About Me
Who am I?

As a C-Level Microsoft Executive and global thought leader, I bring over 30 years of leadership in digital and cloud transformation roles. I build strategy spanning all aspects of business model and product development, launch, marketing, sales, and partnership, with operational execution excellence. Throughout my career, I have helped thousands of businesses of all sizes to digitally transform through technology. I have grown a P&L into $10B over 5 years, managed global sales revenues of $40B, and led a global portfolio of channel partners that has influenced over $1 trillion through Microsoft’s fastest growing ecosystem.
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I am a builder and change agent, turning around businesses by inspiring a vision for future customer relevance and engaging teams in developing the roadmap. As a board director, I advise executive teams in developing their vision to transform and scale the organization through new technologies including cloud and artificial intelligence.
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My passion lies in empowering women and their allies. As a DEI Advocate, I have presented at TEDx Cherry Creek on driving for Gender Equity in high tech. I am also an ATHENA Global Leadership award winner and co-founder of Women in Cloud and Women in Technology Network.
Board of Director Positions:
Advisory Board Positions:
- Artificial Solutions, Advisor Board Chair
- Berkshire Partners, Operating Advisor
- International Association of Microsoft Channel Partners (IAMCP)
- Women in Technology Network
- Women’s Business Collaborative
- University of Washington, Bothell Business School
Executive Roles:
- CEO, Gavriella Schuster, LLC (current)
- Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Channel Chief (previous)
- For a full view of all positions held visit:Â (99+) Gavriella Schuster | LinkedIn
Key Accomplishments:
- Advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion
- Developed and published an online interactive learning module about ALLIES on RALI
- Digital transformation and change leadership across Microsoft and Microsoft’s partner ecosystem
- Led the global recruitment, enablement and engagement of Microsoft’s fast-growing partner ecosystem influencing over $1 Trillion in ecosystem revenues growing to over 90K Microsoft cloud services partners and over 12K published marketplace solutions
- Launched and grew the Cloud Solution Provider licensing revenues to $10B annually in 4 years
- Delivered over $40B in direct global partner sales revenues
- Doubled P&L in 3 years, increasing by double digits consistently YOY for 5 years for Microsoft’s global Windows Commercial Business and then the U.S. Cloud and Datacenter business to a growth of over 35% CAGR
- Developed a global portfolio of partner investments over $2B annually to achieve a 10-20X return.
- Led the launch of 15+ product releases including Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) and Windows Intune with engineering, from product, acquisition strategy, business development, licensing, pricing, business model and packaging.
- TEDx Cherry Creek Speaker driving for Gender Equity in high tech.
- ATHENA Global Leadership award winner and co-founder of Women in Cloud and Women in Technology Network.
Specialties:
Leadership | Commercial Enterprise Go To Market | Building Organizational Capabilities | Developing Organizational Scale | Commercial Digital Transformation | Cloud & Datacenter Technologies | Product Management | Product Marketing | Business Model Development | Acquisitions | Sales | Digital Marketing | Social Marketing | Channel Programs