Mike Austin

Mike Austin leads the service delivery team at Method 180. Mike brings more than 20 years of Microsoft licensing experience to his clients’ projects. He assists companies, from Fortune 500 to organizations with as few as 500 employees, with negotiations of Microsoft Enterprise Agreements (EA), Premier Support Contracts and Select Agreements. He has a vast amount of experience across multiple industries including: financial services, high tech, manufacturing, media, health care, government and retail. In addition to helping negotiate contracts he assists clients with creating and implementing software asset management processes to prevent over-purchasing of licenses and ensures terms and conditions reflect actual usage. Previously Mike was employed by Microsoft for more than 8 years, where he successfully negotiated 300+ new and renewal EAs with a total contract value of over $1B and negotiated legal terms and conditions for all software agreements. He also was a member of the global sales execution team responsible for the development of Software Assurance (SA) benefits; helped create the Disaster Recovery SA benefit for sales within the Microsoft Server Product Group as well as the Microsoft Home Use Program SA benefit.