Margo Day
margoday@microsoft.com
Vice President, U.S. Education, Microsoft Corp.
Margo Day is vice president of U.S. Education for Microsoft Corp. She is responsible for
the U.S. Education strategy and sales to K–12 and higher education customers across the
U.S. Through partnerships, programs and technology, Microsoft plays a significant role in helping institutions
and educators transform learning that makes a real impact on educational outcomes and helps students
realize their full potential. Day leads a national team that focuses on working with institutions, faculty, students
and other key stakeholders.
Day has more than 28 years of experience in high-technology software sales, marketing, business
development, and partner and channel management and has been at Microsoft for the past 11 years. In her
previous role, Day was Microsoft’s vice president for Small and Midmarket Solutions and Partners (SMS&P) in
the West Region for five years. In this role, she was responsible for the marketing and sale of Microsoft
commercial products and services to corporate account and small and midsize business (SMB) customers in
the Western United States. During her first five years at Microsoft, Day served as vice president, U.S. Partner
Group, where she was responsible for partner strategy and program execution for Microsoft’s U.S. partner
ecosystem and managed the largest national system integrators, ISVs, distributors and large account resellers.
Day was recognized by CRN and VARBusiness as the No. 7 channel executive in the industry and was a
frequent keynote speaker at industry channel conferences.
Before joining Microsoft in 2001, Day was executive vice president at SoftQuad Software Ltd. and vice
president and managing director of Go2Net Inc. She also spent seven years at Lotus Development Corp. in
senior positions in the North American SMB Sales, Enterprise Sales, Field Marketing and Business Partner Sales
organizations. Day started her career in 1984 as general manager of Software City in San Diego.
Making a difference in people’s lives is important to Day. She has recently returned from a one-year personal
leave of absence from Microsoft. During that time, she focused her energies on raising funds and awareness
for the Kenya Child Protection and Education Project, partnering with World Vision. This project will positively
affect 17,000 children in five areas in the North Rift Valley of Kenya by providing access to quality education,
building schools, deepening community advocacy for the education of the girl child, and transforming
community attitudes toward early marriage and harmful cultural practices. Day is also the national co-chair
for the World Vision National Leadership Council for Child Protection. World Vision’s Child Protection initiative
will protect more than 50,000 children from exploitation or trafficking in the sex trade or labor, performing
dangerous work or living and working on the street. She is currently an advisory board member and past
board president for the Renton/Skyway Boys & Girls Club and past board president and a founding board
member of SeeYourImpact.org. Day was honored for her work on behalf of women at Microsoft, earning its
2006 Most Inspirational Woman award and in 2012 was nominated for the Anita Borg Women of Vision Social
Impact Award.
Day lives in the Seattle area and enjoys backpacking, boating, cycling, scuba diving, skiing, golf, adventure
travel and, when it’s rainy outside, attending concerts and theater as well as enjoying a great glass of wine.