Dan Holme
Product Leader / Principal Group Product Manager
Microsoft
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Dan Holme, a graduate of Yale and Thunderbird, has earned a reputation as one of the world’s most respected consultants, authors, and experts on Microsoft technologies. With a career spanning thirty years, Dan currently leads a product team for Microsoft Viva Engage, innovating employee experiences including storyline, rich media, events and activities. Previously, he led product marketing teams that launched new and reimagined products including SharePoint, OneDrive, Yammer, Microsoft Stream, SharePoint Syntex and Microsoft Viva. Dan brings a customer-centric perspective from two decades consulting Fortune 500 organizations, during which time he served as the Microsoft Technologies Consultant for NBC for the broadcast of the Olympics in Rio, Sochi, London, Vancouver, Beijing and Torino. Follow Dan to learn more.
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With a career spanning more than 25 years, Dan Holme, a native of Colorado and graduate of Yale, earned a reputation as one of the world’s most respected consultants, authors, thought leaders, and experts on Microsoft technologies.
Prior to joining Microsoft, Dan was the co-founder of IT Unity, a media, events, and digital marketing company serving the Office 365 and SharePoint communities worldwide. As CEO, Dan helped to build IT Unity’s strong brand, customer base, and reputation among users, partners, and experts around the globe.
As the co-founder of trainAbility and founder of Intelliem, Dan trained and advised hundreds of thousands of IT professionals, executives, and users at almost every Fortune 100 enterprise, and more than half of the Fortune 500 and Global 1000. He authored hundreds of articles for IT Unity and SharePointProMag.com, and numerous best-selling books for Microsoft Press.
For these contributions, Dan was awarded Microsoft MVP status for ten years across four technologies, named one of the top ten partner MVPs in the world, and recognized as one of the top influencers in the SharePoint and Office 365 community.
Dan joined Microsoft in 2016 as Director of Product Marketing, leading the team that launched new and reimagined products including SharePoint, OneDrive, Yammer, Microsoft Stream, SharePoint Syntex and Microsoft Viva.
Today, Dan leads a product team for Microsoft Viva Engage, innovating employee experiences including storyline, rich media, events and activities.
Based in Phoenix after ten years on Maui, Hawaii and five in Seattle, Dan is passionate about nature, the performing arts, and the Olympic Games. Dan has served as the Microsoft Technologies Consultant for NBC Sports for the broadcast of the Olympics in Rio, Sochi, London, Vancouver, Beijing and Torino.