Simon was appointed Director of Corporate Affairs for Microsoft in Australia and New Zealand in December 2009.
A proud Tasmanian, Simon was trained in law and economics and has worked in the public and private sectors as well as serving as a policy adviser to the Federal Government between 1996 and 1999.
Simon is Microsoft’s alternate director to the Australian Information Industry Association, a Trustee and NSW State Council member of CEDA, a member of the Trade and Government committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia, a member of the Sydney Institute and the Tasmanian Cricket Association.
Oliver is responsible for coordinating all standards related activity in Australia and New Zealand that Microsoft is engaged in. This includes support for existing standards, development of new standards, and ensuring that the support for documented standards in our products meets the needs of our Australia and New Zealand customers.
Prior to this position Oliver spent three years as Regional Technology Officer for Microsoft in the Asia Pacific region, and before that seven years at Microsoft’s corporate headquarters in Redmond, Washington. There he held the position of Worldwide Director for Government Programs, working with Microsoft’s global network of subsidiaries to define replicable ways in which Governments could implement cross departmental services for citizens and businesses.
Before joining Microsoft in 1995, Oliver spent several years building his own consultancy company that focused on delivering architectural and technical services to major financial institutions and insurance companies in the United Kingdom. Oliver was born in Blackburn, England.
You can read some of Oliver’s thoughts on activity and news in the software industry on his blog at http://osrin.net
Jeff serves as Microsoft’s General Counsel for Australia and New Zealand and is based in Sydney. He provides regulatory counsel to business groups on public policy issues such as intellectual property rights, privacy, internet security and safety, competition, and international trade. Jeff joined Microsoft in 2000 and was initially based in Hong Kong and then in Singapore, where he managed the company’s public policy activities in the Asia Pacific region. He has been an active contributor to industry associations and public/private sector groups focused on advancing the discussion of leading policy issues including by serving as Vice Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce (HK) and the Australian government’s Consultative Working Group on Cyber-Safety.
Prior to joining Microsoft, Jeff was with Simpson Thacher & Barlett, an international law firm based in New York. He also served as a federal prosecutor with the Office of International Affairs, Criminal Division, US Department of Justice, from 1996-2000. At the US Department of Justice, he was responsible for a wide range of matters relating to international law, including negotiating bilateral treaties and multilateral conventions on international cooperation in criminal matters and providing advice on international law to the Office of the Attorney General.
Paul was appointed Microsoft’s Community Affairs Manager in January 2007
Before Microsoft, Paul had over twelve years’ experience in managing corporate partnerships and major donor initiatives for some of Australia’s most respected institutions such as The Australian Museum and the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust in Sydney.
Paul began his career in corporate sponsorship and community engagement as a consultant where he worked on a range of major cultural, corporate and government projects.
Following this, Paul was employed by the Australian Youth Orchestra as Marketing and Communications Manager before moving to the Sydney Children’s Hospital where he worked on corporate partnerships and community engagement for the paediatric oncology team.
Greg Stone is CTO for Microsoft Australia, and is responsible for Microsoft’s technology policy and strategy initiatives working across Public and Private sectors as well as contributing to Microsoft’s long term technology blueprints - particularly in the areas of identity, collaboration, human-machine design and social software.
Greg joined Microsoft Australia in 2001 with over 20 years of executive business and IT experience across a broad range of industry sectors.