Shivonne Byrne, Principal

I provide expert business and marketing advice and solutions that unlock clients' potential. My consulting business, SB&C, specializes in delivering market-focused insights, tailored business and marketing strategies, and high-impact positioning programs.

Previously at Microsoft, I headed up executive audience strategy, enterprise positioning and branding, enterprise thought leadership, global executive programs and C-level events, executive sponsorship, and market influencer and C-level analyst relations. 

For 13 years, I led Microsoft’s iconic CEO Summit which convened CEOs and global leaders to explore the critical issues impacting business, the geopolitical environment, culture and society, and the world at large. 

As head of marketing at several technology start-ups that later went public, I launched Visio and The Learning Company, and their related Visio and Reader Rabbit product brands. 

While consulting for clients such as professional services firm KPMG and their national practices, venture capital firm August Capital and their technology portfolio companies, Apple, Intel, Positively For Kids, and Stanford University, I helped organizations build enduring leadership brands. 

I have served as a board director with StolenYouth, Stanford University Alumni Association, Stanford Club of Western Washington, Seattle Children's Home, Washington Software Association, and the NW Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. 

I graduated from Stanford University, with a B.A. in English.