Allison West Hughes, Corporate Vice President, Global Small & Medium Business (GSMB) at Microsoft, brings more than 20 years of sales experience to Microsoft. She has held various leadership positions in global IT sales and services at ServiceNow, Cisco Systems, and VMware. Her dedication to building highly productive and diverse teams has differentiated her sales approach and propelled her business success. Allison’s vision for SMB Global is clear: to be the most admired and highest performing Digital Sales program in the industry, empowering SMBs with market-leading Microsoft cloud solutions to achieve customer success and measurable impact. Allison is the Executive Sponsor of her organization's Disability, and GLEAM MCAPS Employee Resource Groups and a board member of Digi International. She is a graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), resides in Arizona with her husband.