Paul Woods is the Founder of Adopt & Embrace. Adopt & Embrace is focused on helping people get their day back through sustainable, relevant, and focused adoption of Microsoft 365 that results in real business outcomes. Adopt & Embrace was announced as a 2018 Microsoft Global Partner of the year after just 2 years and 9 months in operation, which follows being a Microsoft Australia Partner of the Year in 2016 after just 9 months of operation. Before staring Adopt & Embrace in 2015 Paul had various marketing and management roles at a major Australian Microsoft Partner, and was a Technology Specialist at Microsoft Australia. He recently completed research as part of the Work/Industry Futures Research Program at the Queensland University of Technology focused on technology enabled mobile work, and the porosity of work/life borders; and has been a member of the teaching team at the QUT Business School for Strategic Management, and Negotiation Across Borders. Awarded Microsoft's Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award 10 times, Paul is a regular speaker at community-based events, and at regional and global Microsoft Conferences like Microsoft TechEd, Microsoft Ignite: The Tour, and Microsoft Inspire. Find him on Twitter as @paulwoods or LinkedIn at https: //www.linkedin.com/in/paulwoods/
