Biographical Summary

Mary Alice Colvin - Senior Marketing Consultant
Allyis

Mary Alice Colvin joined Allyis in January of 2006 as the Senior Marketing Consultant, responsible for leading Allyis' Product Management endeavors and driving Web 2.0 solutions into technology organizations. A seasoned product manager, IT and marketing professional, Mary Alice Colvin has over 16 years experience in high-technology, including nine years leading management solutions involving assessing customer needs, building plans, process, training and delivering results to increase customer satisfaction.

Prior to joining Allyis, Colvin spent 13 years at Microsoft in a variety of IT and marketing roles, including serving as the lead marketing manager for the Education Solutions Group, product manager for Internet Information Services and Application Solutions Partners, as well as her final position at Microsoft, senior product manager of international communications for the Exchange Server organization. In this role, Colvin drove global communications with international managers and built strategic marketing readiness. She provided forums for sharing best practices to increase effectiveness, sales wins and enhance sales campaigns. Colvin created a business investment funding program from strategy to detailed execution to drive $8 million in incentives for sales teams as part of the Increase Operational Efficiency go-to-market campaign. This program was highlighted by Microsoft finance teams as the best model in the company.

Colvin also spent four years with Apple Computer where she served as a program manager. She built custom programs for developers, government and Fortune 500 accounts. Colvin also managed and marketed Enterprise Programs resulting in new market presence, while contributing over $20k revenue per contract.

Mary Alice Colvin holds a B.S. degree in Values, Technology, Science and Society from Stanford University, has Harvard Strategic Marketing Management experience and an MBA from the University of Washington executive program.