Eric is the Microsoft Director of Employee Travel overseeing MSTravel, VenueSource and Payment teams for 180,000 employees in over 100 countries.  He has spent more than 18 years at Microsoft and is responsible for developing and implementing Microsoft technology solutions to move employees across the globe while maximizing productivity.  In 2018, and again in 2022, he pulled together industry leaders to publish the Travel Manifesto and later the Purposeful Travel Platform with the goal of aligning suppliers and buyers to provide forward direction and insight for the industry    In 2015, Eric was honored to be named Travel Manager of the Year by BTN.  He was also among the Top 25 Influential Travel Executives in 2015 and 2018. Eric was inducted into the Business Travel Hall of Fame in 2023.