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Paul Bowkett manages the NZ SMB Territory at Microsoft New Zealand, working closely with Microsoft’s broad partner network and 3rd parties to help deliver Microsoft cloud services such as Office 365, Microsoft 365 and Azure to NZ business. Over the past 25 years Paul has worked accross business applications, business productivity software and more recently cloud services businesses, with the last 16 years spent at Microsoft across Australia and NZ most recently spearheading Microsoft’s cloud offerings for the SMB market segment in NZ.

Joseph Landes is the Chief Revenue Officer at Nerdio where he empowers MSPs and enterprise IT professionals alike to build successful cloud environments in Microsoft Azure and Windows Virtual Desktop. During his time at Nerdio, Landes has driven the company to grow its product offerings and expand strategic partnerships, bringing innovative Azure solutions to new global enterprises and partners. Before joining Nerdio in 2018, Landes worked at Microsoft for 23 years where he held numerous senior leadership positions at the company’s corporate headquarters as well as in Eastern Europe, India, and Brazil. He was recently recognized as a channel industry thought leader and 2020 CRN Channel Chief, and in his free time Joseph enjoys traveling the world, spending time with his family, and reading his way through the New York Times’ Notable Books list.