Bob Ballard

Bob Ballard has 25 years of IT experience including 14 years at Microsoft, and most recently as Chief IT Strategist for State and Local Government. He has led some of the most strategic victories for Microsoft in both the commercial and public sector, starting with enterprise wins versus IBM and Novell, leading early efforts in the unified communication business, and finally, as one of the first cloud-focused resources in the company covering Public Sector. Since joining Planet in 2014, Bob created and leads the Cloud Strategist team which helps drive customer business objectives through IT projects. In his current role, Bob leads the Sales, Organizational Change Management, and Cloud Strategist teams for the East Region.