Can Microsoft’s $9.5bn annual, global R&D budget help the UK economy by providing IT solutions with the best customer feedback in the world? It’s Mike Silva’s job to try to make that happen. Interview with Will Stirling.
Mike Silva landed at Heathrow Airport in February with a huge job to do. As a United States lifer, Microsoft UK’s new boss of Manufacturing and Utilities was new to the country and British business culture. The UK was in a double-dip recession, many companies were still reluctant to invest heavily in new business systems…
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