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Bob Muglia

Entrepreneur & Builder

Mercer Island, Washington

Skills

Software Engineering
Business Strategy
Long-term Customer Relationships
Software Licensing
Cloud Computing
Server Architecture

Education

Work Experience

  • Board Member

    2024

  • Board Member

    2021

  • Board Member

    2021

  • Board Member

    2020

  • Board Member

    2020

  • Executive Chairman

    2020

2014 - 2019

  • CEO

    2014 - 2019

    Creating the world's greatest data warehouse. Designed for today, born in the cloud.

2011 - 2013

  • Executive Vice President; Software & Solutions Division

    2011 - 2013

    Drove cultural and organizational change to help transform Juniper from a hardware company into a systems and software company. Instituted much needed software engineering principles across Juniper. Provided focus to Juniper’s software efforts and eliminated unnecessary business units. Restructured the security business by replacing leadership, fixing software quality issues, and establishing thought leadership in datacenter security. Drove Juniper’s Software Defined Networking effort and launched our Contrail SDN Controller. Created the networking industry’s first coherent software licensing model.

1988 - 2011

  • President, Server & Tools Business

    2005 - 2011

    Effectively led an organization of 10,000 people. Built a highly cohesive leadership team that reliably delivered on-time, high-quality releases of Windows Server, SQL Server, Visual Studio, and System Center products. Directed Microsoft’s transformation from product-centricity into a business services company with Office 365, Windows Azure, and Windows InTune services. Consistently delivered above-market growth every fiscal year, driving revenue from $9.7B in FY06 to $17.1B in FY11, with operating income climbing from $3.5B to $6.6B. Built long-term, win-win relationships across the company and with Microsoft customers and partners.

  • Senior Vice President; Windows Server

    2003 - 2005

    Created the customer-focused approach and team structure that made Windows Server the world’s leading server operating system with 76% share at the time I left Microsoft.

  • Senior Vice President; Enterprise Storage & Management

    2002 - 2003

    Formed a startup team to drive Microsoft’s entry into the storage business. Turned around the Systems Management business by delivering world-class products.

  • Group Vice President; Online Services & Mobile Devices

    2001 - 2002

    Facilitated Microsoft’s transition to consumer services and devices with responsibility for Hotmail, Messenger, and Passport. Started and ultimately shut-down the Hailstorm project. Drove Pocket PC and the initial release of Windows Phone.

  • Group Vice President; Applications & Tools

    1998 - 2001

    Led the team that delivered the Office 2000 suite of products. Acquired Visio Corporation. Resurrected Microsoft’s developer strategy by creating .NET and C# after Microsoft lost the Java lawsuit. Testified in Washington, D.C. at the Microsoft antitrust trial.

  • Senior Vice President; Server Applications

    1997 - 1998

    Established the first integrated Microsoft Server Applications business that brought together Exchange, SQL Server, Systems Management Server, SNA Server, and BackOffice.

  • Vice President; Developer Tools

    1996 - 1997

    Created the integrated developer team that first combined Visual Basic and C++ into Visual Studio. Initiated Microsoft's Internet developer focus with Visual InterDev.

  • Director; Vice President; Windows NT Program Management

    1991 - 1996

    Led the team that defined the specification for Windows NT. Managed the release process for Windows NT 3.1, 3.5, 3.51, and 4. Drove the specification and delivered the SDK for the Win32 API.

  • Group Program Manager; OS/2

    1990 - 1991

    Participated in Microsoft’s transition from OS/2 to Windows NT. Presented this strategy change at both the internal decision-making meeting and public announcement in 1991.

  • Group Program Manager; SQL Server, Exchange, SNA Server

    1988 - 1990

    Joined Microsoft as the first technical person on SQL Server and delivered its first release, OS/2 SQL Server. Started Exchange Server and SNA Server.

1981 - 1987

  • Development Manager

    1981 - 1987

    Led a team that developed software on Data General minicomputers and IBM PC’s to configure ROLM PBX systems.