microsoft ISVs globally Earned Microsoft’s most prestigious partner award - the 2017 Microsoft Alliance Global Commercial ISV Partner of the Year Award for outstanding co-selling, joint marketing, and alliance management Applied program metrics and actionable outcomes focused on specific target audiences, securing and effectively spending above average amounts of Microsoft-funded joint marketing campaigns Led teams of sales, partner marketing, and technical alliance professionals that managed the strategic corporate alliance strategy with Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, Intel, and other key partners. Negotiated the 1st ever multi-year volume pricing WinPE redistribution agreement with Microsoft, saving millions in engineering costs.Please contact me through this profile if you wish to connect.

Experience

1. President and COO

   Ces Properties, Inc

   Jan 2026 — Present

   Real Estate Investment company, focused on joint venture partnerships with high quality developers of residential housing.

Education

• University of Washington

  Computer Science

• NYU Stern School of Business

  MBA, Finance

• University of Denver

  BS Accounting, Business

Skills

• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Channel Partners
• Sales Enablement
• Managed Services
• Enterprise Software
• Partner Programs
• Partner Management
• Cloud Computing
• Management
• Global Alliance Management
• Software as a Service (Saas)
• Business Alliances
• Strategic Alliances
• Solution Selling
• Product Management
• Saas
• Business Strategy
• Marketing
• Strategy
• Strategic Partnerships