Andy Blevins

AI Business Fellowship

Perplexity

Mar 2025 - Current (1 year 8 months)

Industry Director - Manufacturing

Avanade

Dec 2024 - Current (1 year 11 months)

I serve clients in the manufacturing sector, bringing to life the promises of Industry 4.0, generative AI, better data insights, and a more competitive employee experience. I have an exceptional team of supply chain, factory floor, manufacturing systems, and industry transformation experts ready to tackle the most impactful problems we can find.

Products South - Sales Manager (Manufacturing, Transport, and Logistics)

Avanade

May 2023 - Jan 2025 (1 year 9 months)

As Avanade continues to grow and become more client industry focused, I have taken on a player/coach role in the Products industry group. This means I get to continue working directly with my favorite clients, while running a team of Account Leaders focused in the following industries: Manufacturing, Automotive, Professional Services, Travel and Logistics, and Construction.

My role is all about bringing the very best of Avanade and Accenture to our clients alongside my team!

Business Development Director

Avanade

Aug 2017 - May 2023 (5 years 10 months)

I relocated back from Sydney, Australia with Avanade to continue feeding my passion for building problem-solving relationships with our clients.
I built on my belief that the best way to unlock value within the modern digital world is for experienced advisers to spend quality time with clients that are committed to transforming part of their business. It was a great 5-year journey that was very rewarding - and challenging! Thank you to my clients, leaders, and co-workers that worked with me along the way to make great things happen. Still learning!

Digital Workplace Managed Services Lead, Australia

Avanade

Nov 2015 - Aug 2017 (1 year 10 months)

I was responsible for growing Avanade's Digital Workplace and Managed Services business in Australia. We brought a long history of operational excellence, innovative tools, and a new focus on employee experience and engagement outcomes to create value on the Microsoft platform for our clients.

There were some real leaps forward in thought leadership in Workplace Experience and Digital Workplace - and these led to concrete outcomes that continue to be relevant today.

Avanade UCCMS Lead, Australia

Avanade

Oct 2013 - Nov 2015 (2 years 2 months)

My first role at Avanade Australia was focused on Market Development for Avanade's growing and innovative UCC and Digital Workplace Managed Services. This included working with clients in Australia and in greater APAC to uncover and take advantage of opportunities in their collaboration and communication platforms.

Business Development and Channel Manager, Avanade Managed Services

Avanade

Jan 2013 - Oct 2013 (10 months)

My role at Avanade US included managing the Savvis/Century Link channel relationship, and supporting the Avanade field sales team in the Mid-Atlantic and Greater Southeast on Avanade Managed Services opportunities.

In December of 2012 Avanade acquired Azaleos in order to better address the enterprise Managed UC as a Service and Managed Email and Collaboration markets.

During the 10 month period of Savvis/Century Link channel ownership we maintained the current book of business, grew the total contract value by nearly 100%, and worked through the challenges of two acquisitions (Azaleos acquired by Avanade and Savvis acquired by Century Link).

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Southeast, MidAtlantic, and Federal Manager

Azaleos

Apr 2009 - Dec 2012 (3 years 9 months)

Was responsible for all customer relationships for Azaleos throughout the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic states (WV, VA, MD, DC, NC, SC, GA, AL, MS, FL).

Was responsible for direct Federal business and teaming agreements at Azaleos.

Azaleos (acquired by Avanade in 2013) was a provider of remotely managed and monitored Microsoft Exchange, Sharepoint, Active Directory, and Lync services. We provided a turnkey messaging and collaboration solution for customers using patented monitoring technology. The Azaleos customer has a large or complex environment that is critical to their business and requires a mature, flexible, and reliable set of systems, processes, and people to monitor and manage it.

The 2009 merger o

Regional Director

M Technology Group

Feb 2008 - Apr 2009 (1 year 3 months)

Responsible for the direct sales cycle in the United States. Selling Professional and Managed Services directly to customers requiring leading expertise in Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, Blackberry, OCS, and other messaging and collaboration technologies.

Manager, Enterprise Readiness

M Technology Group

Feb 2007 - Feb 2008 (1 year 1 month)

Managing a team responsible for all proactive support for Managed Services customers including Messaging and Directory Services health, patch management, change control, backups, antivirus, and customer improvement projects.

Team grew from 6 to 14 direct reports during my tenure. During this time M3TG was managing 70,000 mailboxes at 15 customers on 5 continents 24/7/365. What an experience!

Sr. Systems Engineer

M Technology Group

Jul 2006 - Feb 2007 (8 months)

Managing and supporting customer's world-wide in the messaging and collaboration space at a Tier 3 level. Products: Exchange 2003, Active Directory, LCS, Sharepoint.

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Sr. Consultant

Feb 2005 - Jul 2006 (1 year 6 months)

Messaging technology consultant working projects for various companies on-site nationally. 50-85% travel. Products: Microsoft Exchange 2000/2003, Lotus Notes, Groupwise.

It was a great opportunity to see first-hand many different IT organizations, business, and leadership/management styles and try to learn from them all. Every organization has opportunities to improve, the question is can you see them - and what will you do about them?

Professional Support Services Engineer (Via Volt Technical Services)

Microsoft

Jan 2004 - Jan 2005 (1 year 1 month)

Supported Premier contract customers for Microsoft in Exchange 5.5, 2000, and 2003 around Disaster Recovery, Public Folders, Performance, and server-side functionality.

Sr. Consultant

Lawgistics Legal Consultants

Mar 2003 - Jan 2004 (11 months)

Provided IT consulting to small and medium sized law offices in the Southern California area. My first consulting gig and a great opportunity!

Systems Engineer

ARROWHEAD GENERAL INSURANCE AGENCY

Sep 2002 - Mar 2003 (7 months)

Provided desktop and server support to AGIA employees.

Help Desk Engineer

ARROWHEAD GENERAL INSURANCE AGENCY

Sep 2000 - Sep 2002 (2 years 1 month)

Provided Helpdesk and desktop support services to AGIA employees.

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