Doug Burgum

Senior Vice President, Microsoft Business Solutions Group, Microsoft Business Division

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Doug Burgum is senior vice president of the Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS) group, a part of the Microsoft Business Division.

Microsoft Business Solutions develops and markets Microsoft Dynamics™ products (including Microsoft Dynamics CRM) that manage financial, customer relationship and supply chain management functions for small and midsize businesses, large organizations, and divisions of global enterprises. Delivered through a global network of partners providing specialized services, these integrated, adaptable business solutions work like and with familiar Microsoft® software to streamline processes across an entire business.

Before joining Microsoft, Burgum was chairman and CEO of Great Plains Software Inc., a midmarket software company that Microsoft acquired in April 2001. In July 2002, Burgum led Microsoft’s acquisition of Navision a/s, a Denmark-based midmarket software company. The two companies combined to create Microsoft Business Solutions.

A North Dakota native, Burgum earned his bachelor of university studies degree from North Dakota State University (NDSU) in 1978 and his MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business in 1980. Before joining the then-startup company Great Plains in 1983, Burgum was a consultant at McKinsey & Co. He received honorary doctorate degrees from NDSU and the University of Mary in 2000 and 2006 respectively. He currently serves as a member of the advisory council for the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Burgum has established the Doug Burgum Family Fund, which focuses its charitable giving on youth and education. He lives near Fargo, N.D., with his three children.

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