#MsftBuzzChat with Jussi Roine

For Episode 7 of this Microsoft employee-focused interview series, I connected with Microsoft’s Jussi Roine (@JussiRoine), a former SharePoint (Office Apps & Services) MVP and Regional Director who is now an Azure Developer Audience Lead at Microsoft in Helsinki, Finland. Additionally, Jussi has been a program chair for the European SharePoint, Office 365 & Azure Conference.

I’ve known Jussi through the community for many years, and had originally connected with him about recording an #MVPbuzzChat interview just prior to his announcement of going back to work for Microsoft. So we paused on our interview until he could get started in his new role, and I was happy to finally catch up with him and learn more about his experiences.

In this episode, Jussi and I discuss his new role at Microsoft, and how much the company has changed since the last time he worked there (2006-2009). We also talk about the differences between corporate, field and evangelism roles at Microsoft, and the impact of MVPs within the community.

You can watch the interview on the CollabTalk YouTube page here:

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If you’d like to connect with Jussi, you can find him on LinkedIn, Twitter, and through his personal blog at https://jussiroine.com/