August 11, 2005
McCombs Alumnus Receives  Prestigious Microsoft Award

At the Microsoft Global Briefing (MGB), held in Atlanta Thursday, July 21, Microsoft Corporation awarded the company’s prestigious Circle of Excellence Award to Javier Arrupea, MBA ’03. Arrupea is a marketing manager, focusing on the worldwide marketing strategy for Microsoft Learning’s certification program. In addition to devising marketing strategy, his specialties include customer loyalty programs as well as direct and Internet marketing and channel programs.

The Circle of Excellence Award is the most prestigious award Microsoft bestows on sales, marketing, technical and services employees worldwide. The award recognizes passion, determination, leadership and contributions toward Microsoft’s success.

Prior to working at Microsoft, Arrupea developed extensive experience in the information technology market by running his own company, Pro Center, which specialized in IT training, and managing a business unit at a Microsoft Certified Partner.

MGB is an annual meeting for Microsoft's global sales teams designed to train and prepare the field teams for the upcoming year, and is attended by a broad genre of employees ranging from the marketing and sales professionals to Microsoft’s technical support teams from subsidiaries worldwide.