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Erin Braddock Guthrie

Cloud + AI Strategy at MSFT | Board Member | Early-Stage Investor

United States

Work Experience

2022

  • Senior Director, Cloud+AI Strategy

    2022

    • Led the Copilot Marketplace strategy, driving the design of a Teams-based product for strategic partners in collaboration with senior engineering leadership. Work was announced at a major global keynote in 2024. • Developed a new AI playbook to help Fortune 500 companies expand their Copilot adoption, with successful customer showcases at a global partner conference. • Created and launched a pilot program based on AI adoption insights, driving multimillion-dollar customer commitments. • Drove Copilot strategy for software partners, using a jobs-to-be-done approach to identify key development scenarios in partnership with business development and industry sales leaders. • Conducted a market scan of 100+ high-traction AI startups, prioritizing features with strong product-market fit to refine line-of-business Copilot strategy. • Led Hackathon initiative, strengthening technical expertise across teams and influencing roadmap priorities for key AI products.

2021

  • Limited Partner

    2021

    LongJump is a first-check, founder-led fund, based in Chicago, designed to invest in the next generation of founders. We provide capital, connections, and community to help founders take the leap towards building fast-growing, scalable businesses.

2021 - 2022

  • Senior Director, Corporate Strategy

    2021 - 2022

    • Leader of a team of technology strategists, creating and operationalizing Dell growth areas • Executive Sponsor for BNA (Black Networking Alliance) ERG, Remote Chapter

  • Secretary of Commerce, Governor JB Pritzker

    2019 - 2021

    • Negotiated and closed over 100 business expansion and relocation deals to drive >$5B of Illinois based investment and add >6000 jobs in 18 months (e.g., Lion Electric, the first all-electric trucking company) • Launched GetHired Illinois in wake of COVID-19 to connect over 5000 workers with employers, including partnership with Coursera to offer free courses to displaced workers

2017 - 2019

  • General Manager, Regional Midwest Operations and Marketplace

    2017 - 2019

    • Grew >$2B Midwest business at a continued pace of >20% YoY top line through spend optimization and operational improvements; landing ahead of plan on revenue and profit margin • Transformed national compliance program from distributed model to centralized ops model, reducing costs by 50%

  • General Manager, Midwest Marketplace

    2017 - 2017

2013 - 2017

  • Engagement Manager, Digital McKinsey

    2014 - 2017

  • Associate

    2013 - 2014

2009 - 2011

  • Account Executive, West Coast

    2009 - 2011

2007 - 2009

  • Business Development Manager, S&S New Businesses Development Team

    2007 - 2009