
He helped rearrange Microsoft Office, then co-founded Textio to change what writing software could do. Jensen Harris keeps returning to the same question: why should people have to struggle with tools built to help them?

Yann Calvez is a Microsoft executive based in Seattle, currently serving as VP of Partner Sales, Marketing & Operations within the Device & Partner Sales (DPS) organization. A graduate of emlyon business school, he spent more than fifteen years climbing through Microsoft's consumer device ranks - from coordinating marketing in France, to building worldwide Surface retail strategy, to leading the Surface Business Group for Western Europe.