Steve Riley Lands On His Feet

In May, in one of the more inexplicable moves this year, Microsoft laid off my good friend Steve Riley, four days before he was to deliver half a dozen presentations at TechEd. Fortunately, it did not take Steve long to find a new gig. This Monday, he starts as the latest Evangelist & Strategist for Amazon Web Services!

I'm very very happy for Steve, and very excited about what he can do in that role. Web Services are where the future is, and Steve is extremely well suited to the role. Please join me in wishing him good luck!

Published Fri, Jul 10 2009 4:13 PM by jesper

Comments

# Sander Berkouwer said on 12 July, 2009 02:57 PM

Great to hear.

Good luck, Steve!

# Dale said on 13 July, 2009 08:02 AM

Having heard you both speak at a TechEd, I was amazed that Microsoft let Steve go.  Silly people :-(

Good for Amazon though :-)

# Daniel Drumea said on 17 July, 2009 07:16 AM

Good luck! I hope to see many more presentations from both of you. Thank you for your efforts.

# Jack Sweeney said on 21 July, 2009 07:27 AM

I am suprised that they let go of one of their most dynamic speakers. Though he did comment on some of the bad decisions Microsoft made in their products, he promoted them highly. I guess they thought that he was getting too close to getting retirement benifits. It's nice to see you two will be working together again.

# Lars Olsson said on 30 July, 2009 04:59 AM

Steve Riley has left the building.......

# DmitryK said on 03 August, 2009 08:17 AM

Good luck to Steve. Talented people will always have work - even in crisis times.

Jesper thank you to you too. I saw you both several times at TechEd.