Takeshi Numoto

As corporate vice president of the Microsoft Office Product Management Group, Takeshi Numoto spearheads product management for the Microsoft Office productivity suites (which include desktop applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) as well as Microsoft Office Live and Microsoft Live@edu services.

Numoto joined Microsoft Corp. in September 1997 as a business development manager on the Windows NT Program Management Team. He was responsible for crafting and negotiating various technology licensing transactions that enabled the integration of new features into Windows products. After this initial role, Numoto worked on driving new business for extending Windows operating system business into non-PC device categories with Microsoft Windows Embedded and Windows Mobile offerings, before moving on to the Microsoft Business Division.

Before joining Microsoft, Numoto worked in the Japanese government's Ministry of International Trade and Industry. He holds a bachelor's degree in law from the University of Tokyo and an MBA from Stanford University.