Star Profile of the Week - Andrea Russell- Microsoft

ANDREA RUSSELL

WW Small Business Partner Audience Manager, Microsoft Corporation

Andrea Russell is the WW Global Leader of the Microsoft Small Business Specialist Community. Her current professional responsibilities include building a highly engaged small business partner community and helping them serve the millions of small business customers around the world. In her 7-years at Microsoft she is proud to have been associated with a balance of the customer, partner and product experience which she believes has contributed to her professional diversification and understanding of leadership. Prior to Microsoft, Andrea’s relevant experience ranged from starting her own marketing research company, a brief “cup of coffee” with a DOT.com, and an international role with GE Capital IT Solutions where she is certified as a Sig Sigma Green Belt.

Andrea’s personal interests include her family, travel, exploring the Northwest and a passion for her hometown (Minneapolis) sports teams. She is humbled to be involved with WILT and believes leadership to be embodied in a quote from the late great co-author of The Leader’s Voice, Boyd Clarke who said “Leadership is a love affair with an idea, and an act of faith in people.”