Nicole Dezen

Nicole Dezen serves as Corporate Vice President, Device Partner Sales in the Global Partner Solutions organization at Microsoft. Nicole leads a diverse team of sales, marketing, business development, and technical professionals who collaborate with partners to build, market and sell intelligent edge devices that consume Microsoft’s cloud services. Nicole believes that devices are the endpoint to unlock intelligent cloud solutions that empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. She drives business growth and innovation across the device ecosystem by developing strategies with the most innovative original device and equipment manufacturers, silicon partners, along with resellers and distributors, to bring the best solutions into the hands of consumers, students and businesses worldwide. Nicole’s portfolio spans the edge ecosystem from modern ultra-slim notebooks, 2-in-1s, and desktops loved by gamers and corporations alike, collaboration devices and servers to serve the future of hybrid work, and mixed reality devices including HoloLens. Regardless of the device, Nicole is obsessed with helping partners and customers unlock the virtually limitless power of the Microsoft Cloud through services including Azure, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Mesh and more. With more than 20 years of sales experience in tech, Nicole’s innate curiosity has led her from several years in telecommunications, to leading tech start-ups as CEO, to driving Microsoft’s multi-billion-dollar device sales business today. Nicole joined Microsoft in 2007 and served in multiple roles including, General Manager for Consumer Device Sales in the UK & Ireland, where she represented all consumer and devices lines of business, as well as leading Microsoft’s HP OEM team across the Asia Pacific region. Nicole is a proud Los Angeleno living in the Pacific Northwest. When she’s not closely collaborating with partners, Nicole loves cooking family recipes, digging into a new book, and rocking out to Taylor Swift or Beyonce on her latest Peloton ride.