Christopher Pirie

General Manager of Readiness, Microsoft

Christopher Pirie is the general manager of readiness for Microsoft, delivering field readiness and training for 42,000 field employees worldwide; the readiness team delivers 190,000 days of conference, classroom, online, and virtual training each year, and manages over 2.4 million hours of social and online learning for Microsoft consultants, sales, and marketing professionals. He joined Microsoft in 2004 as senior director of learning product development and later served as general manager for Microsoft Learning. Prior to Microsoft, Mr. Pirie worked at Oracle Corporation and Lloyds Bank. He is a current board member of LINGOS.org.