Javier Soltero

Board Member

2023

Senior Venture Partner

2023

Putting my experience as an entrepreneur and operator to work in the service of Felicis amazing and growing portfolio of companies.

Strategic Advisor

2022

SVP & GM Canva Enterprise

2023 - 2024

Vice President & GM, Google Workspace

2019 - 2022

Led the consumer and commercial products and business for Google's communications and collaboration products including Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Drive, Meet, and many others. Led the restructuring of the commercial business and critical product improvements that drove massive user and revenue growth.

Board of Directors

2016 - 2021

Grupo Guayacán, Inc. is a private sector driven non-profit organization founded in 1996 with a unique model that has coupled private equity investment with a series of programs aimed at developing, strengthening, and advancing Puerto Rico’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.

President's Global Advisory Council

2017 - 2019

Corporate Vice President - Cortana

2018 - 2018

Corporate Vice President - Office Product Group

2016 - 2018

Responsible for overall product strategy for Microsoft Office. Helped define the company's strategy and product approach for mobile applications resulting in a stronger, clearer set of mobile products. Helped drive significant transformation in Microsoft's product culture and re-establish Microsoft's role as a key innovator.

Corporate Vice President - Outlook

2015 - 2016

Responsible for product management, design, and strategic leadership of the Outlook products across all platforms. Drove significant improvements in Outlook on the Web, Outlook for Mac, and Outlook on Windows. Revitalized the Outlook brand and external narrative.

General Manager - Outlook Mobile

2014 - 2015

Re-launched the Acompli product as Outlook mobile and to create Microsoft's fastest growing mobile application at the time. Established a new product development and delivery model for apps at Microsoft that drove a significant transformation in how Microsoft product teams approached application development.

CEO/Co-Founder

2013 - 2014

[Acquired by Microsoft in December, 2014: https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2014/12/01/microsoft-acquires-acompli-provider-innovative-mobile-email-apps/ ] Bringing the power and ubiquity of email to the mobile era through amazing apps and services. Proving that you can build enterprise products that people will choose and love and that you can do it while playing nicely with IT. As seen on Techcrunch: http://tcrn.ch/1nrDX2u And the Verge: http://bit.ly/1xmW9fO And Engadget: http://engt.co/1nYQyfH We're hiring: https://angel.co/acompli/jobs

Entrepreneur In Residence

2013 - 2013

Chief Technology Officer - SaaS and Application Services

2009 - 2012

Helped drive application platform strategy. Member of the Office of the CTO responsible for key relationships with SaaS providers. Actively involved in key enterprise customer engagements. Developed mobile application platform strategy.