Craig Bruya – Performance Management
Craig Bruya has been Chief Financial Officer of Microsoft Business Solutions at Microsoft headquarters since returning to the company in 2004. During a three year sabbatical, he taught accounting and management classes to MBA students at Seattle University and the University of Washington. Prior to this, he spent 12 years at Microsoft in executive finance positions as well as nine years with the audit division of Arthur Andersen & Company in Seattle, Brussels, Belgium and Athens, Greece.
Heather Hamilton – Managing Your Career
As the Staffing Programs Manager for Marketing and Finance Talent Acquisition at Microsoft, Heather Hamilton is responsible for creating and driving strategies to bring the industry's best marketing talent to the company. Heather is an industry leader and frequently requested speaker on the topics of candidate outreach and community building, which include blogging and Internet recruiting. Heather's blogging activities have created press interests including interviews with The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and Fast Company.
Heather has worked in staffing for 11 years and before her 6 years at Microsoft led the technical recruiting team at a large multi-line insurance company's corporate headquarters and was previously with a national IT consulting firm. Heather began her career at Robert Half International in the Accountemps division after a brief career excursion in accounting. Heather has a BS degree in Business Administration from the University of Southern California.
Randy Johnston - Accounting technology and software
Randy Johnston is a nationally recognized educator, consultant, and writer with over 30 years experience in Strategic Technology Planning, Systems and Network Integration, Accounting Software Selection, Business Development and Management, Disaster Recovery and Contingency Planning, and Process Engineering. Randy is Executive Vice President of K2 Enterprises and has been named to the 2006 Accounting Today Top 100 Most Influential People in the accounting industry.
