Yusuf Ishaque Mehdi

Mr. Yusuf Mehdi has been Corporate Vice President of Windows and Devices Group at Microsoft Corporation since June 2015. Mr. Mehdi serves as Head of Xbox Business Strategy and Marketing at Microsoft Corporation. He served as Senior Vice President of Online Audience Business at Microsoft Corporation and led global product management, strategic partnerships, business development and U.S. marketing execution. He served as Senior Vice President of Microsoft Corporation and as its Senior Vice President of MSN Information Services and Chief Advertising Strategist. Before taking his current role, Mr. Mehdi served as corporate vice president in charge of worldwide sales and marketing for MSN. Before joining Microsoft in 1992, he served as product manager at Reuters Group PLC, where he helped roll out the first PC-based Reuters Terminal, which became the standard computing platform. Mr. Mehdi also played key roles in the marketing of Microsoft Windows 98, Windows 95 and Windows 3.1. A native of Washington state, Mr. Mehdi is responsible for working with the leadership team to shape Microsoft's strategy for the online advertising market. He focuses on collaborating with groups across Microsoft delivering software-based services to ensure online advertising is a key part of their monetization strategy and planning processes. He is an Advisor of neoSaej Corp. Mr. Mehdi holds an MBA from the University of Washington and earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Princeton University.