Former Microsoft global channel boss Gavriella Schuster joins work collaboration provider board of directors

Schuster officially left Microsoft last March

Chicago-based Nerdio has appointed former Microsoft global channel chief Gavriella Schuster to its board of directors.

The virtual desktop provider gains valuable expertise with the addition of Schuster to its board.

In her former role as Microsoft's channel VP, she was responsible for the global recruitment, enablement, and engagement of Microsoft partners.

During her 25-year tenure, she expanded the Microsoft partner ecosystem to more than 90,000 cloud services partners with 12,000 published marketplace solutions and $1trn in partner-driven sales value.

"We are thrilled to welcome Gavriella to our board of directors amid a time of tremendous growth and opportunity for our company," said Nerdio co-founder and CEO, Vadim Vladimirskiy.

"Her proven track record of partner-related accomplishments and driving organisational success on a global scale will be advantageous in propelling Nerdio's international growth and adoption by organisations interested in leveraging Microsoft technologies."

Nerdio added that Schuster's expertise will support and strengthen its continued investments in its growing customer base and community.

Current initiatives include expanding its staff and presence internationally in Australia, Canada and the UK.

Founded in 2016, the company claims to empower MSPs and enterprise organisations to build successful cloud practices in Microsoft Azure with Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365.

Schuster added: "Nerdio is truly in a class of its own when it comes to enabling any company to benefit from Microsoft's virtual desktop offerings regardless of their current environment, IT staff or technical expertise in Azure.

"I have long admired the company for its leadership in both the channel community and Microsoft's partner ecosystem, and relish working with this team in my new capacity as a board member."

Schuster departed Microsoft last March when she stepped down from her role as its global partner boss after five years.

She announced that she was leaving her role to focus on inclusion and gender equity initiatives in the tech industry.

Since her departure Schuster has joined a number of company boards, including the advisory board of Swedish AI company Artificial Solutions.