Philip Ruffini

Philip is currently a Product Manager in Microsoft's Cloud and AI team where he is working on mobile connectivity and an early-stage IoT product.

He is a graduate of the University of Michigan where he majored in business with a minor in computer science. Philip was the infamous startup Juicero's 2nd intern and spent the following two summers working at ZX-Ventures Anheuser-Busch's Venture Capital Arm. While at ZX-Ventures, Philip started OneStopShop, a B2B e-commerce platform in the Netherlands, in their summer accelerator and drove the development of a similar B2B e-commerce platform in the US the following summer.

Philip has served as Director of Partnerships for 180 Degrees Consulting Michigan branch where he secured clients such as the Red Cross, the World Wildlife Fund, Kiva Microloans, and Greenpeace.

Going into his senior year of college Philip sold his first business First-Rate Supplier, which he had grown to produce over $400,000 in yearly revenue over the previous two years.

Outside of work, Philip was formerly sponsored by Quiksilver for snowboarding, ran the Detroit Marathon, Backpacked in over 15 countries, and is an Eagle Scout