Steven Kelley

Steve Kelley works with organizations to optimize their Microsoft licensing agreements and protect them from future licensing liabilities.

Before joining Directions on Microsoft, Steven spent eleven years as president and CEO of Software Licensing Advisors, an independent Microsoft licensing optimization and negotiation consultancy serving the mid-to-large enterprise market space. During that time, he worked on hundreds of Microsoft Enterprise Agreement negotiations achieving more than $1 billion in savings for Microsoft customers. Prior to that, Steven worked at Microsoft as a corporate account manager responsible for teams of sales, support, and licensing specialists focused on large enterprise customers.

Steven holds a B.A. and M.B.A. from the University of Wisconsin.