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Phil Kim

Questioner · DISC type c
GM, Business Development - CoreAI at Microsoft
📍 Greater Seattle Area, United States

Phil Kim serves as the General Manager of AI Platform Business Development & Strategy at Microsoft. He leads a team focused on creating impactful partnerships for platforms like AI Foundry and GitHub. He holds an MBA from The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.

At a previous company, he designed and implemented a new partnership program that was responsible for driving two-thirds of new customer logos for three consecutive quarters.

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Experience
17 Years
Current Role
GM, Business Development - CoreAI
Job Level
Senior
Location
Greater Seattle Area, United States
Personality Overview

How Phil shows up

Value Seeker
Price-Sensitive
Cautious & Analytical

They are more likely than others to negotiate on pricing and terms. They generally do not appreciate an overfriendly approach and prefer to stay to-the-point. While they don't hesitate to ask questions, they are generally risk-averse and tend to be late adopters.

Priorities

Topics Phil cares about

Strategic AI Alliances
He is actively forging partnerships with AI model labs like Fireworks, Anthropic, and Google to enhance Microsoft's Foundry and GitHub Copilot platforms.
AI Platform Growth
His role centers on developing the business strategy to grow Microsoft's CoreAI platform by enabling developers and partners to build upon it.
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Career

Work history

9-2025
GM, Business Development - CoreAI
Microsoft
12-2023 - 9-2025
Sr Director, Business Development - GitHub, Azure PaaS, Developer tools
Microsoft
10-2022 - 9-2023
VP, Business Development, Growth Strategy, Product Integrations
DataStax
7-2022 - 10-2022
VP, Partnerships
DataStax
3-2021 - 8-2022
Director, Business Development - Azure PaaS, Developer tools
Microsoft
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Education
2011 - 2013
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
2002 - 2007
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.)
University of Waterloo
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

c

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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