09-04-2025
Microsoft presents: Close deals faster with Microsoft funded engagements
Join the Microsoft Corporate strategy and Americas GTM team to learn best practices around leveraging the Microsoft Business Applications Funded Engagements to build trust and accelerate your sales motion. The team will cover both pre-sales assessments and post-sales offers that are available in FY25.
Speakers:
Levent Bakirci
Microsoft, SMB Sales Strategy
Levent is the SMB Sales Strategy Lead for Business Applications. Levent is responsible for defining the SMB segment sales strategy for Business Applications. Levent has been with Microsoft for 8 years and worked in different roles in Business Application group focusing on growing partner ecosystem.
Levent Bakirci
Microsoft, SMB Sales Strategy
Levent is the SMB Sales Strategy Lead for Business Applications. Levent is responsible for defining the SMB segment sales strategy for Business Applications. Levent has been with Microsoft for 8 years and worked in different roles in Business Application group focusing on growing partner ecosystem.
Sanju Nair
Partner Marketing GTM (GPSUS), Microsoft
Sanju Nair is the Sr. Partner Marketing Advisor, GTM - Microsoft Americas, leading partner marketing for Business Applications partners. Sanju's key focus is to empower partners with marketing campaigns and initiatives that helps to digitally transform their customers.
Previously, Sanju was the Capacity Lead for US based partners, working on capacity and enablement plans for partners across segments (Enterprise + SMC). Sanju was also instrumental in conceptualizing the Digital Transformation Ready program, which focused on expanding the Business Applications talent in the market.
Prior to joining Microsoft, Sanju spent more than a decade with product and marketing roles across companies like Universal Music, Accenture, etc. including leading GTM efforts at a Microsoft partner. Sanju holds a bachelor's degree in IT from University of Mumbai (India), Masters in Marketing Management (JBIMS, Mumbai) and an MBA with focus in Technology Management (City University of Seattle).
Sanju Nair
Partner Marketing GTM (GPSUS), Microsoft
Sanju Nair is the Sr. Partner Marketing Advisor, GTM - Microsoft Americas, leading partner marketing for Business Applications partners. Sanju's key focus is to empower partners with marketing campaigns and initiatives that helps to digitally transform their customers.
Previously, Sanju was the Capacity Lead for US based partners, working on capacity and enablement plans for partners across segments (Enterprise + SMC). Sanju was also instrumental in conceptualizing the Digital Transformation Ready program, which focused on expanding the Business Applications talent in the market.
Prior to joining Microsoft, Sanju spent more than a decade with product and marketing roles across companies like Universal Music, Accenture, etc. including leading GTM efforts at a Microsoft partner. Sanju holds a bachelor's degree in IT from University of Mumbai (India), Masters in Marketing Management (JBIMS, Mumbai) and an MBA with focus in Technology Management (City University of Seattle).