Takeshi Numoto

Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer at Microsoft

Bellevue, Washington, United States

About

As Microsoft’s Chief Marketing Officer, I lead the company’s global marketing efforts, including product marketing, advertising, market research, events, and communications across Microsoft’s product and service portfolio. Throughout my tenure, I’ve worked across an array of teams, developing business models that have helped establish a connected ecosystem of sales and marketing that harness data to optimize customer journeys. Prior to joining Microsoft, I served as a trade negotiator for the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) within the Japanese government.

Experience

  • Microsoft (28 yrs 9 mos)
    • Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
      Oct 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 8 mos

      As Chief Marketing Officer, I lead Microsoft’s global marketing efforts, including product marketing, advertising, market research, events, and communications across Microsoft’s product and service portfolio.

    • Executive Vice President and Commercial Chief Marketing Officer
      Mar 2020 - Oct 2023 · 3 yrs 8 mos

      As Commercial CMO of Microsoft, I drove the company’s business model and go to market strategy for the company's broad portfolio of commercial offerings that help customers digitally transform.

    • Corporate Vice President, Cloud Marketing
      Jan 2012 - Mar 2020 · 8 yrs 3 mos

      Leading the Cloud Marketing business group, I was responsible for driving go to market strategy and execution for Microsoft Azure, Dynamics 365 and Power Platform services, as well as broad portfolio of on-premises software offerings spanning Windows Server, SQL Server, and Visual Studio families. Similar to the previous role, I helped drive Microsoft's business transformation to the cloud. I also helped establish a unified digital marketing platform for Microsoft's commercial business in the form of Global Demand Center, so that we can better orchestrate our customers' journeys across multitudes of engagement points (web, events, RM etc.) and across Microsoft's broad product portfolio.

  • Board Member at New Relic, Inc.
    Dec 2021 - Nov 2023 · 2 yrs

  • Associate Director, International Trade Policy Bureau at Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)
    Apr 1993 - Sep 1995 · 2 yrs 6 mos