Michael Heald

Senior Managing Director at Accenture | Global GTM Executive | Board Member | Architecting and launching scalable AI, Technology, Software solutions and businesses globally

Accentureex-Hewlett-PackardXex-Xiotech

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Mike is the Global lead for the Ecosystems & Growth Strategy Practice at Accenture.

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Mike and his team work with our Partners and Clients, across Accenture’s service groups as well as industry, function and cross-service networks to mobilize and scale new high growth, solution led businesses. His teams enable new ways of working across organizations through unique collaboration, co-innovation and co-investment Previously, Mike launched and built the Software/Platforms & Ecosystems Strategy Practice, delivering 100 pct /yr. growth, with record account acquisition and client impact. Mike was responsible for forming, leading and building this practice globally. Mike has also served as Global Growth & Strategy lead for CMT Strategy, West Region lead for Management Consulting and NA lead for Sales Prior to Accenture, Mike was a senior executive at Compaq (HP) and two early-stage enterprise software companies (Panasas & Mendocino Software). Mike led all client related functions as well as co-lead funding efforts at both companies, securing over $125M from tier-one venture firms such as The Carlyle Group, Intel Capital, Accel Ventures, Mohr Davidow Ventures and Evercore  Mike is a strong believer in giving back, and previously served on the board of The Tech Interactive and the Executive Committee of the Tech Challenge; bridging the gap and providing (STEM) math and science skills for those that are underserved in our local and global Mike is a co-author of the book “Selling Through Someone Else: How to Use Agile Sales Networks and Partners to Sell More”, which brings to life executable high performance selling strategies and the impact of ecosystem evolution, digital transformation and Analytics.