Angus Norton is a proven high-tech Executive with over 20 years of worldwide experience spanning Commercial and Consumer customer segments. He has led teams and organizations across multiple disciplines and geographies, from Product Engineering, Product Design and Product management, through to Product Marketing, Technology Evangelism and new business incubation. Angus is also deeply involved motivated and energized by his philanthropy work in the US, and community service through local technology startup communities and youth in technology mentoring. Angus is a Cloud services veteran with a proven track record in building, selling and marketing SaaS offerings to Consumer and Business Customers. He currently leads a world class team of 500+ Engineers, Designers, and Product Managers at Xero. Xero is a dream company, dream place to work, and we are changing the world with beautiful accounting software in the Cloud!

Chief Product Officer & Executive Vice President @ Xero – beautiful accounting software. A dream job, dream team, and a dream opportunity. I lead a team of passionate, talented and globally distributed Product Managers, Software Engineers, and Product Designers. We are the markets leader in the UK, NZ and Australia, with over 500k customers, and are making big investments in extending this leadership position into the US. Our accounting software was built in the cloud from day one, so we've had the freedom to design, and reimagine the dream accounting solution for small business. Xero's Global headquarters are in New Zealand, with our US headquarters in San Francisco along with with satellite offices in Melbourne, Canberra, Seattle, Los Angeles, Atlanta, New York, and Denver. We are also hiring! Check us out. https://www.xero.com/us/about/careers/ Ranked #1 by Forbes as the World's Most Innovative Growth Company 2014: http://ow.ly/Cb0s2 From November 2014 to Present (1 year) Seattle, Auckland and all over the place #worldcitizenVice President & General Manager @ Manage MSFT Office product line for USA – plus Office365, Skype, Yammer, and other units. Leading inbound-and-outbound product management and business development – and fully accountable for the top revenue-producing division of MSFT (over $8 billion P&L for US). Lead all elements including specialist sales, technical sales, partner engagement, services, and support. From June 2011 to November 2014 (3 years 6 months) Redmond, WA, United StatesGeneral Manager, Product Management, Bing Search Engine @ Drove MSFT Search Toolbar, Mobile Search Platform, Developer-Publisher API tools, and cross company initiatives for Bing’s integration into core Microsoft products. Played a key role during creation of Bing From July 2007 to June 2011 (4 years) Redmond, WA, United StatesSenior Director of Product Management, Developer Platform & Tools Evangelism @ Returned to the area of “back office” products and developer tools – now at Senior Director level – and orchestrated MSFT’s defense against a competitive surge from Sun Microsystem’s Java. From February 2005 to July 2007 (2 years 6 months) Redmond, WA, United StatesDirector of Product Management, Windows Phone Division @ Based on success of SQL and enterprise, assigned a new and difficult challenge, namely, to lead MSFT’s entry into the smartphone market, which was initially dominated by BlackBerry. Led the US launch and outbound marketing. Defined the channels, partners, and marketing strategy to drive Windows Phone. Concurrently led the Pocket PC portfolio. From May 2002 to March 2005 (2 years 11 months) Redmond, WA, United StatesDirector of Product Management, Server & Tools Division @ Relocated to MSFT’s HQ to lead marketing for enterprise software – and, especially, continue applying successful tactics and strategies that were devised and implemented in NZ during 1997–2000. From March 2000 to May 2002 (2 years 3 months) Redmond, WA, United StatesGroup Product Manager @ Switched from consumer electronics to software, based on a personal insight that software would dominate the world of high tech (for example, software would eventually simplify video editing). * Win 95 (1995–1997): Led successful sales and marketing campaign for Windows 95 that adapted tactics and strategies from the world of consumer electronics & transported Win 95 from the home office to the living room. * Enterprise (1997–2000): Based on success of Windows 95, agreed to accomplish a similar result for MSFT Enterprise (business) software – SQL, Exchange, Back Office systems – a “mission impossible” scenario that nobody else wanted to do (in 1997, MSFT was not perceived as credible competitor against Sun, Oracle, or IBM). . From June 1995 to July 2000 (5 years 2 months) Auckland, NZGroup Product Marketing Manager @ My team that was responsible for the sales & marketing of Exchange Server, SQL Server, Visual Studio and Windows Server in the New Zealand market. After a succesful tenure on the NZ market I was asked to transfer to the Microsoft Corporate HQ, in Redmond, WA. From June 1997 to January 2000 (2 years 8 months) Auckland, NZGroup Marketing Manager @ Joined Sony in sales role – managed the top 10 national retailers in NZ – and advanced to a senior product-marketing position at age 21. Recognized by Sony for business acumen and exceptional negotiating skill with Japanese suppliers. Led a team that drove outbound marketing for Sony's Audio/Video products in NZ, especially Handycam & Walkman. Established Sony Handycam (Beta format) as the market leader in NZ, and knocked Panasonic VHS – an entrenched competitor – into second place. From March 1990 to July 1995 (5 years 5 months) New ZealandAccount Executive @ I was the key account manager for Sony's top 10 national retailers in the NZ marketplace. From March 1990 to April 1992 (2 years 2 months) New Zealand

Angus Norton is skilled in: Product Marketing, Product Management, Online Services, Digital Marketing, P&L Management, Business Development, Strategy, SaaS, Cloud Computing, Team Management, Management, Leadership, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Analytics, Go-to-market Strategy, Mobile Devices, Channel Partners, Integration, Business Intelligence, Business Strategy, Demand Generation, Sales, Marketing Management, Start-ups, Professional Services, Partner Management, Competitive Analysis, Social Media, SEM, Strategic Partnerships, SEO, Segmentation, Marketing Strategy, SharePoint, Team Leadership, Lead Generation, Multi-channel Marketing, Cross-functional Team..., Business Alliances, E-commerce, Solution Selling, CRM, Pre-sales, Sales Enablement, Mobile Applications, Software Industry, Sales Process, Executive Management