Mark Relph

As Vice President of the Developer & Platform Evangelism (DPE) Group in Canada, Mark Relph is focused on the evangelism of the Microsoft® platform to developers, IT professionals, designers and ISVs. The Developer & Platform Group helps Microsoft drive the early adoption of emerging elements of the Microsoft® platform and builds a robust set technical community engagement programs such as MSDN and TechNet. Mr. Relph team also has a focus on enhancing the ecosystem of independent software vendors in Canada, including working with startups and the venture capital community.

Finally, Mark’s group works with students and technology enthusiasts across Canada. Mark was instrumental in helping launch Canada’s first entrepreneur-focused Innovation Centre in Waterloo, ON. The Infusion Angels Innovation Centre (IAIC) aims to foster economic growth in Canada by providing students and entrepreneurs with critical resources needed to take their ideas, concepts and solutions to market.

Mr. Relph has held positions in several different parts of Microsoft Canada. Prior to his current position, Mark was the Group Manager of the Developer Evangelism Team within the Developer & Platform Evangelism Group. Before moving to DPE, Mark was the Manager of the NSP Solutions and Technology Team. He led a sales team focused on building .NET services in conjunction with Service Providers such as telecommunications and wireless providers. Prior to that Mark was a Business Development Manager working with Canadian technology startups and venture capital firms. While with the E-Commerce Business Development team, he was responsible for working with enterprise accounts, such as, Future Shop, Radio Shack and Chapters.ca, to help them deploy their businesses online. Mark originally joined Microsoft as a Technology Specialist.

Before joining Microsoft in May 1998, Mr. Relph was a Systems Engineer at Digital Equipment specializing in development of Microsoft solutions.