John
Connors
Ignition Partners
BA
University of Montana
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The UW Business School was honored to feature John Connors, a partner at Ignition and former Chief Financial Officer of Microsoft Corporation, as the keynote speaker for the 2005 Business Leadership Banquet held on Thursday, October 13.
John Connors
Keynote Speaker
John Connors is a partner at Ignition.
He invests in enterprise software and services
companies.
Prior to joining Ignition, John spent fifteen
years at Microsoft Corporation in several strategic
roles. Most recently he held the position of chief
financial officer and senior vice president of
finance and administration responsible
for Microsoft's finances, investor relations,
administration, corporate services, procurement
and real estate and also for the company's
Global Operations & Technology group.
John also held a variety of positions including
vice president of the Worldwide Enterprise Group,
where he was responsible for the sales, services
and relationship strategy for large, medium-sized
and small businesses. Before that, Connors served
as vice president and chief information officer
(CIO). Before serving as CIO, he held a number
of positions within and outside finance, including
corporate controller, general manager of worldwide
financial operations, director of business operations
of Microsoft's European headquarters in Paris,
and director of business operations of the Worldwide
Sales and Support Strategy Group.
Prior to joining Microsoft, John held management
positions at PIP Printing Inc., SAFECO Corp. and
Deloitte, Haskins and Sells.
John received his BA in accounting from
the University of Montana. He also received the
Distinguished Alumni Award from the University
of Montana. |
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