S. Craig Hodges

Northeast District General Manager

Microsoft Corporation

As General Manager for Microsoft’s Northeast Enterprise and Partner Group, Craig Hodges is responsible for overseeing the sales, marketing and service delivery functions to the company’s largest enterprise customers in the Northeastern United States.  He is additionally responsible for Microsoft’s engagement with the broader New England community on issues of regional importance including economic development, innovation and STEM education, among others. 

Craig began working with Microsoft in January 2006 undertaking a variety of management roles, but his most recent work has been as the General Manager of Microsoft’s U.S. Manufacturing Sector based out of Houston, Texas. He was responsible for the overall business performance of the business, which includes the automotive & industrial equipment, aerospace, high-tech & electronics, oil & gas, process manufacturing and utilities industries.  Prior to Microsoft, Craig worked at Dell and IBM.

Craig attended Texas A&M University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration and accounting, as well as a master’s degree in computing science. Craig and his wife Denise are proud parents of four adult children and three young grandchildren. 

Anissa Battaglino
Operations and Community Relations Manager
Northeast Sales District

Anissa Battaglino is the Operations and Community Relations Manager for Microsoft’s Northeast Sales District.  In this role, she is responsible for Microsoft’s Community Affairs’ grant programs, employee volunteer programs and diversity initiatives.  Over the last seven years, she has approved more than $70 million dollars in cash and software donations to non-profit organizations in New England, particularly those focusing on workforce development. 

Battaglino’s main focus is to grow the Microsoft Unlimited Potential program throughout the Northeast.  The Unlimited Potential program seeks to improve technology skills for individuals of all ages and abilities, outside traditional education settings, by providing technology skills training to Community Technology Centers.  Recently, she assisted in introducing Microsoft’s Elevate America program to Massachusetts, which is providing citizens with vouchers for Microsoft online training classes and certification tests. 

She is also responsible for leading Microsoft’s efforts in the Northeast around Science, Technology, and Engineering and Math (STEM) initiatives.  Through programs like DigiGirlz Days and the Boys & Girls Clubs’ CyberSummit, Battaglino is helping Microsoft raise the awareness of young people around opportunities in the technology field.

Prior to joining Microsoft in 1999, Battaglino worked as a Resource Specialist for the Division of Cardiac Surgery for Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and later as a Senior Research Associate for a financial recruiting firm.

Battaglino holds a B.A. from Assumption College.  She resides Central Massachusetts with her husband, Joseph, and their two children.

Sven Ingard

MTC Director

Enterprise & Partner Group, Northeast US

As MTC Director for Microsoft’s Northeast Enterprise and Partner Group (EPG) Business, Sven Ingard is responsible for the performance and operation of the Boston Microsoft Technology Center (MTC).  MTCs are collaborative state-of-the-art facilities that connect customers with innovative technologies and world-class expertise, enabling them to envision, design, and deploy solutions to meet their exact needs. In this role, he guides the delivery of customer value to the organization’s largest, most complex corporate customers, while ensuring that the highest levels of customer and partner satisfaction are delivered by Microsoft’s enterprise teams.

Sven joined Microsoft in 2004 and led the field-based Enterprise Infrastructure business and managed a team of field sales professionals serving corporate customers in New England and Upstate NY., developing sales and marketing strategies for Microsoft’s Windows, System Center, and Forefront products.

Prior to Microsoft, Sven was Sr. Vice President of Operations at ArcStream Solutions, a technology strategy and application development firm and Microsoft Partner in Boston.  Sven has over 20 years experience working with corporate and government clients to design and implement software solutions.

Sven holds a B.S.from the Universtiy of Massachusetts and an M.B.A. from Boston University. 

He currently resides in Lincoln, MA with his wife, Susan, and their three children.