DynamicsCon 2026 - Tuesday, May 12, 2026

PMR Pre-Day

This event is ticketed separately from DynamicsCon registration.

The Partner Marketing and Revenue (PMR) Pre-Day is a focused, hands-on experience designed for Microsoft partners looking to turn marketing efforts into measurable revenue. Built for marketers, sales leaders, partner managers, and growth-minded executives, this pre-day brings together modern go-to-market strategies, real partner insights, and practical frameworks to help teams better align, influence buying committees, and drive growth across the customer lifecycle.
This is not theory or surface-level inspiration. Attendees will leave with actionable takeaways, clearer revenue priorities, and a personalized action plan they can put to work immediately - both during DynamicsCon and throughout their broader go-to-market efforts.

2026 Agenda

A full day of real-world playbooks from Microsoft leaders, partner marketers, and revenue operators on how to turn go-to-market strategy into measurable revenue.

8:00 AM - 8:15 AM

Opening Remarks

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8:15 AM - 8:45 AM

Microsoft Keynote

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Cecilia Flombaum

Cecilia Flombaum

During a 24-year career with Microsoft, Cecilia earned a reputation for clarity of purpose and an unwavering focus on results. Ambitious goals, methodical planning, and effective execution are the hallmarks of her management philosophy. Cecilia’s leadership style emphasizes integrity, empathy, inclusiveness and accountability. Cecilia spent 16 years with Microsoft Business Applications, culminating in a four-year stint as Global Ecosystem Lead. As a key member of the unit’s leadership team, she was responsible for growth of the core business through the development and health of the partner ecosystem. Among the functions she oversaw were ecosystem capacity planning, capability development and performance growth strategies, as well as field operations at global scale.

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8:45 AM - 9:30 AM

Buying Committees & Go-To-Market Motions in a Digital-First World Panel

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Sam Bush and Ryan Grant

How changing buyer expectations, declining MQLs, and digital-first journeys are reshaping how partners bring solutions to market.

Sam Bush

B2B marketing leader who specializes in partner marketing, and demand generation. My passion lies in crafting out-of-the-box campaigns that tell compelling stories, create meaningful experiences, and accelerate pipeline growth. As the host of AMBUSH On Air and Founder of B2B Buyer Rebellion, I bring my energy and expertise to every project! When I'm not working, I'm reading a fantasy book, hanging out with my dog Ziggy, making a cocktail, or spending time with friends. I live to travel and you can find me all over the world for work and life.

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Ryan Grant

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9:30 AM - 10:15 AM

Revenue Alignment: Marketing, Sales & BD Panel

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Tiffany Allen, John Buccola, Kate Coffey-Bacon, Brad Koontz, and Bob McAdam

Where alignment actually breaks - and how teams fix it

Tiffany Allen

Dedicated leader in strategic partnerships and technology sales responsible for driving growth in the Microsoft Dynamics channel for more than 15 years. Proven expertise in leveraging business automation software for Microsoft Dynamics to ensure enhanced operational efficiency. A dynamic public speaker passionate about sharing insights on the intersection of AI technology unique to Microsoft Dynamics. Committed to driving awareness innovation, lead generation and fostering collaborative solutions in the rapidly evolving business landscape.

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John Buccola

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Kate Coffey-Bacon

Kate Coffey-Bacon brings over two decades of experience in marketing, blending her passion for creativity with strategic thinking and relationship building. Before joining UST, Kate thrived in the fast-paced world of marketing agencies, including working with her favorite client—a designer of shoes for the working woman. Through this role and others, she mastered the art of crafting messages that resonate with diverse audiences, from startups to well-established companies. Known for her expertise in brand development and strategic problem-solving, Kate excels at turning challenges into actionable solutions. She leverages data-driven insights to inform decisions while drawing on her creativity to design impactful campaigns that align with business goals. As UST’s graphic design guru and word wizard, Kate combines her artistic talents with a sharp, strategic mind to deliver results. A University of West Florida graduate with degrees in Public Relations and Marketing, Kate is a lifelong learner and a lover of music, coffee, and compelling storytelling. She’s passionate about helping organizations build meaningful connections, elevate their brands, and achieve their goals through innovative marketing strategies.

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Brad Koontz

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Bob McAdam

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10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Networking Break

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10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Peer Discussion on Growth Challenges

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11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Sh*t, I’m Losing Website Traffic: AI-Powered Strategies to Detect, Fix, & Thrive

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Jon Rivers

Your traffic is dropping, your visibility is fading, and your brand is slipping from search results. The panic is real, but it’s also a signal to evolve. In “Sh*t, I’m Losing Website Traffic: AI-Powered Strategies to Detect, Fix, & Thrive,” learn how to identify what’s causing the drop, fix it fast, and rebuild stronger using the AI branding rule book. Discover how to optimize for AI search, keep your brand consistent, and create a future-ready strategy that helps your site recover and grow.

Jon Rivers

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11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Lunch

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12:30 PM - 1:00 PM

How to Run Lean Marketing and Still Deliver Results

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Stephanie McColly

Marketing in a lean organization is rarely short on effort. It is short on time, context, and clarity. Marketers are often juggling campaigns, events, content, and sales requests while trying to deliver results with limited resources. This session is a practical walkthrough of how to run lean marketing effectively using simple operating rhythms and the Microsoft tools most teams already rely on. We’ll cover: • how to decide what marketing should focus on and what to stop doing • how to use Microsoft Teams, Planner, and Outlook to create execution rhythm without more meetings • how to stay aligned with sales and service using Dynamics data instead of guesswork • how to track progress with simple signals • how to deliver results without adding tools, people, or chaos Attendees will leave with a realistic way to organize their marketing work and use Microsoft tools to support focus, follow-through, and delivery.

Stephanie McColly

Stephanie McColly is a Chief Marketing Officer and EOS Integrator with over 20 years of experience helping lean organizations improve marketing, operations, and execution. She specializes in fixing gaps between sales, service, and marketing by designing practical systems that scale without adding complexity. Her work focuses on using Microsoft and ERP tools teams already have to drive clarity, accountability, and results.

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12:30 PM - 1:00 PM

The Revenue Team: How Sales and Marketing Together Drive Pipeline Growth

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Donna Krizik and Addie Rodman

In many Microsoft partner organizations, marketing generates leads while sales owns revenue. The result is often a disconnect between marketing activity and actual business growth. High-performing partners take a different approach: they operate as revenue teams, where marketing and sales share responsibility for pipeline creation and deal progression. In this session, we’ll explore how successful partner organizations align marketing and sales around shared revenue goals. You’ll learn how marketing can support pipeline creation, how campaigns can influence opportunities already in progress, and how teams can build feedback loops that improve both marketing performance and sales outcomes. If you want marketing to have a measurable impact on revenue—not just activity—this session will show how to align teams around real business results.

Donna Krizik

Donna is an ERP industry veteran, with a strong marketing history and has presented at 30+ conferences, and advises clients how to better utilize the technology available to improve their business and their lives every day. She brings 20 years' experience, a humble attitude and a little bit of humor to her sessions. She started her career at a small VAR, and spent 12 years growing VAR practices and a few years working for an ERP publisher. Over the last 3 years she's grown her own agency to serve the vast VAR and ISV and improve marketing efforts and drive leads.

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Addie Rodman

With ~15 years in the Microsoft partner ecosystem, Addie blends business strategy, human behavior, and AI innovation to help organizations put the tech-jargon in human-terms to unlock real productivity gains.

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1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Aligning ISVs and VARs: A Guide to Partner Marketing

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Lauren Castaloo, Tiffany Allen, and Aimee Keenan

Building a partner marketing program that VARs actually engage with requires a clear strategy, strong alignment, and practical execution. In this session, an ISV, VAR, and consultant share a real-world, multi-perspective framework for building and scaling partner marketing programs. TrueCommerce brings the ISV perspective, Western Computer provides the VAR viewpoint, and The ISV Society shares lessons from designing partner programs as a consultant, highlighting what motivates partners to participate in co-marketing and recommend ISV solutions. Attendees will leave with actionable checklists, enablement best practices, and key considerations to help design partner marketing programs that drive adoption, collaboration, and growth. Key Takeaways: - A practical framework for building a partner marketing program from the ground up - What VARs actually look for before committing to co-marketing with an ISV - Partner enablement essentials: content, messaging, incentives, and support that drive action - Common partner marketing mistakes and how to avoid programs that partners ignore

Lauren Castaloo

As channel marketing manager, Lauren manages B2B marketing relations with VARs across the Microsoft Dynamics ecosystem. Together, through co-marketing initiatives, we drive webinars, in-person events, and other joint marketing campaigns to inform customers of solutions to meet their needs and solve pain points.

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Tiffany Allen

Dedicated leader in strategic partnerships and technology sales responsible for driving growth in the Microsoft Dynamics channel for more than 15 years. Proven expertise in leveraging business automation software for Microsoft Dynamics to ensure enhanced operational efficiency. A dynamic public speaker passionate about sharing insights on the intersection of AI technology unique to Microsoft Dynamics. Committed to driving awareness innovation, lead generation and fostering collaborative solutions in the rapidly evolving business landscape.

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Aimee Keenan

Amiee Keenan has a diverse background with a variety of roles over the years. Since 1999, she has focused channel sales, partner marketing, business development and more. She is the marketing guru focusing on partner programs, event planning, content creation, goal setting and strategy. She's always got her creativity hat on, coming up with new ways and ideas to make an impact and bring content to life. When Amiee is not working, she is working out, spending time with family and her dog Duke, traveling to warmer clients, reading books, and enjoying life.

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1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Win the Deals You Already Have: The Framework That Increases Microsoft Partner Win Rates by 30%

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Robert Triggs

Most Microsoft partners focus on generating more leads. But the fastest path to revenue is often winning more of the opportunities you already have. After hundreds of sales cycles inside the Microsoft ecosystem and a reputation for consistently winning competitive deals, Rob Triggs developed the Opportunity Acceleration Framework, a practical system partners can use to strengthen active opportunities and dramatically improve win rates. In this interactive session, Rob will break down the core elements of the framework and walk through three of the most powerful tools partners can use to improve deal strategy, stakeholder alignment, and sales momentum. The highlight of the session will be a live Opportunity Hardening Workshop, where a volunteer partner can anonymously bring a real opportunity and work through the framework with Rob in real time to strengthen their path to winning the deal. Attendees will leave with a practical handout version of the Opportunity Accelerator tool they can immediately apply to their own sales cycles to increase win rates and close more revenue.

Robert Triggs

Rob Triggs is a highly sought after Microsoft partner growth speaker. Business Central partners invite him in when growth stalls and owner dependency becomes the bottleneck. With proven experience building and scaling firms both inside and outside the Microsoft ecosystem, Rob delivers practical insight that cuts through noise. His sessions are designed to deliver clear, actionable value attendees can apply immediately

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1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Saying Goodbye to the CMO Role - Why Everyone is a CRO now

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Khaled Nassra, Sam Bush, and Kate Coffey-Bacon

The traditional boundaries between marketing, sales, and revenue operations are disappearing. Today’s growth organizations no longer treat marketing as a top-of-funnel function. Instead, every leader is accountable for revenue outcomes. In this session, we’ll explore why the role of the Chief Marketing Officer is evolving into a broader revenue leadership function and how modern teams are aligning around pipeline, customer expansion, and measurable growth. We’ll discuss what this shift means for marketing leaders, sales teams, and executives who want to build a more integrated go-to-market strategy. If you’re responsible for growth, pipeline, or customer value, this session will help you rethink how marketing and revenue teams operate together in the modern B2B organization.

Khaled Nassra

As the Managing Director of Enki Consulting, Khaled advises leadership teams responsible for global go-to-market strategy and business expansion into new verticals and regions through new and existing partnerships, through Microsoft, and by working directly with end-users. Khaled has led multiple organizations from no market share to success by prioritizing customer and partner benefits and working in sync within a broader ecosystem.

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Sam Bush

B2B marketing leader who specializes in partner marketing, and demand generation. My passion lies in crafting out-of-the-box campaigns that tell compelling stories, create meaningful experiences, and accelerate pipeline growth. As the host of AMBUSH On Air and Founder of B2B Buyer Rebellion, I bring my energy and expertise to every project! When I'm not working, I'm reading a fantasy book, hanging out with my dog Ziggy, making a cocktail, or spending time with friends. I live to travel and you can find me all over the world for work and life.

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Kate Coffey-Bacon

Kate Coffey-Bacon brings over two decades of experience in marketing, blending her passion for creativity with strategic thinking and relationship building. Before joining UST, Kate thrived in the fast-paced world of marketing agencies, including working with her favorite client—a designer of shoes for the working woman. Through this role and others, she mastered the art of crafting messages that resonate with diverse audiences, from startups to well-established companies. Known for her expertise in brand development and strategic problem-solving, Kate excels at turning challenges into actionable solutions. She leverages data-driven insights to inform decisions while drawing on her creativity to design impactful campaigns that align with business goals. As UST’s graphic design guru and word wizard, Kate combines her artistic talents with a sharp, strategic mind to deliver results. A University of West Florida graduate with degrees in Public Relations and Marketing, Kate is a lifelong learner and a lover of music, coffee, and compelling storytelling. She’s passionate about helping organizations build meaningful connections, elevate their brands, and achieve their goals through innovative marketing strategies.

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1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

The Proven Blueprint for Scaling Microsoft Deals in 3 Countries and 3 Industries

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Adam Kovacs

Winning Microsoft deals across different countries and industries is not luck. It is a repeatable strategy that scales when a proven framework is applied. In this session, Adam Kovacs shares the blueprint behind driving Microsoft deal success in Jamaica, Germany, and the United States. You will see how a government authority, an IT consulting firm, and a commercial construction company each achieved meaningful outcomes using the same core methodology, even though their environments and expectations were completely different. This session explains how to communicate value in diverse business cultures, adapt your message without changing your solution, and build a sales motion that works across borders and verticals. You will gain insight into the mindset, preparation, partner alignment, and customer engagement needed to expand Microsoft licensing in unfamiliar markets. By the end, you will have a clear and proven global growth framework that helps you keep your solution simple while delivering broad impact. In the closing section, we connect the lessons from all three projects into a single, repeatable pattern you can apply to your own pipeline. You will learn how to turn one win into a broader go‑to‑market strategy, build trust quickly in new regions, and position Microsoft‑aligned solutions so they resonate instantly across industries and countries. This perspective ties the entire blueprint together and gives you a practical path to scaling with confidence.

Adam Kovacs

As the Partner and Alliance at Hubdrive, I build and grow strategic partnerships within the Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform ecosystem. I focus on creating impactful collaborations that align with Microsoft’s cloud-first, AI-powered vision. At Hubdrive, I work closely with Microsoft teams and partners to co-develop go-to-market strategies, strengthen engagement, and deliver value through cloud ERP and HR solutions. My role centers on aligning with Microsoft to support co-sell motions, marketing collaboration, and product innovation. I also enable Partner-to-Partner (P2P) motions—helping partners fill ERP capability gaps and expand their offerings through our ISV solution.

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2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Networking Break

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2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Co-Selling AI with Microsoft in the SMB.

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Eric Fink

Review Co-Selling AI Business Process solutions with Partner Solution Sales team member Eric Fink. Understand Segmentation, Tools, Programs, Incentives, and Building Your Brand.

Eric Fink

Channel Sales Executive for Business Applications (Dynamics and Power Platform) in the SMB Segment at Microsoft. Supporting Un-Managed customers through the Partner ecosystem who lead the evaluation, selection, implementation, and support of Microsoft customers.

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3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

The Real Cost of “Just Showing Up”: Building Revenue Discipline Around Field Events

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Ateret Goldman

In today’s revenue environment, every marketing dollar gets questioned. Field events are often one of the largest discretionary investments Microsoft partners make—but most teams do not calculate their true cost. Beyond sponsorship fees, that investment includes time, travel, coordination, and follow-through—much of which goes unmeasured. This session introduces a simple, practical way to estimate the full cost of event participation so it can be used as a clear data point when evaluating future investments.

Ateret Goldman

Ateret Goldman helps teams work smarter by making change feel human, not overwhelming. At Mekorma, she focuses on process design, enablement, and the day-to-day realities of adoption inside the Dynamics world. A certified Training from the BACK of the Room trainer, she uses simple, brain-friendly techniques to turn complicated ideas into moments that click—and learning experiences people actually want to come back to.

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3:15 PM - 4:00 PM

Events to Pipeline Panel

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Emilie Toll, Ateret Goldman, Justin Carter, and Mike Castelluccio

Defining event success before budget, pre-event alignment, in-event activation tactics, post-event conversion.

Emilie Toll

Emilie is a product marketing strategist with a deep commitment to the customer and a bias toward clarity. She’s known for asking simple questions that create alignment — the kind that sit between executive strategy, sales motion, and market positioning. Her background spans entrepreneurship, agency operations, and formal marketing strategy. She built her product marketing muscle in the Microsoft Dynamics ecosystem, leading positioning and go-to-market efforts for D365-based industry solutions. Today, as Founder of Sticky Note Strategy, Emilie works across leadership, product, and sales teams to help organizations clarify their focus and align around a shared market wedge.

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Ateret Goldman

Ateret Goldman helps teams work smarter by making change feel human, not overwhelming. At Mekorma, she focuses on process design, enablement, and the day-to-day realities of adoption inside the Dynamics world. A certified Training from the BACK of the Room trainer, she uses simple, brain-friendly techniques to turn complicated ideas into moments that click—and learning experiences people actually want to come back to.

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Justin Carter

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Mike Castelluccio

Mike Castelluccio has spent more than a decade embedded in the Microsoft Dynamics ecosystem — including 11 years managing the Microsoft partner relationship at Blue Horseshoe Solutions before its acquisition by Accenture. He specializes in turning events from line items into pipeline engines, with hands-on experience building GTM strategies, demand generation programs, and event conversion frameworks for the manufacturing and distribution industries. When he's not focused on pipeline creation and follow-up sequences, you'll find him on the golf course chasing that perfect round.

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4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Key Takeaways & Personal Revenue Workbook

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Become a PMR Pre Day Sponsor!

Interested in sponsoring PMR Pre-Day? This experience is designed for the revenue influencers and decision-makers shaping go-to-market strategy across the Microsoft partner ecosystem. Sponsorship opportunities are intentionally limited and focused on meaningful visibility, thought leadership, and strategic alignment - not noise. If your organization is passionate about supporting partner-to-partner learning and wants to be part of the conversation around modern revenue growth, we’d love to connect.

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