Microsoft Italy: the nominations of Suria and Callegari

In order to better support the #DigitalRestart plan introduced in recent months to support the digital transformation of the country, today Microsoft Italia announces two appointments for its Leadership Team: the first concerns Federico Suria who joins the group as Director of the Enterprise Division Commercial, the second one is Luca Callegari who takes on the role of Solution Sales Division Director.

F. Suria and L. Callegari in the Microsoft Italy Leadership Team

They will be part of the team by Silvia Candiani, inheriting the positions respectively of Vincenzo Esposito and Massimiliano Ortalli who are entrusted with new international positions in Microsoft: Esposito is the new General Manager Commercial Partners for Central and Eastern Europe and Massimiliano Ort alli takes responsibility for the Dynamics business in the Specialist team Unit Division of the Western Europe area.

Suria's goal is to lead the digital transformation projects of the great customers of Microsoft Italy. He joined the company after almost a decade spent at Dell holding various roles in the areas of Finance, Professional Services, Sales and most recently as CEO of EMC2 Italy. In the past he has also worked in McKinsey & Co Management Consulting and Rolls-Royce Aerospace. These are his words.

I can't wait to work and learn from an exceptional group of professionals and to join Microsoft Italy, at a crucial moment for the transformation of the corporate customers we serve on the market Italian. The Ambition Italy #DigitalRestart plan represents a unique opportunity to radically accelerate this transformation and I am proud to be part of the team that will guide it.

Callegari it is, instead, a return to Italy after four years at Microsoft Switzerland, covering the same role, and after driving experience of the Divisions M&O and Partner and Small-and Medium-sized Enterprises. He started his career at Samsung in the area of sales and marketing, then coming to the Marketing Direction of the telephone division. In 2010 he joined Microsoft Italy as Head of Windows Phone, and in 2011 he was appointed Marketing Strategist for the mobile phone business at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond.

I Am excited about the opportunity to return to where it all started and take advantage of my recent international experience to contribute to the revival of my Country. Observe how Italy has reacted to the recent public health emergency and how Microsoft is alongside customers, partners, and institutions in the recovery phase is a reason of great pride and I feel privileged to be a part of this team.