Summary
Jim Rafferty is a veteran sales leader with over two decades at Microsoft, most recently leading Data & AI and Enterprise Security teams to help Fortune 500 customers extract business value from cloud and AI investments. He has a consistent track record of scaling regional and national sales organizations, managing multimillion-dollar portfolios, and aligning resources to drive digital transformation across industries. Known for empowering, coaching, and motivating high-performing teams, Jim blends strategic planning, change management, and partnership development to accelerate customer outcomes. His experience spans productivity, mobility, security, and cloud solutions, giving him a rare cross-solution perspective on enterprise modernization. Based in Denver, he transitioned into retirement after a career defined by building regional go-to-market motions and enabling customers to adopt complex Microsoft platforms. A pragmatic operator, he often focused on measurable consumption and adoption outcomes rather than just headline bookings.
12 years of coding experience
30 years of employment as a software developer