Giovanna Cortez is the general manager for south region in Latin America (Perú, Ecuador, Bolivia, Uruguay, and Paraguay). She has more than 20 years of experience in the IT market. Cortez worked at Hewlett Packard in several roles within Latin America, from consumer segment to enterprise and with extensive experience in partners ecosystem. In 2014, she joined Microsoft to lead consumer business, then assumed the role of territory manager at LATAM new markets. For the last two years, Cortez has led the enterprise team in south region and has served as Peru country manager. Under her leadership, South Enterprise has been consolidated as a committed and disruptive team, motivated to undertake major transformation projects incorporating the spirit of one Microsoft by successfully orchestrating partners, MCS, LATAM and corporate teams.