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Josh Holmes
Technical Leader
Microsoft – 2006-Present
In 15 years, I’ve held 6 distinct roles each of which were driven by strategy and cross organizational collaboration.

Principal Engineering Manager – Commercial Software Engineering
Leading teams to solve supply chain issues in retail creating trusted partner relationships with our top retail customers
Interim Group Program Manager – Edge Developer Experiences
Drove strategy through the decision to switch to Chromium as the core in the developer tools, progressive web apps and WebView
CTO in Residence – Microsoft for Startups Accelerator
Innovated with the 10 startups to deliver IoT solutions resulting in many new startups successfully launching in Azure
Chief Engineer – Partner Catalyst Team
Lead architecture/strategy for global teams of 250 engineers helping customers on innovation projects
Senior Program Manager – Internet Explorer
Shifted the marketing from consumer focused to developer focused dramatically increasing usage of the browser
Principal Technical Evangelist – US and Ireland
Pioneered open-source project engagement driving Azure, SQL Server, Web App Gallery and more opening new markets and opportunities for the entire company
QCash – 2021-Present
Fractional CTO innovating strategy from modernization of older codebase to new feature work to new product lines.
Seattle GiveCamp – 2019-Present
President of Seattle GiveCamp – inspiring and organizing volunteers to solve the biggest technical issues for nonprofits
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Frequent Speaker – 1998-Present
Speaking at many conferences ranging from local technical conferences to international events, such as WebSummit