Visiting Scholar
John Richards
Director of Windows Live Platform Product Management, Microsoft
Richards is director of Windows Live Platform Product Management and is responsible for defining the Windows Live Platform business model and building an eco-system of partners, developers, and end users building applications using Windows Live Web Services. Prior to his current role, Richards managed the communication and collaboration marketing team at Microsoft with responsibility for creating and articulating a single cross-company marketing message and campaign. Prior to Microsoft he spent five years at McKinsey & Co where he served a variety of information technology and telecommunications firms on a variety of strategic and operational issues.