Erin Braddock Guthrie
Cloud + AI Strategy at MSFT | Board Member | Early-Stage Investor
United States
Skills
Education
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