Scott Rendell (CSA)

Scott has more than 30 years of experience in the telco space and brings his expertise to the Microsoft partner ecosystem to enable partners on their voice journey. He has spoken at a number of different conferences and is the current Teams User Group leader for NYMetro.

Jimmy Vaughan

Prior to joining Microsoft, Jimmy was with Crestron Electronics for nearly 20 years where his efforts exemplified the tradition of quality that Crestron has been known for since its founding. He along with Joe Sarrasin invented and led the development effort behind many of Crestron’s most popular products including Crestron Mercury, Air-Media presentation systems and […]

Ashish Gupta

Hello! I’m Ashish Gupta, currently serving as a Senior Product Manager at Microsoft, with a primary focus on enhancing the Teams Phone desktop calling client. My journey at Microsoft has allowed me to contribute to both Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Teams, equipping me with a comprehensive understanding of our products and the unique challenges they […]

Vinay Jagannatha Rao

I work as a Senior Product Manager at Microsoft. My focus – Teams Phone, a critical component of Microsoft Teams which provides Teams voice solution on devices.  I am passionate about creatiing exceptional communication experience for users and love to talk to customers and partners to understand their needs.  

Traci Herr

I specialize in deploying and supporting Teams Voice solutions and Teams Rooms System solutions. 

Karuana Gatimu

Karuana Gatimu is a business architect and productivity expert currently working in the Microsoft Teams product group. With a 25-year history in collaboration technology and corporate IT, she is experienced in Microsoft productivity and business applications, including Microsoft 365 (Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Microsoft Viva), and Power Platform. She combines her technical expertise with a passion […]

Kevin Martins

Kevin has over 20 years of technical industry experience in various systems engineering and consulting roles with organizations such as Verizon, Hewlett Packard, and Microsoft. Along with many industry certifications, Kevin holds a Bachelors and Masters degree in Communications and recently earned a second Masters degree in Cyber Security from the University of Maryland. Focusing […]

Ron Pessner

Ron Pessner is the Product Management leader for the Modern Collaboration team for Microsoft 365 (Office Product Group). The Modern Collaboration team is responsible for leading the transformation of our classic Office authoring applications into tools preferred for collaborative work, as well as defining a new category of collaborative experiences with Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft Loop, […]