Bill Hilf is the general manager of Windows Server Marketing and Platform Strategy for Microsoft Corp. In this role, Hilf is responsible for global marketing of Microsoft’s Windows Server products and leading Microsoft’s platform strategy efforts. The Windows Server marketing organization includes the teams for the Windows Server product portfolio, platform virtualization technologies, high-performance computing and storage solutions. The platform strategy organization includes the Microsoft Open Source Software Interoperability Initiative, which works together with Microsoft technology development teams and the open source community to build interoperable solutions.
Before joining Microsoft, Hilf led IBM Corp.’s Linux/Open Source Software technical strategy at a worldwide level for the Emerging and Competitive markets organization. Before joining IBM, Hilf was vice president of Engineering for eToys, where he helped build one of the premier e-commerce businesses on the Web. Previously, he worked as a software architect for multiple Silicon Valley-based software companies, such as CNET Networks Inc. and Black Sun Interactive. Hilf is a graduate of Chapman University Graduate School.