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Michael Warthen

Commander · DISC type D
GM, Forward Deployed Engineering | Technical Advisor to CEO at Microsoft
📍 Greater Philadelphia, United States

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Experience
8 Years
Current Role
GM, Forward Deployed Engineering | Technical Advisor to CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Greater Philadelphia, United States
Personality Overview

How Michael shows up

Very Quick
Strong-Willed
Decisive

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Priorities

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Career

Work history

3-2025
GM, Forward Deployed Engineering | Technical Advisor to CEO
Microsoft
10-2022 - 3-2025
Partner, Technical Advisor to the CEO
Microsoft
2-2021 - 10-2022
Group Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE)
Microsoft
8-2017 - 12-2020
Director, Centers of Excellence for Cloud, Architecture and Software Development
NBCUniversal Media, LLC
Managing Director, Architecture & Services
BNY Mellon
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Education
2004 - 2006
Exec. MBA
Drexel University's LeBow College of Business
1-1995 - 5-1999
Bachelor of Science - BS
Temple University
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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