May 26, 2025
Astoria Conference Room, Hotel Histrion
A very ⭐magical⭐ event for Microsoft Partners at DynamicsMinds.
Kick off your DynamicsMinds 2025 experience with Microsoft Partner Magic Monday, a half-day experience designed to keep you strategically aligned with Microsoft’s evolving priorities and innovations.
⭐ Gain exclusive insights straight from Microsoft engineering leaders ⭐
⭐ Discover the latest developments across the Business Applications (BizApps) stack ⭐
⭐Discover best practices of some Dynamics 365 leading partners ⭐
Microsoft’s engineering leadership will share the newest and most important developments — including AI and Agents.
Microsoft’s top execs will outline their key initiatives and investments for FY25.
Industry-leading Partners will share proven strategies, common pitfalls to avoid, and advice on staying in sync with Microsoft’s roadmap.
09:00 – 09:02 | Magic Monday Greeting |
09:02 – 10:02 | Vision: How We Win in Microsoft Business ApplicationMike Morton, VP, Dynamics 365 BC and SMB Business Apps @ Microsoft Georg Glantschnig, VP @ Microsoft Swamy Narayana, VP – Customer Experience Programs, Dynamics 365 @ Microsoft |
10:02 – 10:15 | Short Break |
10:15 – 11:00 | Microsoft Business Applications GrowthMallinath Vangala, Principal Product Manager @ Microsoft The session will provide visibility to Microsoft Partners into growth areas for Microsoft Business Applications and Microsoft’s agentic strategy |
11:00 – 11:45 | Empowering Dynamics Partners: Strategies for Success in Selling with MicrosoftTatjana Stepanovic, Biz Apps Sales Director, Western Europe @ Microsoft The session, presented by a Microsoft Business Applications Sales leader, will focus on the best practices for Dynamics 365 partners to collaborate with Microsoft sellers in the field. The session will cover strategies to generate pipeline, accelerate and win deals, and increase partner visibility and market share. Attendees will hear about best practices and approaches to enhance their partnership with Microsoft, leveraging the combined strengths of both parties to achieve mutual success. The presentation is designed to provide valuable insights and actionable strategies for business leaders looking to maximize their collaboration with Microsoft sellers. |
11:45 – 12:15 | Networking Coffee Break |
12:15 – 13:00 | Partner Panel: Why Top Partners Are SuccessfulModerator: Joseph Corigliano, Executive Vise President @ Ciellos Panelists: Sam Dharmasiri, CEO @ Seer 365 Shannon Mullins, CEO @ A BC Consulting Group Nancie Calder, Executive @ Avanade Inc. #D365 Customer Service Mario Trueba, Director @ KPMG | PowerPlatform y Amigos Co-host |
13:00 – 14:00 | Networking Lunch |
Event is sponsored by
Georg Glantschnig is Vice President of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations Applications. More specifically, he leads end-to-end product strategy, development, and operations for Dynamics 365’s AI Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) applications, which include Finance, Supply Chain, Commerce, Project Operations, Field Service and Human Resources. Georg is known as a decisive manager able to lead cloud transitions and turnarounds for large companies. He balances deep experience overseeing organizational growth with detailed knowledge of data science, AI, and machine learning. This affords Georg a wide-ranging perspective on Dynamics 365, the possibilities of the dataverse, and the rapidly evolving application market. He is currently evolving the future of AI ERP by using augmented intelligence to transform companies into innovators and empowering CxOs to be better strategic decision makers and more impactful storytellers. Prior to Microsoft, Georg was part of SAP’s extended leadership responsible for the strategy, product, and engineering teams for core applications of their Customer Experience suite. He started his education in electrical engineering and computer science at Graz University of Technology in Austria and has gone on to get an MBA, MA, and other advanced degrees.
Mike Morton is responsible for SMB (Small and Medium Business) products in the Microsoft Business Applications division. This includes leading Business Central, Microsoft’s flagship solution for the SMB segment. Mike been at Microsoft for 27 years, moving from Seattle to Denmark three years ago to be closer to the BC engineering team. Amongst the highlights of Mike’s time at Microsoft include being a co-founder of SharePoint, the development of Office Offline, and incubating the Fluid Framework.
Over 20 years of technical and business consulting experience with medium and large Public Sector organizations. Diverse experience in Product Management, Customer Relationship Management, and Program Management. Exceptional knowledge across the entire software development continuum: planning, development, deployment, and sustained engineering. Broad and deep industry knowledge in government accounting, public procurement, human capital management, payroll, and budgeting in the Public Sector. Experience developing teams in different geographies, optimizing development processes, improving efficiencies, talent development, and retention. Specialties: 20+ years of industry experience, Large Program & Project Management, Product strategy development Operational Leadership & Excellence, Quality & Delivery Assurance
Malli Vangala leads the ‘Growth PM’ team for AI ERP at Microsoft. Malli and his team work closely with the extensive partner community for Dynamics ERP and serve as their primary point of contact in the product/engineering team. Malli is a proven strategist and operator with experience across multiple industries, business functions, stages of business (startups to large corporations) and ownership structures. At Microsoft, Malli previously led the product marketing team for Microsoft’s ‘Compliance’ business – covering Cybersecurity and GRC (Governance, Risk, Compliance) solutions as well as the strategy team for Microsoft 365. Malli was previously the Chief Strategy Officer at Circana, a data analytics and market research firm. Malli has also led world-class corporate and business unit strategy teams at marquee firms including Microsoft, SAP and McKinsey & Co.
Tatjana Stepanovic leads sales of Microsoft Business Applications Service solution portfolio for Western Europe area at Microsoft. She orchestrates Microsoft resources and partners to design and bring to customers innovative business solutions based on Microsoft cloud technology as the catalyst for customer’s digital transformation. Her approach is deeply rooted in acting as a trusted advisor to Microsoft key customers and partners and fostering strong partnerships that translate into transformational business outcomes.
Tatjana has 25 years of experience in global technology sales and management consulting at world’s leading tech companies and management consultancies, the last 14 of which have been with Microsoft. She started her Microsoft career as Dynamics Sales Director for Central Easter Europe Multi-country in 2011, leading a team responsible for the growth and expansion of Dynamic suite of products (initially Navision and Axapta, then Dynamics NAV, AX and CRM, over to today’s D365 apps) as well as for co-selling with and nurturing the regional Dynamics partners network. In 2018, she transitioned to EMEA and then Western Europe, the area she is responsible for now, to lead Biz Apps in Corporate and Enterprise segments. Tatjana considers partners essential for growth of Business Applications and ensuring customer success and believes that jointly, we can achieve more.
I have been in the Microsoft business applications for 32 years and directly with Microsoft for 23 of those years. I first started when Microsoft first entered the business applications industry in 2001 with the purchase of Great Plains.
Seer provide a platform to enable Microsoft Dynamics Partner drive efficiency, productivity and quality within their marketing, sales, and implementation areas.
The platform is called GYDE365.
Shannon Mullins is the CEO and founder of a BC Consulting Group and a Microsoft MVP of Business Applications. She has over 20 years’ experience across a wide variety of disciplines and products, including accounting, information technology, professional services, insurance, healthcare, mortgage lending, distribution, manufacturing, project management and deployment and implementation of CRM and ERP systems.
She currently resides in Nashville, TN and is an experienced international speaker and teacher.
Nancie Calder is Microsoft MVP and an executive at Avanade Inc., where she leads the global D365 Customer Engagement Practice. Nancie has held many leadership roles at Avanade since 2014, working closely with both Business and IT leadership to achieve positive business results with new technology.
Before joining Avanade Inc., Nancie worked independently for over 20 years as an Information Technology consultant, helping her own clients and working in different consulting firms. She held various roles including: fractional CIO for membership organizations, Executive for a software company (Adxstudio) later bought by Microsoft, and leading IT reskilling programs for a local college. She also worked as a Project Manager, Trainer, Business Analyst, and Developer.
Lately, Nancie has been mentoring IT professionals, using her wide range of skills and experience. Throughout her career, Nancie has always aimed for excellence, loved trying new things, and wanted to help others succeed in their careers.
Mario began his programming career at the age of 8 when he realized that it was easier to code in C++ than studying to become a Doctor, changing plans at such an early stage allowed him to try multiple technologies in order to finally settle as a .NET Developer. In 2011 he decided to move to the UK in order to enjoy the food and weather, it was there where he got introduced to MS Dynamics CRM and the rest is history.
Passionate about enabling organisations to answer their business needs through Microsoft Technologies, Mario brings over a decade of Dynamics 365 and now Power Platform experience, having worked with several high-profile customers across a myriad of industries Mario’s ability to understand and articulate the value of Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform to customers is second to none. Mario is a respected member of the Microsoft Technical Community and his contributions in evangelizing the technology and supporting the community are well known. Mario has been recognised by Microsoft with the Most Valuable Professional award in 2020.
When he is not trying to find a new technology to connect to the Power Platform he will probably be spending some time at the nearest Crossfit Box or with the family.
Currently Mario is working as the Global Power Platform Lead at KPMG and living in Spain with his family.
Martin is an experienced strategist with a keen ability to bridge the gap between technology and business needs.
In his 15 years at Microsoft, he has assumed a variety of roles, ranging from evangelism to sales. His primary focus was on fostering strategic partnerships with globally recognized partners, enhancing their collaborative efforts with Microsoft.
Presently, Martin serves as a consultant and business development manager, where he guides both customers and partners through the integration of new technologies into their operations.
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